Here are all of my expenses for the last month! Electricity rates increased quite a bit this year, and this was the first time in many years that my bill was over $100. I have noticed that I’m using less electricity than in the past since I replaced my air conditioner. I have even used my A/C more than in the past because of house guests! Those are my only special notes for the month.
September 2019 YTD Total
- Alcohol 101.69 282.42
- Automobile: fuel – 289.82
- Automobile: insurance 350.50 701.00
- Automobile: maint & repairs – 374.95
- Automobile: regist & inspec – 93.25
- Batteries – 24.76
- Beans (canned) 1.00 13.70
- Beef jerky – 16.98
- Bird food 18.00 42.00
- Bread 0.89 13.73
- Carrots 0.59 8.28
- Cereal 3.98 14.22
- Checks – 34.55
- Cheese – 6.77
- Chicken (canned) – 14.34
- Chili (canned) – 3.96
- Chips & pretzels 2.47 14.63
- Cleaning supplies – 21.81
- Clothes 2.16 19.47
- Cosmetics – 14.04
- Crackers (saltine) – 1.50
- Crackers (snack) – 11.13
- Dentist – 99.00
- Eggs 0.49 3.95
- Fast food – 18.22
- Feminine products 2.15 15.05
- Fruit (grapes, bananas, etc.) 4.03 36.82
- Gambling – lottery – 16.00
- Gambling – other – 0.00
- Gifts – 50.53
- Greeting cards – 2.12
- Grits – 2.78
- Home: HOA dues – 413.91
- Home: insurance (flood) – 418.00
- Home: insurance (standard) – 475.40
- Home: insurance (windstorm) – 614.00
- Home: maintenance & repairs – 232.91
- Home: mortgage 745.83 6,712.47
- Home: new A/C & heater – 5,804.48
- Home: property taxes – 4,739.20
- Hot dog wieners – 4.37
- Hummus – 1.89
- Ice cream (incl. fruit bars) – 3.96
- Laundry detergent – 13.08
- Lettuce, tomato, & cucumbers 4.72 31.89
- Medicine (OTC) & Supplies – 9.16
- Milk 4.37 32.45
- Olive oil (for salad dressing) – 8.89
- Olives – 12.23
- Orange juice – 11.12
- Pasta/Rice sides 0.95 6.67
- Peanut butter 1.98 1.98
- Pizza (frozen) – 24.11
- Popcorn (kernels) 2.84 2.84
- Restaurants – 148.25
- Rice – 1.75
- Salad dressing mix 9.35 32.38
- Sausage – 5.64
- Soap (body wash) 4.83 8.60
- Soap (dish) – 6.02
- Software – 27.05
- Sour cream – 2.38
- Sports drinks (b/c lawn care) – 11.31
- Taco seasoning – 5.28
- Toilet paper – 32.42
- Tunafish (canned) – 3.52
- TV dinners 2.50 10.28
- Utilities: cell phone 2.64 449.30
- Utilities: electricity 105.53 491.01
- Utilities: internet/cable 99.46 884.22
- Utilities: natural gas 19.02 177.48
- Utilities: water/trash 45.52 388.63
- Vegetables (canned) – 7.26
- Vegetables (fresh) – 0.50
- Vitamins – 74.64
- Yogurt – 5.88
Total $1,537.49 $24,610.59
Linda 🙂
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