Wow ~ can you believe we are halfway through January!? It has been going by so fast - but I feel like it has been successful so far.
Here is where I stand halfway through the month.
Groceries - $234.20
Misc - $60.71
Books - 3
Gym - 7
DH OT - 3 (yippee! This will be on 1/20 Check!)
Groceries are a bit higher then I would like them at this point. But we were totally out of snacks & I did spend an extra $20 in snacks at the grocery store because they were on sale - got some Fig Newtons & Quaker Granola Bars (both were 5 for $10, so I got 5 of each) I hate to overspend like that, but in all reality, it saves us because I make up a 'snack bag' that stays in the car ~ When anyone in the car complains that they are hungry (either after skiing or just while out running around) they just grab something from that bag. (so it sort of saves us money & it also helps us to keep our junk food in check - little granola bites are only 90 calories & it takes the edge off the hunger! haha)
Everything seems to be going well on this end. Just going to keep on rolling with keeping my schedule & tracking EVERYTHING! It feels good to schedule & track. I think I like it!
Today is going to be a misc spend day - we have a roller skating activity for girl scouts. (it is $4 per person, so we will spend $12 - DH is going to go with us today) It will be a fun cheap family day.
Hope all is well in your corner!
8 comments:
Keeping snacks in the car is a great idea, a lot cheaper than hitting a drive up window!! I too think tracking our spending helps me stay on track, good luck this week
We used to have a roller skating rink here in town when I was growing up. I LOVED going there. Good clean family fun that gets you in motion!
Smart mom!! ;) Have a blast today, sounds fun!
That's a great idea to always keep it in the car. I usually do it for trips but I don't think about for just the day to day stuff.
Sounds like you are having a great month so far...isn't it scary how fast time goes??
Enjoy roller skating!!
good plan with the snacks - I'm doing that now too as it heads off overeating on junk that's bad for me. I keep a bag of raw almonds in my desk drawer at school plus a few small yogurts in the fridge...keeps me out of the cookies!
Think I am going to start keeping granola bars in the car... Awesome idea.
The entire family roller skating sounds awesome.
I wish I could say that my January was going well. It's really not. Great idea keeping a snack bag in the car! I may need to try this. Good luck with the rest of January!
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