The freeze is going well, and apparently very necessary. We had our sump pump go out during a big storm, so that will probably be $500. And DH's car needs some brake work, which is also around $500. I have only eaten out one non-planned time, which is really good for me. We leave to visit family in about three hours, so hopefully they will buy us meals
Post by estrellita on May 22, 2015 11:05:15 GMT -5
Terribly, haha. We've put ourselves on a new one. Yesterday neither of us spent money and today H will have to pay for parking by my work (he's stopping in with E later) and we might buy a couple Mad Men episodes but I'm going to try avoiding getting ice cream if we go for a walk tonight!
DC costs are really hurting us so we're trying to come up with a better plan including meal planning and avoiding spending money on things we can make at home, like coffee. Hopefully we can stick with it!
I'm still doing it, and doing it well. We went strawberry picking yesterday ($11) but we got fruit so it was like paying for groceries otherwise this last week was just bills and gas/groceries.
Our food bill is still low for us ($350). I've not bought anything for the house or clothes, accessories or just stuff.
Doing well and I will continue it into June because spending $3700 to fix H's car is requiring it
I've been doing pretty well but with a plan to hit up Costco this weekend, its not going to end so well. I haven't been in quite a while and I need so much.
Not doing too bad. We spent so little in the first half of the month that we didn't hit the limit to cash in our cash back points. That like never happens.
We did buy a Jumperoo for DS so that was an unplanned expense. And I bought a few coffees this week.
I rummaged through my closet and found a cute outfit for our anniversary date. Date itself was an expensive dinner, but we had already planned that. My mom babysat for free so it was almost an MM evening out!
Post by estrellita on May 23, 2015 11:05:23 GMT -5
So far since we restarted ours it's going well. H bought an energy drink yesterday (I told him we have coffee and pop so that wasn't necessary) and paid for parking at my work but that's it. Today we will pick up some burgers and buns to grill at our friend's place and maybe some beer and chips, but hopefully that will be it!
Post by turtlegirl on May 23, 2015 14:01:00 GMT -5
We went out to dinner last night, but my dad paid ;-)
DH is taking DS1 to a triple a baseball game tomorrow. He was going to get free tickets from his parents, but they didn't coordinate well enough before they left on vacation. So since DH already got DS1 hyped up about it we had to buy the tickets.
But overall we've done really well in eating out and that's was put biggest money pit. So hopefully we can keep it up through the summer. Because we need to shift all that money into home projects and getting the nursery ready.