The areas that I am targeting for controlled spending are consumables (all grocery/household/pet item), gas, and extraneous (including everything else like clothing/entertainment/household items/books for school, etc).
In January we averaged (for Ist and IInd havles)
Consumables - $321
Extraneous - $192
Gas - $138
The total of extraneous for the month was $380, but that covered hot lunches for both sons, Zumba, textbooks, some witner clothing items, and $78 was from my trip to CA with my younger daughter).
In budgeting for Feb I, here are planned/actual:
Consumables - $225/$236
Extraneous - $110/$80
Gas - $135/$80
Observations: We are higher on consumables because we are doing a smoothie cleanse and I spent on protein powder and more produce, and we hosted a dinner party with eight additional people.
Extraneous: I didn't include my NYC spending money since I had been frittering away cash for that, but I did need to dip $35 into that, the rest was just odd amounts for books, socks, a movie admission, etc.
Gas: This is lower than average, mostly becasue I was gone 4/14 days in NYC, there is snow and we are driving less.
The amounts remain the same for Feb II, and I expect that we will fully utilize the amounts available.
I am plodding along with my classes. I am enjoying them and am excited by the prospect of employment on the flipside, the writing is, however, daunting. Just finished one 30+ page paper, moving on to second 20+ page paper.
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Currently, doing certificate in organizational behavior and design. At least it works in tandem with my MS in psychology.
How’s MBI going??
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