I opted to participate in Krystal’s April Budget Challenge and so far, so good! Here’s my update…
(Note: I track my spending from Friday to Thursday, so its a little different to how everyone else is doing it and will include the last few days of March. I also started the week with -$25.24 since I was still trying to make up for overspending during Christmas)
Week 1: Starting Amount $-25.24
3/28 Deposit $75.16 ($49.92 remaining)
3/30 Groceries & Cash $35.44 ($14.48 remaining)
4/2 McDonald’s $4.28 ($10.20 remaining)
Week 2: Starting amount $0 (extra $10.20 from last week helped to make up for going over my car expenses)
4/4 Deposit $75.16
4/6 Walmart (seeds and soil) $5.22 ($69.94 remaining)
4/8 Entertainment Book $15.00 ($54.94 remaining) [Yeah...I went ahead and got it. I hope it's worth it!]
4/10 TacoBell $4.17 ($50.77 remaining) [Hungry and cranky...I'll try not to do it again!]
4/?? Cash $20.00 ($30.77 remaining**) [Yay! Extra money! $7.93 is going to help make up for the fact that I went over budget with gas last month, and $22.84 is going towards my Skydiving fund!]
Total Spending: $84.11 (Average $42.05 per week. Remaining $215.89 for the month or $72.96 per week.)
So that is my recap for the first two weeks in April. I have over $200 left and a little more than half the month left. I think I’m doing well so far! This week I’ll be cutting close though, since my friend is hosting a party (tomorrow) and I offered to bring a dessert and an appetizer (and some drinks for me…I don’t drink beer). We’ll see how it goes!!
April 13, 2008 at 9:29 am
Seeds and Soil…
We are trying to get a deck veggie garden going. Just now starting research. What types of seeds did you buy? Have you planted them yet?
I am not sure where you are from, but we still get frost (it snowed this morning) so I have been hesitant to plant much.
Good luck with the challenge.
April 14, 2008 at 10:54 am
I already had some seeds from before (sweet basil and parsley) and I just bought a packet of rosemary seeds. I don’t have much of a backyard, so I’m going for the potted garden route.
So far the basil and parsley have germinated and are still growing (they’re so delicate though!), and I just planted the rosemary. In the future I hope to get some more herbs, but this is good enough for now!