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January always feels like an extremely long month for me. This year feels the same. Matt’s father died in January so he and I made the difficult trip to Florida. We stayed a week.\u00a0 The kids did manage to hold down the house but it was not pretty on either side.\u00a0 The bad news is that we increased our overall debt by $1200.\u00a0 The good news is that we were able to met lots of goals otherwise. I did manage to save an additional $300 but we are using this for the repair of our washer.\u00a0 My goal for February is to save as much as possible and keep our spending as low as possible. We do have a trip planned to Disney in April and I would like to save food money for this.<\/p>\n
Groceries<\/strong>\u2013 budget amount is $650.\u00a0<\/strong>I am excited that we were able to keep this amount to $230 for the month!\u00a0 We are going to try and continue to eat out of the freezer and pantry. I do have a Costco trip planned for February 19th or 20th. This will likely increase the amount of the month but I am planning to stay under goal.<\/p>\n Auto\/ Gas \/ Insurance:<\/strong> .\u00a0My goal is\u00a0 $400 a month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>We spent $279 for the month. This amount did include gas for our trip to Florida.\u00a0 The excess from this budget amount will be used to cover of our trip. I am hopeful to have it completely covered by June.<\/p>\n Groceries<\/strong>\u2013 the budget amount is\u00a0 $650.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> We spent $230<\/p>\n Cash Envelope system- GOAL Met!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>This was a huge help for us in preparation for the trip. We did pull out all the cash to use on our trip.<\/p>\n Goal #4- Blogging- 15 post per month<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is post number 13 for the month so I am excited that I am making progress.<\/p>\n Goal # 5- Fitness<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Goal is to <\/strong>exercise of some type at least 10 days a month.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0We did walk over 5 miles at Disney.<\/p>\n Goal #6 \u2013 Bible study- Goal- <\/strong>\u00a0Read or Listen to the entire Bible in a year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I have been listening to a podcast every day that I drive to work. I should be able to listen to the entire session by June. I will switch to reading for the summer.<\/p>\n Earnings- $50 in gift cards and $48 on the Disney card. $100 for January is a great start.<\/p>\n No Spend Days- I have 3 days for January. I really hope to improve on this in February.<\/p>\n February is a short month so…….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January always feels like an extremely long month for me. This year feels the same. Matt’s father died in January so he and I made the difficult trip to Florida. We stayed a week.\u00a0 The kids did manage to … Continue reading