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Spending, spending, too much spending

September 7th, 2015 at 11:53 pm

I have pretty much spent all of my grocery budget for September at this point. And will have to do some major whack a moling for other categories (household, Kari, etc)

I don't know what set me off on this, but part of it I guess was getting sucked into the apps ... Did I get some things I really DO like and really WILL use? Yes, yes I did. Did I get things that I haven't bought in a good long while mainly for being expensive for what they're worth? Yes, yes I did.

Are the rebates and cash back going to make up for that? Not much ... maybe $33 in rebates/cash back, and some of it who knows when I'll actually see it because of cash out limits.

It's months like this one where before I just threw up my hands and said, what's the point of recording it all? But I'm determined I'm not going to do that. This month is going to be ugly. Very ugly. There's still 3 weeks to get through, plus a 4 day visit from my mom. It's going to be an ugly end of the month report.

I didn't get anything done pretty much for a 3 day weekend. Other than getting two workouts in and making a tater tot casserole - I did nothing.

Considering that I'd wanted to - clean out car, clean kitchen, clean bathroom, organize pantry and get my papers sorted/shredded ... yeah, this was not a productive weekend at all.

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In good news ... my brother and I had a chance to talk today. We are back on good terms.

In other news ... SO has been asking me some questions recently which are making me think that I may be getting a visit here from a lot of family members all at once in the somewhat near future. Only time will tell. Smile

Posted in General, Financial, Accountability, Budget | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “Spending, spending, too much spending”

  1. My English Castle Says:
    September 8th, 2015 at 12:40 am 1441672808
    1441672808

    Hmm--when I have a lot on my mind it's hard for me to concentrate on disciplined stuff. There's always tomorrow. Hang in there.

  2. CB in the City Says:
    September 8th, 2015 at 01:17 am 1441675073
    1441675073

    Well, that is the point of recording, so you know where you stand. Sometimes you do overspend in one category, but when you're tracking, you know you need to be more mindful and to cut back in other categories. August was awful for me! But this month is a fresh start. You'll get a fresh start, too, next month.

  3. bluesfemme Says:
    September 8th, 2015 at 03:48 pm 1441727299
    1441727299

    Glad you and R are back on track :-)

  4. VS_ozgirl Says:
    September 8th, 2015 at 10:27 pm 1441751242
    1441751242

    Happy to hear you and your brother are on good terms again, that's great news! Spending - you may have a few NSD's in order this month? Also if you didn't get much done on the weekend what about spending 10 minutes each day after work to make up for it? Will save you time next weekend

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    September 8th, 2015 at 11:22 pm 1441754531
    1441754531

    MEC - Thanks

    CB - Yep, next month is a fresh start.

    Bluesfemme - Thanks

    VS - That's the plan - have as many NSDs as possible the rest of the month, and make myself do at least ten - fifteen minutes around the place before I can sit at the computer when I get home!

  6. VS_ozgirl Says:
    September 9th, 2015 at 12:08 pm 1441800487
    1441800487

    Good plan!

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