Budget Results for July
My MS Money files went caput with my dead harddrive, but I managed to at least get July’s expenses done. Here are our results in our target areas:
We went under on Dining and way over on Groceries since we BBQ’ed all July 4th weekend when my sister came to visit, and the total includes the purchase of a grill. Our Utilities went under budget as our electric bill was really low this month due to our lack of air conditioning. Overall, we barely scraped under our budget total of $800 for these target areas.
August 15th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
That’s not barely scraping under…that’s what I call good planning. I love it when a plan comes together!
August 15th, 2005 at 6:45 pm
Good post. I’m assuming that your gas has been a little over budget lately?
August 15th, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Actually, I’m happy with our results too.
What, who doesn’t like $3 gas? =)
August 16th, 2005 at 6:03 am
Remember who designed the budget. It’s not something to suffer over, but to use again and again and again; as a tool, ever sharpening your predictive skills. Sadly, but true, failure is the path. Celebrate!
August 17th, 2005 at 1:48 pm
Great work! I love to see that other people are doing it and making it work. I am young and just getting started with both budgeting, savings, debt reduction, and blogging about it!! Love to see other people as inspiration. Good luck!
August 20th, 2005 at 7:33 pm
Can you attribute your actual gas expense to the increase in gas prices or is it from driving more that usual?
November 13th, 2005 at 9:15 am
Probably driving more than usual. I usually don’t pay that much attention to gas prices, since we only spend about $100 a month on it.