The Good Life on a Budget

• Posted by JvW on August 8th, 2009 filed in Deals, Groceries, No Spend

So we’re one week into the low-spend August and so far, so good! I am having a really hard time sticking to my fun money (but maybe if I do really well with the groceries I can borrow a little from there). On to the numbers - here is what I have spent so far.

• Groceries: $23.17 ($176.83 left)
• Fuel: $136.26 (363.74 left)
• Auto Repair: $274.03 ($5.93 under budget! woot!)
• Auto Inspections: $0 (haven’t gotten the inspections yet)
• Fun Money: $37.11 ($162.89 left)
• Day trip to Martha’s Vineyard:$0 ($100 left - trip planned for next weekend)
• Waterfire in Providence: $0 ($100 left - planned for 8/22)

So, all in all, I am happy with week 1. We are on a pretty good pace so far. I am crazy proud of the grocery number & I got a ton of food!

Look at all the food! $$9.64 Stop & Shop, $9.67 Shaws, $3.86 Farm Stand

As for the fun money, I bought a couple of different things:

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Bare Minerals Sample - $1

A couple of brewskies with my husband & friends - $27

Bottomless Iced Coffee from Panera - $2.11

Green Tote from JC Penney - $7 shipped!