Spending Log:

Gas for Me: $10
My Lunch: $6
DH's Lunch: $4.50
One of My Christmas Gifts from DH: $8

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We stunk at the lunch thing today. DH actually made sandwiches and packed them with some drinks, then forgot to take them with him to work. I saw them sitting on our couch when I got up. I wasn't even supposed to work today, but after my boss's boss showed up and was mad about random things, I ended up rushing out the door in half-dry clothes. So needless to say, didn't pack lunch. Blah.

We also had to drive about 45 minutes (one way) to get DH's old TV from his parents' house, and take it back to my work. They'd better appreciate my dedication. Hopefully it will get me somewhere, someday.

On a side note, I need to put some things on Ebay or Craigslist. I guess I should try Craigslist first, since it's free. We still have so many boxes that we haven't unpacked from our move, sitting in our spare bedroom. I want to get it unpacked and organized, but there is so much stuff! And the kicker... there are quite a few brand new bottles of Bath & Body Works lotion sets, etc. that I got for Christmas or my birthday and haven't used. I mean, if you forget that you have something and haven't looked for it in the six months since you moved in... chances are you can live without it. Plus, even if we got a dollar out of it, it's better than cluttering up our house. And any extra money around Christmas is good.

Spending Log:

My Breakfast: $2.12
My Snack: $2.25
DH's Lunch: $4.30
Groceries For Supper: $4.50
Gas for DH: $10

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We are still tracking! Yay for us. I know we are over on our eating out budget. We will have to start making our lunches the night before and sticking them in the fridge, because it's all I can do to pull myself out of bed in time for a shower in the morning. That is what kills me... I don't mind to eat leftovers or lunch I've packed, I just never remember or have time to get it ready in the morning. Gotta fix that.

I'm supposed to be taking vacation days today and tomorrow, but I am going to try and go get DH's old TV from his parents' house and take it to my work. We are building a display to try and win a contest, and need to be finishing it soon. Hopefully I can get it in the back of my truck and to work without rain!

Sending off DH's car payment tomorrow. Reminds me that I still need a new tire on my truck. Now that the cold weather has set in, we are having to inflate it again every other day. Must be a slow leak. I probably need all new tires, but we can't afford that right now, and I hate to think that I might buy new tires and then my truck break down! It's held up well so far, so everyone cross your fingers.

Well, I'm off to enjoy a nice relaxing bath and some reading, then do a few things for work and get ready for tomorrow.

Spending Log:

DH's Lunch: $5
My Lunch: $4.50

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Spending Log:

Pizza: $8 (Entertainment)
Gas for DH: $10 (Gas)
Mexican Restaurant: $25 (Eating Out)
3 Candles (Gifts): $20 (Christmas)
Gift for My Mom: $10 (Christmas)
Wrapping Paper/Ribbon: $8 (Household)
Tape/Ribbon: $2 (Household)
Candy Ingredients: $8 (Groceries)
Paid FFB Bill: $261

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To be fair, not all of the above spending was from today. The pizza is from Saturday night, when DH's sister, bro-in-law, and niece came over. We ordered pizza and split the bill.

Yesterday, we went out to eat (Mexican) and also to a movie - but used a gift card for the movie. We saw New Moon and I loved it... not as good as the book, but they never are!

Today, I went into work for a bit (it was my day off) and the person that had my position before me was in the boss's office when I got there. It's not the first time, he comes back often and chats with everybody, but it's still weird because he got fired right before I got there. Just awkward and unnerving to see him, really.

Also got my mom a cute decorative storage box for her kitchen, which is done in roosters. It was 50% off at a crafty/decor store, which made it only $10. She is super hard to shop for, so that will probably be her big "gift", paired with some nice warm socks & a gift card. Picked up 3 soy wax candles while I was at work, for my dad's girlfriend, and two grandmothers. Slowly but surely getting it done! (And none on the credit cards so far!)

