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First Day of "Tracking Every Penny"!

December 2nd, 2009 at 03:08 am

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!

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3 Responses to “First Day of "Tracking Every Penny"!”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 03:15 am 1259723732
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    Oooh, if you literally plan on tracking every penny, well, it won't be easy, especially if you have to tracks someone else's transactions.

    But it's still a great goal nonetheless! Even if it doesn't work perfectly, the increase in accuracy will still be quite helpful I'm sure. Good luck!

  2. firstthingsfirst Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 03:30 am 1259724659
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    Thanks Broken Arrow, I know it is sooooo much harder to keep track of everything DH spends. Not that he necessarily spends alot, he just never remembers it or remembers to tell me. I'm hoping that by taking it day by day, we can nail it down. Or get pretty close anyway!

  3. whitestripe Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 08:18 am 1259741920
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    I have always tracked my spending but when DF and I combined finances I found it difficult to track his too. It does get easier - you just have to keep asking him! Most days DF now remembers to tell me. It only took hmmm... 7 months? Big Grin

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