Grocery Budget:
I stayed within my $80 weekly budget, just barely! My favorite thing of the week was that I got a box of gluten-free items from Vitacost in the mail!
I also bought a tank and a half of gas this week! (How could I need so much?)
Envelopes Update:
I am doing really well with the envelopes. Using them creates a clarity that I didn’t have before.
For example, I budgeted $140 for dinner with friends and date night for the whole month. I have less than HALF of that left already this month, and we still had a couple of gift cards left from Christmas. I am going to work on this in 2 ways. First, I am going to try to reduce our spending there. However, I know that I am going to have to increase the amount in that envelope too. I don’t want to set us up for failure, and our date nights have tremendously improved our communication and relationship.
I have been brainstorming ideas for reducing that spending. (This week was easy, because I have a stomach bug and we didn’t go out last night.)
Debt Update:
I sent another $1,000 to Lowes this week. It feels so good to make some of this debt disappear! We now have just under $1,000 to pay to Lowes. I will hopefully be able to save for that payment by this time next month.
How have you been doing? Is your debt snow ball rolling? Have you tried the envelopes yet?
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