Spending Log:
DH's Lunch: $1.37 {Eating Out}
My Breakfast: $3.17 {Eating Out}
Cat Litter: $3.50

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Shew, long day at work. Tomorrow is supposed to be my day off, but I may go in to do a few things. The good thing is, I'm salary so I don't have to abide by the no-overtime rules like everyone else. The bad thing is, I don't get overtime so I don't get paid for the after-forty hours every week! It's a double-edged sword I guess!

Tonight will be spent relaxing, we were going to go out to eat but decided not to and save the "entertainment" money. DH's sister, niece, and bro-in-law might be stopping by for a bit anyway.

I'm proud of us, this is our 5th day of tracking every penny and we've done pretty good I guess. I suspect we are over the weekly budget for eating out, but not too bad and we have stocked up on some groceries that might catch us up later in the month.

We'll see!

Spending Log:
My Lunch: $3
Gas for my Truck: $15

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Not much else to report. Work is stressful, just trying to stay busy and be successful. Cold weather today, compared to what we had been having!

I'll be eating leftovers for lunch tomorrow, proud of myself!

Spending Log:
DH's Lunch: $2.20 {Eating Out}
Cigarettes: $3.50 {Household}
My Lunch: $2.12 {Eating Out}
Groceries: $45
Trash Bags, Etc.: $10 {Household}
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Work has been interesting, but a little weird. Got handed a special presentation for our district yesterday, which is pretty cool. Don't know when we're going to have time to get things together, but we'll figure it out I guess.

Things have seemed a little off lately too. Not in a bad way, not in a good way. Just a weird, kind of ominous way. I guess the best thing to do is just put my nose to the grind, mind my own business, and make sure I don't give anybody any reason to pay extra attention to me. Unless it's the good attention from doing such an awesome job.

Back to the grind...

Spending Log:
DH's Lunch: $4.17 {Eating Out}
DH's Snack: $1.00 {Eating Out}
My Snack: $1.15 {Eating Out}
My Haircut: $21 {Haircuts}

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Whoo hoo! Day #2 of tracking every penny!

I took leftovers from supper for my lunch today, so just bought a snack. A little proud of myself for that!

Money is getting tighter, with Christmas coming up and all the bills approaching. It makes me a little nervous because I like to have a cushion in our checking account, but also makes me feel better because I feel like we're consciously tightening the reins. Tighter money means we pay more attention to where it's going!

Plus, we are trying to switch to a new checking account, but haven't ordered checks yet, so we can't get a direct deposit made until then. And I don't want to order checks until DH adds himself to the account, which I have to be present for. An hour during a workday that we both can get off of work? Right!!!

Not much to report other than that, Rudolph comes on tonight sometime, so DH & I are going to watch it (with the pets of course, hehe). I love the old Christmasy ones.

Spending Log:
DH's Lunch: $6.50 {Eating Out}
Groceries for Dinner: $6.80 {Groceries}
My Lunch: $2.40 {Eating Out}

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Well, today is the official start of our "tracking every penny" budget. We did fairly well for November, considering that we started halfway through the month and did some Christmas shopping, etc.

We are staying pretty close to budget on the Christmas shopping. We have been trying to average everything out, so that if we spend a few dollars more on one person, it is a few less on another. So far, so good.

We have completed gifts for DH's two sisters, their husbands, our niece, two almost-nephews, my youngest brother, and my sister. We have partial gifts for DH's mom, DH's dad, my dad, one of my other brothers, and my grandma. I've also ordered DH's "big" gift (a video game) on sale from Amazon. he got some kind of $20 credit with the sale, for Cyber Monday.

Big company coming at my work tomorrow, so I'm kind of nervous about that. Seems like they always visit after I've been off for a few days and have alot to catch up on. DH got a customer compliment at work today, apparently the guy was impressed with how DH handled a certain situation, and wanted to let his supervisor know. Pretty cool.

Well, I need to pay a few bills and then try to update November's month-end numbers for debt & savings. Then bed!