TRACKING
- # Buy nothing days : 17
- # times used S’mores Maker (aiming for 6 uses in 2017): 0
- # times ate out/purchased take out: 12
- # activities with loved ones: 6 (I’ve gotten bad at tracking this)
- $ saved at Costco: $50
- % over or under budget: 18% over budget
CELEBRATE:
- Christmas shopping is complete!
DIP INTO SAVINGS/CREDIT
- Paid for Bunny’s vet bills through the Life Happens line
- Went overboard at a special vendor sale and overspent by ~$200
KEEP IN MIND
This month was supposed to be my way to get my spending back under control. I’m slowly. The areas I went overboard were on groceries, fashion (shoes), gas for a conference, and eating out.
My eating out was added to by almost daily trips to a coffee shop. That habit needs to stop!
OVERALL
I was doing quite well until the last week when I seem to have lost all reason and spent everything.
December is always a time of extras: more groceries, last minute dinner invitations, more going out.
Ugh, yes! I was doing so great at the start of November as well – then the last week hit and it was like “oh, here’s all this money that I manage to scrimp and save, let’s go shopping!” I have GOT to get my act together!! I’m terrified of this holiday season. LOL!
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Me too! I’m hoping to sit with my spreadsheet this week and make a plan that I can stick to!
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I apparently have zero willpower to follow through on the plans I put together. I have REALLY got to get myself back under control!! O,O
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Considering how expensive December is for most people, you’re still doing fairly well keeping your spending under control.
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Thanks!
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