I swear November zoomed right by and I'm amazed it is even
time to write this post let alone that it's December already! Oh my gosh!
Well, November may have zipped right by, but I still managed to keep it
thrifty, even though we hosted Thanksgiving and had company for several
days. I'm pretty pleased with how that
all worked out.
I spent $13.99 to repair my old laptop for my daughter to use |
At the beginning of the month I was able to pay all of our
monthly expenses and do the majority of the grocery shopping using my first paycheck. I also made all of my savings goals and added
quite a bit to my savings and retirement accounts. I topped up the gas tank in my car and
managed to make it last all month long.
By the end of the month though the low fuel light was flashing, but I
made it!
Mid month I paid the mortgage early as I always do and added
more money to my savings and retirement accounts. I bought a couple birthday gifts for my girls
and did a little bit of grocery shopping,
mainly to get a few last minute items for Thanksgiving. We already had a turkey breast in the
freezer, however one of my co-worker's has a husband who is a meat broker and
he gifted us with a 20# turkey. It was
an amazing and totally unexpected blessing.
It had been a very long time since I'd cooked a whole bird for Thanksgiving
and we were thrilled, especially my girls, although they would have been very
happy with just the breast I originally planned to cook.
I was able to turn this mess into a really nice space for no $$ out of pocket |
I was able to use our regular household budget to outfit our downstairs bedroom with new bedding and a set of curtains. Because of that we did not dine out or go to
any movies last month. I did have the
luxury of attending my daughter's orchestra concert one evening, which was
free, and we popped popcorn a couple times and had our own movie nights at
home. I even borrowed a DVD from one of
my co-workers. So no hardship was felt
there.
New violin strings |
I purchased two items (gently used) from Amazon to give my
youngest daughter for Christmas. I did
not do any other shopping for Christmas as we are keeping it very simple and
low budget this year. I went through my
pantry and spice cupboards to make sure I have everything I need for holiday baking
and meal preparations and I pretty much have the bulk of what we need on
hand. I'm hoping to keep our grocery
spending pretty minimal this month.
My sewing area has been restored |
December is shaping up to be a little tight financially for
us to I'll be trying to mind our pennies.
My car registration is due at the end of the month and my youngest
daughter is having oral surgery, God bless her, so I'll have some expense there. I am hoping and praying this is the last of
it for her. She has been through a lot
with her mouth due to having been born with a cleft palate. This surgery is to remove her heavily
impacted wisdom teeth and should be the last step before her final cleft
closure surgery.
We are extremely blessed with abundance |
We managed November pretty well and undoubtedly have so much
to be thankful for. While money matters
can be stressful and even upsetting at times I try to focus on all that we have
been blessed with. I can look around and
see I've got a lot to be grateful for.
You always do so well with your money.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :)
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