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I hope everyone had a good weekend. Finished most of the things on my list from yesterday, but I’m definitely starting to get stressed out with my classes and everything. We went out on Friday and Saturday with friends and it was fun. However, no dancing was involved, so it could have been better 🙂
Here are my updates:
Getting rid of my work outfit laziness: I’m not doing the greatest with this whole taking pictures thing. I need to try harder and actually remember.
School: Only 10 more weeks until the semester is over. As you all know (from this blog post), I am positively graduating in August! My last final is on August 8th (I think), but the actual graduation ceremony is on August 4th (I think). Not sure how that’s going to work out, but oh well. Both of my classes will be relatively easy compared to all of the other classes that I took.I’m definitely looking forward to easier classes. This summer shouldn’t be too bad.
Extra Monthly Income: Not too much extra income in the past month. Not too too worried. However, the BF found out that they’re offering another shift (maybe), and if they do that, then he said he will definitely sign up for it. It’s only a couple extra hours a week, but it’ll be a couple hundred extra every month, and that will help offset the extra costs of this Jeep he just got.
Budget Cutting: We cut out 1 thing this past week. I realized we were paying $6 per month for “satellite insurance.” Not a ton of money, but it’s still something. And we’ve been paying this for over 2 years. For what!? NOTHING! I found out that if something did happen to our satellite, then we would still have to pay the same price. So it was pointless. I could’ve saved so much money these past 2 years. But no more! Now our TV bill is around $68 per month. Still high, but not too ridiculous.
Spending: I didn’t do any shopping this past week. At least not that I can remember. I filled up a cart online at F21, but I decided not to buy any of it.
I also got a haircut on Saturday. I had a $100 salon gift card and used it there. The hair cuts are super expensive there though! $61 for a cut and $37 for a shampoo and blowdry! CRAP that’s expensive. I’ve never gotten such an expensive cut, but thankfully I had the gift certificate. How much are your haircuts usually? Mine are usually around $40.
I also bought Moroccan Oil when I was there, and let me tell you, it’s GREAT. It was expensive, but my hair has never been this silky smooth.
The spending on the Jeep has been a little more than what we thought. He brought it to get its safety inspection, and it didn’t pass. It needed a little maintenance. He also realized that if he spent a little more money, then the Jeep would be perfectly running again, so he spent around $250 altogether on all of the maintenance things he did. He did nearly all of the stuff himself, except he brought it to a muffler shop to get his muffler welded or something.
Food: I went grocery shopping on Thursday and only spent around $40. But I do need to stock up on other things. We definitely went over our food budget for the month, but oh well. We will improve this next month. Everything just looked so good this month so I had a lot of cravings. How much did you spend this month on your food?
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jpkittie says
certainly haven't been able to cut anything from the budget lately! I should give that a shot 😉
House of Sykes says
i used to go to a salon where my shampoo, cut and style was $66 + tip – CRAZY expensive! i stopped going there and found a local salon where the same services cost $30 + tip. that's a whole lot easier to swallow for a haircut!
Live Simply- Live We says
I love that you are so diligent about cutting costs.We finally menu planned, thanks to your inspiration and it really helped to make the grocery shopping cheaper and easier
Kristin says
I totally pretend shop by filling up online carts all the time! We're trying to eat at home more…That's how we're working on the old budget right now.
BrokeElizabeth says
My food budget has been all over the place recently because I've discovered a few new allergies and intolerances, and I just haven't been feeling hungry so I've needed to buy higher calorie foods to compensate. Hopefully I'll get back on track in March :).
Shannon Marie says
I'm so glad you bought Moroccan Oil.. I swear by it! By the way, all of your food photos look AMAZING! I better grab breakfast soon! 🙂 I honestly haven't been good about budgeting. I'm at this awkward phase where I'm graduating in May so I'm going out with friends so much more than I normally would… Have a super week!
Valerie Griffin says
i need to get that oil!
Nichole says
haha, I totally "shop" online and never check out all the time, so I'm with ya! I've been trying to cut or grocery budget big time! I know you're in a diff state but curious what you spend on average? I thought $100/week was great until I started seeing what others were spending and think I can do better, lol.
Alyx says
Oh, man! That's an expensive cut! Mine are usually around $40, too.
Kate says
That all looks delicious! I really need to buckle down and start paying more attention to how much money we spend on food… it's the one place that I feel like we overspend.
Amanda says
$61 for a haircut?!?! Holy crap. That's crazy. The most I've spent on just a hair cut is 24 and that's with tip. I guess Wisconsin is cheap. Isn't Moroccan oil amazeballs?! Love it!
lora kathleen says
I graduated in December so I had my graduation ceremony two weeks before my finals… and the official date on my diploma is December 24. My haircuts are around $60 if I go to a real salon (for major cuts) or $20 if I go to the local Aveda Institute for trims. But the $60 includes shampoo and blowdry!
Alice says
My last final is on August 8th (I think), but the actual graduation ceremony is on August 4th (I think).You should be able to walk the line and then if you don't pass that last class, they just won't send you the official diploma.
Alice at Dont Debt says
"How much are your haircuts usually? "Wow, I spend $10. I could spend more in 'the big city' – which isn't really a big city at all, but I drive back to my hometown to spend $10 with a fantastic lady who always knows exactly what to do. My hair looks fantastic and I would hate to think I had to spend way more on someone whose work I didn't know. Even with the cost of the gas to drive there, I am still only out about $20 total. I'm up for that any day over $61 or even $37.
Michelle P says
I know it was way too expensive. I definitely would not have done that if it wasn't for the gift certificate.
The Single Saver says
If I were you I would call your TV provider and complain about the bogus "satellite insurance." If it is true that it offered you no benefits, then you were being ripped off. If you complain loudly enough they might give you a discount on your upcoming bills in order to make you a happy customer again.
Tabitha Mahoney says
Love that Moroccan oil, I use it too. Your food looks better than mine, so you should start cooking for four k? That'd be great, thanks :)TabHappy Monday!
Michelle P says
Haha cooking for 4 would be tiring!
Life In Heels says
i loveeeee Moroccan Oil!!!