October's expense tally

In September I did manage to keep my expenses under $1000 and I'm so happy! Let's see if I can keep this up.

Something occurred to me at the end of September when I put together our total household expense list. I've been leaving out two things: My student loan payment ($95) and my monthly church tithe ($60). Since I'm now adding these expenses, I'm going to raise my spending goal/limit to $1100 for this month.


This month's expected expenses include:

• 5 guitar lessons $205
• Sunburn protection shirt for a trip to a sunny place next month (My vitiligo is still burned from my last trip, four weeks ago. This may be the most important thing on the list this month): $45
• $100 Nutrition consultation for eating disorder:
• Three visits with psychologist for eating disorder treatment: $360
• Church tithe: $60
• Student loan: $95
• Replacing my jeans: between $4 and $70, depending on where I can find something that fits and is nice enough to wear to work on Fridays
• Eating out budget of $50

And that's just what I know is coming. That's $1005 of expenses right there. Not a lot of wiggle room.

Anything in orange in an expected expense

This month's actual expenses

Date	Amount	What and Why
10/1	------
10/2	$48	Guitar lesson ($45) and snacks at work ($3)
10/3	------
10/4	$37	Sun protective shirt
10/5	------
10/6	$183	Ballroom dance practice shoes ($133) and ED nutrition counseling ($50)
10/7	$120	Individual therapy
10/8	$10	pair of jeans at thrift shop ($8) pair of pajama bottoms at thrift shop ($2)
10/9	$46	Guitar lesson ($45) and a soda at work ($1)
10/10	------
10/11	$56	Tea at work ($1), pool membership ($55)
10/12	$135	Student loan ($95), monthly church tithe ($40)
10/13	-----
10/14	-----
10/15	$70	Bought a lot of impulse buys -- two journals ($18 each), two books ($24), and refill for my planner ($28). This month's dumb purchases! I'm done now, right?
10/16	-----	guitar lesson cancelled today
10/17	-----
10/18	$44	snacks and soda at work ($4), foot race entry fee ($40)
10/19
10/20	$50	ED nutrition counseling
10/21
10/22
10/23	$45	guitar lesson
10/24
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/28	$120	individual therapy
10/29
10/30	$45	guitar lesson
10/31