May Already?

Wow - I am still around - just have been super busy for a few months here. I am ready to get back 'in it!' May is going to be pretty busy for us again - but shouldn't be too bad in the spending department. It will be one of those months where I have to purchase stuff and then just turn it in to get reimbursed. This week is a 2 Day PTA Event that I am chair of (so glad when this year is over - I am totally done with this stuff) May Goals ~ Grocery - $250 Misc - $100 Other things I will work on - ~ CASH ONLY ~ GYM ~ DECLUTTERING ~ READING ~ FAMILY TIME I need to get back to basics before summer - I need to get back into the mindset of working on paying things off and such. There have yet to be any details on DH job, so we need to keep up our focus. Current Status to Pay Off -a Small CC @ $850 -Small CC#2 @ $1,200 -Huntington @ $3,000 That stuff is all in the near future. We just added $1500 with travel, for family events, that we had going on during the past two weeks. :( But that is my focus this month - I am honestly hoping to get the first two PIF by the end of May. I am certainly going to try. Now it is time to go catch up on all of you!

Still Strong

Things are still going strong this month with financials. This past week was pretty inexpensive & I plan on the upcoming week to be one as well. As I mentioned before, we are traveling towards the end of the month so I am holding off on sending my snowflakes to my targeted card. As soon as I get back I will get back to business. We were doing so well tackling that debt that I am pretty excited to get back to it. We have had a good run so far & I look forward to continuing. My sidebars are updated with the $ I have spent so far this month. Happy Spring :)

Spring Break Over :(

Today DD goes back to school after having been off for Spring Break. I must say I am going to miss her terribly! This just confirms that I am certainly ready for summer! We did pretty well in the $ department too. We didn't do much spending at all really.

This week is going to be a quiet week as well. Couple of PTA Meetings & some working out at the gym and calling it a week ;)

I haven't been putting any $ on my current credit card this past week or this coming week - we have my Uncle's Wedding out of town in 2 weeks, so I want to just save it & have it on hand.

Hope you have a great week as well!

Mid Week Update

Still on a roll & finding that trying to blog is helping ;)

Tuesday & Wednesday are marked as No Spends!

I also got to the gym last night & did another Boot Camp Class!

Today DD is going to a friend's house to play for a bit & I am going to get my Easter Shopping Done. (for food ~ my shopping is done for DD)

Tomorrow is Friday & I am looking forward to putting some more on our targeted card!

Here's to another good day

So Far So Good

Okay - Day 1 of Spring Break is over - brought a spending of $13 (but this will be given back to me as I found something my SIL was looking for at Jo Ann's)

I also did Boot Camp - hoping to go again on Wednesday Night!

Hope you are off to a good start for April & for your week!!!

Just to see how we are doing -
September we were at $70,500 --- March we were at $58,500

We are certainly going in the right direction! I am so excited to see every single month the amount that our total goes down!

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

Snow showers! Not real ones, but financial ones for sure! Things have been pretty steady with DH OT - I was able to put $830 on that next target card bringing it down to $3,000! With that being said, I am changing my goal to the end of May to have it paid off.

Sorry I haven't been around. There has been so much going on - PTA - DD sick with a stomach flu 2 times in not even 2 full weeks! She had gotten better & 4 days later she started again! UGH

Thankful for the new month - then I have a fresh month to start tracking my funds & do my to do list again!

Our washer broke yesterday - but when DH pulled off the front panel, he saw that belt broken on the floor below. He just ordered a new belt - it is worth a shot to try to fix it that way - we are really hoping that is the problem. $35 vs $650 is def worth a shot in my book! haha

This week DD is on spring break. Should be a pretty cheap week.

Monday - DD going to a friends house to play
Tuesday - DD going to a friends house to spend the night (this is pretty exciting stuff - this is her first 'outside the family' sleepover) She has $ left from Christmas for Build a Bear, plus there are $10 coupons out there - I think I may take her during the day to go get a build a bear
Wednesday - No plans as of yet - I will be getting DD from friends house at 10am.
Thursday - Playdate with a friend THEN niece is coming over to spend the night
Friday - Niece is over - maybe we will go to swim or something fun like that.

So I am thinking that we will spend no more then like $50 extra (and that is guessing super high - we don't have much going on that we are going to spend $ at)

I am also planning on hitting Boot Camp at the gym Monday night & Wednesday night - that will be all of my working out (unless I go on Friday when DH is home, but that is about it) I took my first boot camp class last week and I LOVED/HATED it! it was great!

I have missed you all! Have a great week

Another One Down

F/N is now out of here :) Next up is around $4,000 and I am hoping to get rid of it by the end of June. :)

Hope you are still doing well with your 2012 Budgets! This year is definitely the year of change for me