Thanks for the encouraging comments, guys, it helps. Some days I just reach my limit, and I guess Friday was that kind of day...
OK, raise or not, insurance problem or not, the 4 weeks ending yesterday did not go badly at all.
Once again, my grocery spending was $287, same as the last time. I'm hoping this means I've gotten into some sort of groove, with knowing how much food we really need and how much I should try to stock up and do rebates.
Overall Everyday Expenses totaled $502. For comparison, here's how it's been going over past 4-week periods:
July--743
August--499
September--742
October--547
November--652
December--546
So, it was the second best since I started keeping track.
Credit card debt went from $4016 to $3829, down $187
Emergency savings went from $166 to $272, up $106
I'm pretty satisfied with that, considering I paid two yearly vet visits in cash, bought quite a few household items, got through Christmas, and had a car repair.
I wanted to track how many "deals" I did. There were 11:
0% cc deal with HSBC
$25 Mazda test drive
Filtrete rebate
Credit Protector rebate
5 regular grocery rebates
Emailed Campbell Soup with a complaint (due to receive coupons, but haven't arrived yet)
Emailed Birds Eye with a compliment (received 5 coupons)
Still reading up a storm, and not exercising much.
DH and I are getting ready to go out for a steak dinner. I have a $10 coupon for my birthday, and we haven't been out alone since well before the holidays. It's still nice getting out with DMom, but it's just not the same as a date.
Four-week report
January 15th, 2006 at 08:55 pm