I am really in awe at the month of November. In shock, really.  For one thing, we did not take a draw from Mr. A's business during the actual month because we took the draw on October 30th for November, it did not show up in the report. And then it turned out we didn't need the other draw we usually take for the middle of the month. Good thing, because Mr. A's business has been kind of slow. We… Read the rest

The month of October really got away from me.  Auto expenses were high: I had to buy new tires for my vehicle ($346), and we had to replace the fuel pump in Mr. A's work truck ($257). Somehow, gasoline was $135.79 lower than it usually is. Our goal on groceries was $640 for the month, but we went over by $63.56. Gift giving and clothing were off the charts, but there were two birthdays, my mother and AJ during the… Read the rest

I am so pleased with the September report. I was ready to post this report early in October, but I scheduled it for later in the month after I've paid the monthly payments to the credit cards. We were under budget in many departments. Gasoline was $100 under budget, we avoided eating out and saved a lot by doing that. We met our grocery goal of staying under $640 for the month of September! I'm amazed and delighted! In August,… Read the rest

Last month we decided Mr. A would begin using his business credit card for gasoline purchases, so we came in just under my estimate for gasoline for my vehicle.  Mr. A's truck is used almost exclusively for his business so we shouldn't really count the money we pay for gasoline as personal expenses. Without even trying, we came in $229.60 under budget on groceries, although in the last week of August we decided to cut the grocery budget to $160/week.… Read the rest