The household budget for our family is $500 a month and includes all
groceries, household products, clothing, gifts, decorations and
newspapers. A little on the lean side? Perhaps, but it works for our family. Whether your number is $300 or $1000, you should do what works for your family.
In April our house back in Arkansas got rented out again,
and you can tell that I breathed with our spending again.
and you can tell that I breathed with our spending again.
I spent: $402.39
I saved: $714.46
Extra money I made: $180.47
It’s not too hard to track ThisIsLA. I just throw all my receipts in a designated drawer. On Saturday afternoons I sit down at the computer to tally the damage
By doing it weekly, it helps me keep it in check for the whole month. Sometimes it’s 10 or 15 here and a 20 there, and I don’t realize I’m up too 100 in a week. I’d hate to do that for a month and wonder what I spent it all on. Let me know how it goes!
Congrats!
I have been in a free spend (Gasp!) but am going to start tracking.