{"id":3531,"date":"2015-09-05T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2015-09-05T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T14:09:49","slug":"saving-on-saturday-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=3531","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday 9\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in this post,<\/a>\u00a0I am planning to make the next couple of months, low spend\/no spend months. That does create a small problem with one of my favorite things to post, Saving on Saturday<\/a>. The reason, if I am not spending then how can I really be saving. So at least for a couple of times I am going to use this day to discuss my budget and my progress toward goals. My intention is to give concrete steps that I am taking to meet each goal. So for today an update on September Goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Reduce Grocery spending to $300 for the month. So far I have spent nothing on groceries for the first 5 days of the month. I did go to the building this morning to “shopping” during menu planning. I am so excited to find the meat and other items to make no shopping easier.\u00a0 I also have already checked the CVS ad starting on Sunday and will not be making a trip this week.\u00a0 This is a tough decision but I don’t need anything and with no free items why be tempted.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. When I looked at my September budget, I have 4 categories that are not completely funded for the month so the remaining $400 of the normal grocery budget will be used to completely fund the budget. This should actually occur next weekend after I receive my first paycheck of the month. <\/em><\/p>\n

3\u00a0 Plan to purchase both Lily and Amanda birthday cards.<\/del>\u00a0 Completed!\u00a0 Amanda will\u00a0 not be getting gift card, instead she needs some items for college. <\/em><\/p>\n

4. Pay at least $375 toward our Disney trip to maximize Disney points prior to November. Paid $100 toward the trip this week! I did use my Disney card to purchase the gift cards for the kids spending money so I am excited to see where my reward dollars are in a couple of days. <\/em><\/p>\n

5. Maintain Gas budget at or below $400. We have had to purchase gas in both vans but still less than $100 so far.<\/p>\n

6. Reduce\/Eliminate Eating out for the month of September. So far we have spent $60 for Zach’s birthday meal and donuts for his class. I do have a meal planned for tomorrow in addition to most of the meals planned for the week. This should definitely help us stay on track. <\/em><\/p>\n

I have also placed one item, toddler bed on a yard sale site and plan to clean my closet out this week to have a good start! My goal is to place all money earned toward our Disney trip as the other items in our budget are currently funded!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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