It's Crunch Time!

The end of the month is near, all the bills are paid…and I’m scrambling not to use my credit cards. So far, so good, however I did have a minor set back the week before and went over my food budget by $6.24 which means the budget for this week is $43.76 not $50. Not to mention the charitable magazine subscription that I bought from a student who knocked on my door Sunday (definitely not in the budget).

It seems like when it rains it pours…not sure if I mentioned before but my sister was laid off earlier this year, my nephew graduated college and has been unsuccessful in locating full-time employment so as of last week my mother is unemployed and my Godmother is in the hospital not to mention Michael Jackson died on Thursday. Needless to say this week has been fairly stressful. I am planning to travel to Indiana this weekend to visit with my Godmother which is totally not in the budget and it is at the end of the month.

 

Comments

[Rachel]

I like how you took your overage of $6.24 and deducted it off the next week's budget.

I'm allowed $220 a week to live on and if I spend $180 of that allowance, I use the left over $40 towards the next weeks allowance. Or if I go over the $220, then I get less the next week.