Sunday, July 17, 2011

Keeping track of my spending...day 1...

So, this summer has been busy and there really has been no real budget...we have gone out of town, we have had family in town, took a mini vacation up to Chicago while they were in town, birthday presents/dinners, hotel costs...basically just spending a lot of money!

I decided since all of that is over, today I will start fresh and get back on a budget.

In order to do that I will:

1.  Keep track of our spending
2.  Figure out how to cut down on as many bills as possible


1.  So, here's what I spent today:

$2.50 at CVS (but I got back $4ECB's--not sure how to calculate this?)
$25.37 + $2.00 tip for bagger at the commissary

Although, today Larry was skimming through the best buy ad and he noticed that the b-day gift I bought him is now on sale, so we got a price adjustment--$30 got put back on our card! YAY!)

So...  

-$4.13 MADE today after price adjustment and ECB's


We'll see how the rest of the week goes...


2.  Figuring out how to cut down on bills:

-We already refinanced the cars saving us about $80/month
-We cut our cable bill down $15/month
-Next...I'll let you know once I figure it out!

My goal is:
1.  Pay off any CC debt
2.  Have more money in savings

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