{"id":3337,"date":"2015-07-23T16:36:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2015-07-23T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:36:24","slug":"budget-update-7232015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=3337","title":{"rendered":"Budget Update 7\/23\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>This is an accurate representation of my budget for the month. I will be honest and say that I am not really stressing about it this month. We have had a lot of monies coming in and out of the account in addition to the county swim meet and buying of school supplies, so the fact that I can say that all we are not sinking in an incredible debt hole or juggling important bills is a gain for the month. July is also the month that I receive an extra paycheck, so that helped offset a lot of the additional expenses as well. Now for a look at the numbers…..<\/div>\n
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1. Emergency Fund to $2000.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Met.<\/strong>\u00a0I did add money\u00a0but the fund is still extremely low but I am happy with progress in the right direction.
\n2.<\/strong>.<\/strong> Groceries: Spend $700 <\/strong>a month\u00a0.Fail.\u00a0 <\/strong>Currently we have spent $833.59 so far this month on groceries, this amount does include a large meat order from the beginning of the month. I also have purchased several items to add to the stock pile. As with the rest of our budget August should be a much better month.
\n 3. Gas: Spend $400 a month with any remaining to be move to Auto fund for repairs.\u00a0 <\/strong>This is a huge FAIL!\u00a0 I am sure had we just been using this money for gas that I could have stayed under budget for the month; however based on the crazy ways that\u00a0vehicle tax is\u00a0now being collected in North Carolina, not only did we\u00a0pay sales tax on the purchase of our new van but we also had to pay\u00a0regular taxes prior to being issues a tag.\u00a0 The other major hit this month was an oil change for the car. In August, we will be purchasing new rails for the van to mount our traveling box on,\u00a0I have to obtain a new license and the car will\u00a0 need new tags which will mean taxes and an inspection for it as well. I had planned to reduce this budget to\u00a0$350 starting in August but with all these expenses I will not make any change until September.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.<\/div>\n
4. Disney- Goal Met!\u00a0 <\/strong>I was able to pay $1000 toward our trip this month!<\/div>\n
5.Eating Out- <\/strong>This is a new category and for the present it does not have a set amount but instead it will be a way for me to gauge how much we spend each month to help in developing a budget for next year. So far this month we have spent $292 eating out.<\/div>\n
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