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Q1 spending and April Goals

April 2nd, 2021 at 12:10 am

So I spent some time teasing apart my spending.  In March as I tracked $820.79 Groceries, $86.82 cleaning, $167.14 alcohol, $112.72 eating out.  Total CC spending across 4 cards is $4586.27 for the month of March.  Bit higher than I would have liked.  

My year to date spending is as follows (1/1-3/31)

Travel $2438
Pet $3310
Groceries $2713 (not teased out the cleaning supplies and extras but I'll try to be better in the future splitting dog food, clening suplies etc)
Hobbies (ski gear) $1290
Restaurants $421
Gas $409 
Alcohol $308
Healthcare (lots of dental) $758
Gifts $889 (DK1 got ears pierced and nail salon)
Cell Phones $674 (bought 2 cell phones $135 LAL, $208 DH) and 3 months of plan
Home Improvement $460 (DH 100%)
General Merchandise (crap we buy from Amazon and online) $599 (this is mostly DH by the way)

April my goal is $750 for groceries, $100 alcohol and $50 cleaning supplies so $900 total.  And our overall spending under $3k on the credit cards including groceries.  So that will leave us with room to save.  It might not be possible with me needing to pay for a couple of summer camps.  

Of course I already blew it today....I spent $135.28 on groceries, $45.47 on gas, $9.61 at Dollar store, $14.90 Home Depot, $66.09 Dog Food and treats, $70.92 alcohol.  So we have started the month at $419.50 spent.  UGH!  Then eating out this weekend and gas for driving.  So I might be dying on the groceries already.  Or I can eat everything I have and be super cheap this month!  Nah. I want a rib roast and I have my eye on making beef wellington.  My pantry and freezer however are stuffed to the gills for some reason so I do need to eat what I've bought.

Posted in Budget | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Q1 spending and April Goals”

  1. terri77 Says:
    April 7th, 2021 at 03:55 pm 1617810928
    1617810928

    Sometimes you have those big expenditures then you don’t need to spend for quite some time. It’s good to have a stock freezer so you can save on gas and time later on.

  2. rob62521 Says:
    April 7th, 2021 at 07:04 pm 1617822276
    1617822276

    My grocery spending seems to go in cycles. I buy stuff when it is on sale and stock up on things I can, and then will go a few weeks and only buy the stuff we use each week. I imagine you will figure out a way to even things out.

  3. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    April 7th, 2021 at 08:29 pm 1617827348
    1617827348

    i've thought about that stock freezer but no way would my DH ever do it.

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