I began the month by
paying all of our monthly expenses ahead of their due dates. I made a sizeable payment toward my debt
elimination goal too. I cannot believe
how close I am to having this all paid off and how far ahead of schedule I am
too! Yesss!!
So far his has been
the year of buying shoes. Last month I
purchased two more pair for my youngest.
Her daily tennis shoes needed to be replaced and she also needed track
shoes. Fortunately both pair were on
sale and I got a $20 rebate on my purchase at check out. I used the rebate to purchase a pair of denim
shorts and a pair of flip flops for her for summer.
The oldest found two
pair of jeans and a pair of denim shorts at a thrift store along with two tank
tops. She is completely outfitted for
summer now for less than $20.
Unfortunately we weren't so lucky with the youngest so the rebate really
made up for the lack of thrift store finds.
We were able to pick up a pair of shorts and a pair of flip flops for
her with only a few dollars out of pocket.
So far this year we are coming in right at $160 on clothing for all of
us thanks to gift cards, coupons, sales and thrift stores. And we have managed to replace quite a bit.
I didn't spend much
on groceries last month as we were a bit overstocked with food. I also used up quite a bit of the frozen
leftovers I'd put away in the kitchen freezer.
Meal prep was kept quite simple and we had very little food waste.
Amazingly, as most
of you already are aware, I came across my new home. An older motorhome was purchased mid month
and within less than a week the Idaho Transportation Department mailed me the
title. She is all mine! I had budgeted
$15,000 for a down payment on my retirement home. I decided to change those plans and used half
that amount to purchase the motorhome. I
will most likely be moving into her sometime in the future. In the meantime, however, we will use her and
enjoy her as our "vacation home".
I did spend some
additional money to upgrade a few things and make the motorhome more usable for
me. I used a couple gift cards to help
offset some of those expenses too.
Additionally I took advantage of my Amazon Prime membership quite a bit
as well to get quite a few supplies at a great price with free two day shipping.
I did buy some fuel
last month. Not only did I need to put
gas in the car - twice!, but I put gas in the motorhome and topped off the
truck. I used my rewards points on my
Fred Meyer card to help lower the cost of those purchases.
So that pretty much
sums up my month in a nutshell. Perhaps
not uber thrifty, but fairly thrifty
nonetheless. I guess it all boils down
to perspective, but he motorhome investment, at least for me, is pretty uber
thrfty. I couldn't be happier about
that. 😆
I can't wait to see what you do to the your new toy. Please share pictures as you get her gussied up.
ReplyDeleteYou'll get your first glimpses of her next week. Hang tight! :)
DeleteDid I read you right? You will be full time living in Laverne in the future? I watch many a youtube video on women living in vans & campers full time. Interesting!
ReplyDeleteYes you did! Watch for an upcoming post this week with more details. ;)
DeleteI think you made a very wise choice to buy Laverne! Ever since seeing your post my hubby and I have been discussing doing the same thing except we would keep the home we have now and use the motorhome to take all our vacations to to travel and see family. There are so many places that we want to go but we can't afford the travel costs when you add in gas, hotel rooms and eating out.
ReplyDeleteWe've always had an RV and the last few years that we haven't we have not traveled much because of the expense. Before we camped a ton and visited a lot of neat places. I'm really happy to have an RV again.
DeleteI'm so excited for you!! Glad you had a good month.... especially with Laverne. Will your children live in the motor home too?
ReplyDeleteThey will not! Ha, ha. This will be much further into the future. Laverne is all mine. The girls will get to enjoy her with me, but they have been really great to encourage me that this motorhome is for me and they are backing me all the way. :)
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