Boring, I know, but reporting here keeps me honest! For four weeks ending 12/16:
Everyday Expenses are staying pretty stable, despite the craziness of the holidays. It came to $554.76, only about $10 over where I like it to be. And, of course it was due to an organizational problem, sigh... I was watching the budget as I shopped through the month, but I'd forgotten to record a trip to Pathmark in Quicken so it looked like I'd spent less than I had. Oh well, not a disaster.
I had the credit card completely paid off, then I paid for the gym membership with the Discover card on 12/16. But it's paid for now, plus I have a weird $1 credit balance because of a mysterious trial offer refund.
Savings for emergencies stood at $458 in the Emergency Fund, and $570 in the Health Savings Account.
I'm going to keep reporting every 4 weeks, even though the debt is paid off now--I can use it to track savings goals.
4-week report
December 31st, 2006 at 08:15 pm