October Accountability Thread

[Bellaroo]

Originally Posted by WyattsMommy09 So sorry momma. I hope he finds another one ASAP

Thank you!

Originally Posted by sweetgrace Ah major Bummer! So sorry to hear this! I'm glad you have a plan in place. Is there hope for a new job soon in your area?

Thanks. He has a job interview on Monday and was told to bring in his resume to a couple of other places. We're hopeful that one will work out.

[sweetgrace]

Originally Posted by Bellaroo Thank you! Thanks. He has a job interview on Monday and was told to bring in his resume to a couple of other places. We're hopeful that one will work out.

Getting an interview right away is really encouraging! I hope one will work out real soon for you!

[lensesforeyes]

Really not doing so well. Was hoping to come in under budget this month, now it seems it's going to be tight just to stay in budget. We did have some unexpected but needed expenses this weekend, but I'm regretting some of the money I have spent. There is a consignment sale I'm selling at next week, hoping to help make up for some of the extra spending.

[Marianna1988]

I'm so hit and miss this month. Definitely way off course. Everytime I think I've corrected myself, I go and be financially irresponsible. Sigh. Good news is, I think I can exceed my goal of staying under $150 for food (normally I budget $200). I'm pretty sure I'll be at around $100 for 2.5 weeks! that even includes the bags I need to buy to finish off packaging up my items for the consignment sale (are we going to the same one, lensesforeyes? Lol). But that of course assumes I don't fall prey to impulse buts and markdown specials

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[cmarsh31]

Originally Posted by cmarsh31 Ok, I've never done this before, but I absolutely HAVE to get our spending under control. It's making me crazy. We haven't had a budget in years and I'm constantly overwhelmed. Hoping this makes me feel more accountable. Week 1 Paid for DD's ballet for the year ($350, saved $25), driveway sealing ($150), and yarn ($80) above "normal" expenses. Going to keep track of EVERYTHING the rest of the month so I can try to budget Week 2 8 - $0 9 $65 (groceries), $46 (school pictures - some are Christmas gifts), $3.50 (Starbucks), $3 CVS (saved $24!!!), $4.31 (Shutterfly - shipping for free magnet Christmas Gift) 10 $3 CVS (vitamin sale, b1g1 & $3 off!) $20 lunch for me & dd and play place (former coworker on maternity leave) 11 $5 Groupon (for $30 gc to my FAVORITE restaurant!), $25 piano books (for the year), $72 gas UGGGG 12 $9 Deli (cold cuts for grilled sandwiches - our version of non-takeout dinner), $17.50 birthday gift for DD's bff 13 $55 YMCA (basketball for DS) 14 $6 Market (eggs & Italian bread for dinner tomorrow night) Week 3 15 $255 Preschool Tuition, $12 hospital parking (SIL had her baby!), $? Dinner 16 $44 milk & egg delivery, $9 for parking & coffee at Hospital (again, no clue what DH is spending at the 2nd hospital) 17 $10 parking & coffee - at least SIL is out of the expensive parking hospital & now I can park for $1/day at the other! Bought a 5 pack of passes and then parked on the street a few blocks away for SIL (saved $6!) 18 $9 coffee & snack at hospital, $10 diapers for SIL 19 $62 on groceries (including ALL the Halloween candy we need!), $70 gas, $143 gymnastics because they forgot to charge me in Aug & I didn't realize til today, so I asked. no hospital cost - DS is sick so I have to stay away from the ICU , $62 TJs, $11 (cash - WOOHOO!) at 31 Party 20 $0 21 $55 Kohls (to replace the roasting pan DH ruined last Thanksgiving and new cookie sheets) Week 4 22 $37 chiro, $5 coffee (yes, I have to stop getting coffee when I go to the hospital but I'm using my tutoring cash so I feel less guilty!) 23 24 25 26 27 28 Week 5 29 30 31 (Gas/Electric bill $170 11/2)

2nd week, here I go! Paid last month's bills. Not pretty, but not as bad as they've been. Hoping that next month I will finally see the light.

