Apr
2012
What we spent: March 2012
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Gotta admit, March was expensive.
Clothes – New wallet for T; his was literally in tatters.
Dining – About $50 over goal… there was a slightly pricey but excellent yum cha breakfast, food at the Pasifika festival (it’s official; not really my kinda cuisine), the Puhoi tea rooms (woot! Crossed off my life list), birthday dinner for a friend, discovering the awesome Pakistani curry house down the road, and other bits and bobs. Yum.
Entertainment – Went to the Hunger Games! I’m pretty happy with the adaptation. I rooted for Gale in the books (I always seem to go for the underdog; I was a Jacob fan myself) but when it came to the film, became a Peeta convert. (To be fair, Gale got hardly any screentime, but he was just a bit too pretty.)
Fines – the second of those two speeding tickets
Groceries – all good, moving right on…
Health – new running shoes for T. Ouch.
Holidays/events – Taking T’s brother out for his birthday.
Rent – Five weeks in March. Ouch.
T fun – Xbox stuff. A BB gun. Getting his RC car fixed. And other miscellany. Good thing only one of us is a spender.
Vehicle – T hasn’t been taking his bike very often, and there were two days I had to drive out way south for a conference, so I’m happy this wasn’t actually higher.
And an update on our savings goals:
Our road trip fund: $2300 (minus $450 on flights and campervan deposit, paid for)
Wedding: $535
How did your March go?
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[...] paying my biggest single expense weekly, while getting paid monthly. Thus, every so often – like in March – rent takes up an unusually big portion of our spending [...]
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worksavelive
April 10, 2012 at 00:01 (405 days ago)Your rent/mortgage is an extremely high percentage of your income but it’s awesome you’re still making it all work despite that. Congrats!
Our March was miserable!
We failed pretty miserably at being disciplined last month.
eemusings
April 10, 2012 at 08:44 (404 days ago)It’s percentage of spending, not income – and this was a 5-week month, so looks higher than usual! In a normal 4-week month and as percentage of income, it’s more like 20 percent.:)
worksavelive
April 10, 2012 at 00:02 (405 days ago)Your rent/mortgage is a pretty high percentage of your income but that’s awesome you’re still able to make everything work! Congrats!
Our March was miserable.
We didn’t do a very good job of being disciplined.
Michelle
April 10, 2012 at 01:28 (405 days ago)Speeding tickets stink! March went ok for us, not the greatest.
addvodka
April 10, 2012 at 04:17 (405 days ago)I went to the Hunger Games too and I liked Peeta in the books – Gale was way too pretty. All the other characters were dishevelled!
Leigh
April 10, 2012 at 05:24 (405 days ago)I was a Jacob fan too, but mostly because I thought his actor was more attractive than Edward’s, haha!
Cassie
April 10, 2012 at 07:50 (405 days ago)For some reason I always picture your budget as just yours, not yours and T’s. $200 for two people to eat out is pretty impressive! Even if it is over budget, well done.
MommaStar
April 10, 2012 at 09:44 (404 days ago)T has an rc car too? My husband bought his for $350 which made me almost loose it. Those things are pretty cool but the amount of money they spend on it is insane, in my eyes.
eemusings
April 10, 2012 at 09:59 (404 days ago)He got it for cheap off his brother. But I don’t think it’s going to stick around – little things keep going wrong with it. It’s really only good for one mad session at a time!