{"id":6261,"date":"2019-01-31T18:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2019-02-04T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T23:35:42","slug":"january-in-review-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=6261","title":{"rendered":"January in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

This January has turned into a quite expensive month. I did some reading of old post and realize that I usually have a successful clean out the pantry month and stay way below spending in grocery spending. This was not the case for this January. I did clean out the pantry for all but the last week. After some debate, it was physically less demanding and stressful for me to do a huge grocery shopping trip to Costco in January instead of trying to squeeze it into February.\u00a0 I also ended buying food for junk food Sunday as well. Total spend in Groceries $800<\/strong> YIKES!<\/p>\n

I was able to keep a running total on our gas usage for the month. We are spending $93 a week to fill all three vehicles, for January that meant $465<\/strong>.\u00a0 I know that both vans need oil changes in the month of February so I expect this amount to be closer to $600 next month.<\/p>\n

Given the numbers above, I am not at all surprised that our overall debt increased by $481. YIKES!\u00a0<\/strong>One of the other unexpected expenses for the month of January was the purchase of new phones and an apple watch for myself. Feel free to check out the details here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Personally, I have been able to complete a devotional 3 times a week. This is a huge increase from zero!<\/p>\n

I did use the treadmill several time this month. I also realize that I am walking quite a bit for work. I am averaging 2.5 miles just at work. I am going to set a goal for walking at least 3 miles a day for February.<\/p>\n

Blogging: I have posted only 9 times this month. No real reason other than I am tired. Guess it is time to start doing instead of thinking.<\/p>\n

PLANS: A couple of plans for February include not increasing our overall debit, staying under $200 for groceries and increasing both devotional time and treadmill time!<\/p>\n

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