Crash. Burn. SIL had her baby a week early. Literally simultaneously, Great-Aunt-In-Law had a MAJOR car accident. DH and I are split between two hospitals (parking, food, etc).

[lensesforeyes]

Originally Posted by Marianna1988 I'm so hit and miss this month. Definitely way off course. Everytime I think I've corrected myself, I go and be financially irresponsible. Sigh. Good news is, I think I can exceed my goal of staying under $150 for food (normally I budget $200). I'm pretty sure I'll be at around $100 for 2.5 weeks! that even includes the bags I need to buy to finish off packaging up my items for the consignment sale (are we going to the same one, lensesforeyes? Lol). But that of course assumes I don't fall prey to impulse buts and markdown specials Sent from my iPhone using DS Forum

JBF Tacoma? I'm working hard to get my stuff finished by tomorrow. I am completely shocked how much I missed for the last sale! I was thinking I'd have almost no clothes since most sold at the Renton one, but all of a sudden I have almost as many! Hoping I do as well (or better ) at this sale!

Btw, I tried PMing you about your offer to snap convert for me, but it won't send for some reason. I had a few questions, could you try sending me one?

[Marianna1988]

Originally Posted by lensesforeyes JBF Tacoma? I'm working hard to get my stuff finished by tomorrow. I am completely shocked how much I missed for the last sale! I was thinking I'd have almost no clothes since most sold at the Renton one, but all of a sudden I have almost as many! Hoping I do as well (or better ) at this sale! Btw, I tried PMing you about your offer to snap convert for me, but it won't send for some reason. I had a few questions, could you try sending me one?

Yep, JBF Tacoma I just did the one in Renton too, and I was REALLY disappointed in it. I've only done the Tacoma sale one other time, and it was much better, I think. I had a few items go missing, but not nearly as many as Renton (and Renton is taking FOREVER to send checks, and she is NOT good about answering questions on her FB page). Olympia is the only one I've done that I haven't had any problems at, so I'm glad she's doing another one before we move. I'm scrambling for this sale too. I thought I didn't have much left to sell, but I think I have mroe now than I ever have before! lol.

I'll PM you right now

[lensesforeyes]

Originally Posted by Marianna1988 Yep, JBF Tacoma I just did the one in Renton too, and I was REALLY disappointed in it. I've only done the Tacoma sale one other time, and it was much better, I think. I had a few items go missing, but not nearly as many as Renton (and Renton is taking FOREVER to send checks, and she is NOT good about answering questions on her FB page). Olympia is the only one I've done that I haven't had any problems at, so I'm glad she's doing another one before we move. I'm scrambling for this sale too. I thought I didn't have much left to sell, but I think I have mroe now than I ever have before! lol. I'll PM you right now

I haven't actually checked, but from what I can tell, I did not have anything go missing. I need to actually go through and make sure, seeing all the complaints on the fb page has me nervous. I'm thinking maybe a lot of the missing stuff is from hand entered items like she said, because I have a laser printer, those do awesome printing bar codes that are scannable. I'm not thrilled with how long it's taking her to reply to my question about when checks are coming out, mine is for a lot and I don't want it stollen from my mail box.

Tacoma is the only one I've done before. I know I had at least one lost/stollen item, it was something I was on the fence about selling.

When do you move?

[cmarsh31]

We're falling off the page - I'm updating daily at least and feeling pretty good! Being accountable is DEFINITELY helping my spending (thus I only spent $62 at TJs yesterday instead of going wild and $11 at a 31 party - plus it was my tutoring cash, that DH says I'm supposed to spend on me but I rarely do).

After a bunch of unexpected stuff, though, I REALLY need a 0 day. Hoping I can pull it off.

[Skatha89]

Been 3 days of birthdays so far, and 3 more to go in October lol wrong month to do this!