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Very expensive month.

August 22nd, 2012 at 04:05 pm

in August we have
-- Geico semi-annual bill due $980
-- DH life insurance annual bill $800+
-- I bought LO bunch of fall clothing
-- Wedding, birthday, friends visit
-- Credit cards due from our July-long trip to Asia
(that's a big one)
-- And we bought a 50" 3D tv (not an impulse, we were thinking about it for a while, and had our 26" for the last 5 years), we got an apple TV too, together totaling $1,400

wow.
I did not keep track of expenses but I know we are over by a lot.

I will definitely track and try to stay within the budget in September!

4 Responses to “Very expensive month. ”

  1. ceejay74 Says:
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    Ouch! I had a couple of months like that this year. Good luck regrouping in September.

  2. snafu Says:
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    If these 'spendy' months bother you, you can reduce the trauma by creating your own 'personal escrow' fund with transfers each month $70. [$35. per pay] to cover DH's insurance, $ 89. Gelco, $ 200. vacation/Asia, $ 100. ea. clothes, $ 200. gifts etc.

  3. PNW Mom Says:
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    I had one of those months too earlier in the year....I hear ya!

  4. My English Castle Says:
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    We have a lot of that now too with school spending, DH's life insurance, and a fair amount of other stuff.
    I think after Labor day things will calm down--at least spending wise!

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