Alright blogging buds. It’s time for me to get my head out of the clouds fantasizing and back to reality! My company is going on an overnight retreat today so I will be out of town for my spending report tomorrow. The expenses for today are going to be drafted into/out of my account. My boss said everything else will be taken care of, so I shouldn’t have any more expenses until the weekend.
Beginning balance: $342.61
Monday:
-$152.73 on a Christmas gift for J!! I am so excited about this. I finally found something he will love.
-$2.47 on coffee creamer. A necessity, my friends.
Tuesday:
-$267.40 for a business expense.
-$10.94 on ingredients at the grocery store. I know, I wasn’t suppose to grocery shop, but I went to a friend’s house to make dinner and needed some ingredients.
+$50 babysitting cash from two weeks ago I never got around to deposit. *
Thursday:
+$267.40 reimbursement for business expense
-$226.08 remaining Cruise balance (taken from Christmas Fund)**
Ending balance: $226.47
*I always count only my Checking Account balance as what I have to spend for the month. I just can’t keep track of cash! Does anyone have a cash-only approach to spending? It’s debit-card only for me.
**I went ahead and took the Christmas fund off my sidebar since I reached my $300 goal for the year. I have $85 left in this account and I may use this for miscellaneous purchases on the cruise and hope my normal salary can handle the rest of the Christmas expenses. We’ll see about that one. I only have three more gifts to get for J’s family and then I’ll be done! Hooray for early Christmas shopping!!!
Have fun at the company retreat! So nice to not spend anything!
I took my Christmas fund off my blog as well – I reached my goal and will now just be spending it.
makes sense to me.
Have fun on your retreat!
I’m always impressed that you track your spending on a weekly basis. I’m too lazy to do that. Have fun!
No, me either! I just can’t keep track of cash, and I absolutely hate it. Also, congrats on finishing your Christmas shopping already!