My goals for April included at least fifteen no spend days, a new source of income, and no new debt. I ended up with twenty-two no spend days and no new debt! I have several ideas in the works for the new source of income, but I am still working on those.
Some bloggers say no spend days don't work because they will simply spend the next day. In my case I like to string as many no spend days together as I can and hopefully have more no spend days than spend days.
I think having twenty-two no spend days out of thirty is pretty good. Having no spend days helps me to save money by not spending it in the first place.
My goals for May include no eating out, no new debt, and as many no spend days as I can get, which will hopefully be over twenty.
Some of my spending in April included..
Gas $94.01
Groceries $132.69
Insurance $255.67
Yard Sales $5.00
Insurance is normally our biggest spending category. It's a necessity in my book as I would not want to be without it.
I already have my budget written out for May and plan to continue as many no spend days as possible.
In May and June we will have income from pet sitting again. I am still working on other sources of income for the summer as well.
Have you made any goals for May yet?
Belinda
~ Living within our Means ~
Several days turned out rainy this week. Mostly we stayed home and spent no money, although I did work three days this week subbing and have every day scheduled for the coming week.
Speaking of school, Len Penzo has posted his 9th annual cost survey of 10 popular brown bag sandwiches. You can read all about by clicking the link here.
I saved 10¢ per gallon when I filled up my gas tank on Saturday paying $1.95 per gallon. I earned triple points on my Plenty Card with the purchase and now have over $12.00 that I can use from those points, which I am saving until I can buy a full tank of gas for free (around $25 or so).
We did a small amount of grocery shopping on Saturday also. I spent $42 and stocked up on frozen vegetables and fresh produce for the week.
How was your week?
Belinda
~ Living within our Means ~
