Tuesday, February 28, 2023
A priceless coffee date with my kid!
Since it is the last day of February I thought I would go ahead and wrap with my spending diary.
I did an Uber Frugal January challenge and I decided to keep it up for February. I was not as restrictive in February, but I still did pretty well, and maybe I did even better. Go figure! Want to be a voyeur and see what I spent on gas, groceries, items for the household, meals out, takeout, happy hours, and clothing? I did not include any other household bills or what Tom spends.
Feb 1 - $10 toward a baby gift card at school, $46 Napa dinner with my friend Beth
Feb 2 - $140 Kroger pick up
Feb 3 - $19 happy hour
Feb 4 - hair $85 plus 20 tip, Kroger 56, 1.40 scarf
Feb 5 - Sunday Funday with Tom $38
Feb 6 -$0 No spend day
Feb. 7 - $114 Kroger pick up (had to do it a day or two early because we were out of some things/poor planning on my part - The Lazy Genius does two pick ups per week. There is no fee so I guess I could do that - sometimes it's hard to plan for a whole week at once )
Feb. 8 - $14 Amazon (two new phone chargers for J and M's Valentine's gift bag - already bought fun socks and will add some candy)
Feb. 9- $74 gas, $0 Starbucks, $33 dinner
Feb. 10- $22 happy hour at Brick House with E and E
Feb. 11 - $154 Kroger, $15 wine, $15 donation to flamenco society
Feb 12-$72 including tip Selena's V day dinner
Feb 13 - $25 Amazon e gift card Nora
Feb 14 - $0 Spend Day
Feb 15- $0 Spend Day
Feb 16-$177 Kroger pick up
Feb 17-$27 Drake's, $46 Whole Foods
Feb 18 -$0 Library (4 books), $29 Dollar Tree, $17 TJ MAxx, $26 Liquor Barn, $26 Chick Fil A
Feb 19 -$56 Trader Joe's, $12 Panera, $22 Texas Roadhoaue
Feb 20 $14 Con Huevos for lunch break during conferences, $20 Kroger andouille sausage and shrimp for Tuesday's Mardi Gras cajun dinner at home
Feb. 21- $48 Driver's License Renewal
Feb. 22 - $74 fondue restaurant Galentine's special
Feb 23 - $0 Spend Day
Feb 24 - $114 Kroger pick up (cooked at home and no happy hour)
A Kroger pick up definitely saves me money! Look at all my different seltzers I was trying out!
Feb 25 - $0 Library, $18 Sassy Fox - took my spring and summer and did a little looking around and found a graphic tee
Feb 26 - $38 Target - got some travel toiletries for M for conference, wood glue for Tom, dog treats for Ernie
Feb 27-$0 Spend Day
Feb 28 - $30 Lunch with my kids because I took off for their Spring Break (help M pack and spend a little time). At the time of this posting, I haven't done this yet, but I am budgeting for it!
Totals:
No Spend Days - Only 5 this time! I think I had 9 in January.
Groceries - $877 - Kroger, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's
Gas - $74 - I think this is the second month in a row that I have only filled up once!
Happy Hours - $114 (one of these was a full dinner with Beth)
Meals Out - $239 (higher than last month)
Take Out - $26 One dinner from Chick Fil A where I bought extra food for the next day
Clothing - $1. 40 consignment scarf, $18 graphic tee. I got my full amount back from the Vaugu order, I am waiting on Athleta flare split hem yoga pants, and two pairs of wide leg cropped yoga pants from Old Navy. We will see if these three things work - If they don't, these are super easy returns to make in person. I have both stores very close by. I also ordered some pants on Amazon that may go back. So, after a big clothing month in January, look at my February!
No comments:
Post a Comment