Saturday, August 1, 2009

August - blown already!

Although it hasn't even been twelve hours since I posted our projected budget, we're already way over on miscellaneous spending. 

We spent most of the day working around the house, and so we ended up eating out for lunch ($20, Coney Island) and dinner ($10, Taco Bell). We went to Home Depot to pick up some replacement work gloves ($11), and also decided to browse around Lowe's. We did swing by the grocery store for a few other items ($21), but I'm considering that part of our regular grocery budget. 

I had a 10% off coupon for Lowe's, and we found a ton of stuff for around the house. Some lighting fixtures, bathroom exhaust fan, flowers/shrubbery, landscaping supplies. They had a great deal on some of the perennial flowers that I couldn't pass up, and we also decided to pick up some lights that we've been needing to replace for quite awhile. After the coupon, we spent $133. 

So in all, we spent almost $200 today... with only $21 having been budgeted. Oops! 

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