Busy busy, stress and more busy are the words that I would use for the month of October. I am slowly catching up at work so hopefully by the end of November that stress will be back at a minimum.\u00a0 November is the first month in a long time that has no traveling planned in it and I want to get my budget and spending under control.<\/p>\n
Groceries\u2013 budget amount is $700\u00a0 Not Met!<\/b> $1175 is an accurate number that includes a drink stock up. I am also going to say that this is the first month that I have seen a significant increase in prices.\u00a0 We are continuing to eat from our pantry and freezers, and I am very hopeful that will reduce the amount that is needed to be spent at the grocery store<\/p>\n
Auto\/ Gas. My goal is $400 a month.\u00a0NOT met!<\/strong> $709.74 was spent . Yikes if this continues I am going to have to rethink this budget<\/p>\n Cash Envelope system- We have done much better this month and I am beginning to see where money is going.<\/p>\n Blogging- 15 post per month. This is post number 11 so not horribly bad for the month. I was able to hold steady with a slight increase maybe in this month.<\/p>\n Exercise days-\u00a0 \u00a0yea no<\/p>\n No Spend Days-No idea!<\/p>\n I am starting November with some better ideas as what we need to do and how we are planning to spend the next two months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Busy busy, stress and more busy are the words that I would use for the month of October. I am slowly catching up at work so hopefully by the end of November that stress will be back at a minimum.\u00a0 … Continue reading