Monday, February 28, 2011

week 4 update - no spending month challenge

I've made it to the end of Sharon's No Spending Month Challenge and had a great month!  My goal for Week 4 was to spend $125....and I spent under that!  For week 4, I spent about $115, most of which was on groceries.

So, did I meet my goal of staying under $800 for the month?  Let's see:

Week 1 - $139.58 spent
Week 2 - $366.72 spent
Week 3 - $148.87 spent
Week 4 - $114.26 spent

Total for the month?  $769.43...$30.57 under budget!

My **WISH** for the month was to add $3900 to savings.  Because of a garage door repair ($250) and a car repair ($1100), we didn't make that goal.  But, we managed to save some and we had a great month being frugal!  Had I not been working so hard to keep our "everyday expenses" under $800 we wouldn't have been nearly as successful as we were.

Thank you Sharon for hosting the challenge! 

1 comment:

Sharon said...

This is awesome news!!! You did a great job, and it shows! $3,900 is a lot to put in savings, but sometimes life happens and things don't go as planned. I'd say you had a very successful month for sure!!