Today I bought some special cards, the kind for specific family members, they were a little more expensive than usual $23.80 to be exact but as they are all I,m giving this year I had no problem paying the extra amount.
Browsing around the shops at this time of year is ohhh so tempting which is why I only carried $50 in my purse, I was actually looking for ideas for presents for my Grandchildren, but I came up empty handed, so I,ll be asking my Daughter for some ideas. So in keeping with my policy of no new clothes this year I went into our seconds shop and paid $18 for 4 items, I got 3 tops and 1 pair of cutoffs for work. I am a lot heavier than I was this time last year and so I very badly needed these items it was definitely a need and not a want.
Lastly I bought $10 of petrol for my little old girl, she had an almost empty tank, I have been neglecting her recently. I had a free voucher for coffee and my MIL treated me to a cake, so all up $51.80 spent.
I have mentioned on a few occasions that I am currently using my Son,s laptop and as it,s Apple I don,t have access to spreadsheets and so I have been writing down my daily spending amounts in a journal, it has worked OK for me, but while googling some other options for tracking money I found www.spendingdiary.com and now I can enter everything online, it does a running daily, weekly, and monthly amount as well as a pie chart to show you exactly in which category you are spending the most. I only started today and will try it for the month of December before making up my mind if it,s for me, but as I am on line every day I think it will work.
Hi Maureen,
ReplyDeleteI looked at Spending Diary, and it looks like a good program. I tend to keep track of spending in a notebook. Not always successful with this so I might have a go at Spending diary for December too!
I don't know what to get my littlest grandson for Christmas either. The older ones ( they are in college or high school will be getting gift cards for gas) not very fun, but practical.
Very cool! I will definately have to check it out!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the granddaughter gifts! I know it is pretty tough to buy for the kids! (I am having a tough time with DD this year!)
I hope spending diary works for you Maureen; finding a system that works, to record spending, really helps with budgeting etc :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the website I will definitely look into it.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check out the website! Good for you for only "browsing". This month will fly by quickly....great job on sticking with your goals!
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