My Uber Thrifty Month In Review - August

After paying our monthly bills I kept our other expenses to a bare minimum.  I did not add anything to my savings account but I did add to the Christmas fund.  With school starting and moving back into our house at the same time I really needed to keep a handle on it.  I think I accomplished that rather well.

I managed to get back and forth to work and run a few errands on two tanks of gas.  I started the month with a full tank and bought another about mid month.  I didn’t need to refuel until the 5th of September.

I did not refill the propane tanks on the RV.  I will leave that up to the future "home" owner.  We ate from the pantry and freezer throughout the month.  I bought a few things to round out meals we prepared from our supply, mostly produce and milk.  I didn’t buy anything the last week of the month and needless to say we really had to think of ways to get those final meals put together and on the table.

Back to school shopping was kept to a minimum as well.  Primarily we needed a few uniforms for the oldest to start school in and she needed a new backpack and shoes.  The youngest already had new shoes and quite a few nice outfits plus hand me downs from her older sister.

I shopped around a lot for best pricing on our new furniture for the house.  I was able to get some great pieces for not a lot of money.  I will be posting more about how I did this in the coming weeks as we get settled into our home. 

That pretty much sums it up for now.