happy Monday - my devo for today said to 'look for joy in hidden things' - perfect for a monday, don't you think?
i thought i'd give you an update on my 'budget analysis' that i decided to do at the beginning of the month.
i have not been crazy weird about it, but here's what i did. i gave myself a budget to work with for a whole month, not including all of my bills - but just the flex purchases, things like food, gasoline and other items.
i thought i was doing GREAT! i have unsubscribed from a whole bunch of daily emails from places that i love...no temptation. i have not really 'shopped' for anything. i have only gone to the thrift store ONCE. whew.
ummmm...except for one thing. i have all but blown the 'budget' dollars by today, the 22nd of october. with 10 days remaining in the month.
whaaaaaaaa? seriously?
budgeting is not as easy as i thought it would be! i have to admit, i've not really felt restricted, mostly because i have lots of stuff to do/make around here that i did not have to purchase.
admittedly, a lot of my entertainment has been food-related.
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| I canned the last of the tomatoes....4 more quarts of homegrown goodness. |
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| I started back up with making my homemade yogurt. |
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| I tried a new granola recipe. |
i also froze seveal kinds of soup, and roasted a chicken. no, i did not starve :)
i dug down deep and found more stuff to paint. because i will never, ever be caught up with painting around this place!
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| the dresser went pink, and went to the basement. |
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| the basement became my new 'bunker' home, and my upstairs bedroom became a guestroom. |
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| the living and dining room became a different 'color.' again. |
and then there were the crafts. i have crafts in every nook and cranny, many of them unfinished.
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| i made candles from candles - blog post to come this week. |
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| and you all have seen the quilt...which i have not gotten very far on...but farther than this! |
all in all, it's been a very fun month. i am going to try and finish well, and go the last 10 days without blowing the budget i set....it will probably require a little bit of sacrifice, but i think i can do it.
i think the funniest part of the whole month was the mail i received on saturday. i prefer to think of it as the yin-yang of my finances :) sigh. i have a feeling this battle is going to continue.
have a good day!
3 comments:
ack. i need to get me a budget. nice work...can't wait to here how you survive the next 8 days. call if you need food!
plenty of food here - more like 'call if you need Anthro'!!
I'm hurrying to catch up here-- Pastor and Fran are waiting for me to take them out to lunch-- so I missed the beginning part about this being a whole MONTH'S worth of projects. As I was scrolling down I seriously, seriously was thinking you did ALL THIS STUFF last weekend. I was shocked, and awed, and a wee little bit insanely jealous.
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