{"id":2526,"date":"2014-10-27T20:29:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2014-10-27T20:29:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:29:26","slug":"budget-update-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"Budget Update- October"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"leaky<\/p>\n

This is exactly what my budget feels like for this month. Yes, I will take full credit for most of it but I also really want to stop some of the leaks. I have completely failed at the Low\/No Spend challenge for the month. The good news is that all my Christmas shopping is done.\u00a0 That makes my life so much less hectic at this point so that will be counted as a positive. We have spent a chunk of extra money this month on updating both the tower and playhouse for the kids to enjoy. I am think that when all is said and done around $300 for updating and fixing both in addition to new mulch for the playground. We also have update the hall bathroom with a new coat of paint, new flooring and new shower curtain.\u00a0 I am adding around another $200 for these updates and finally a new roof for our outbuilding with a price tag of $250. As you can see these have added up fast. Other unplanned spending included clothes for myself and the kids and of course new shoes.<\/p>\n

In the ok but not great budget news, we have spent $545 of our $600 grocery budget which includes our Costco membership fee that I thought I had already paid but had not. This is not as good as I had hoped or expected but I have been doing some research and grocery prices are on the rise so staying in the budget is a win at least. We are starting to make a small dent in the stockpile and I am only replacing what we are out of so I am hoping to make a even bigger dent in the next two months to average our grocery spending down to $600 a month from $625 that it currently is.\u00a0\u00a0 In the second ok news we have spent $399,68 of our gas budget this month. This includes tags, inspection and\u00a0 taxes for the truck.\u00a0 This may increase if we are unable to hold out on putting gas in the van. Gas prices have dropped significantly and this should help use next month as well.<\/p>\n

I did add $200 to our Emergency fund so this is a definite win!<\/p>\n

Not a total loss but definitely not a low\/no spend month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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