Here are all of my expenses for the last month! I only planned on buying produce this month to spend less time in stores. However, I wanted something at my favorite grocery store, and I decided to stock up on almost everything I usually buy there since it’s not on my normal route. I’m so glad I did because so many things were on sale! My bulk spending included two loaves of bread (for freezer), four boxes of cereal, two bags of corn chips, two cartons of milk (for freezer), two boxes of potato flakes, and twelve bottles of wine. Those are my only notes for the month.
August 2020 YTD Total
- Alcohol 32.35 145.57
- Automobile: fuel – 103.89
- Automobile: insurance – 321.50
- Automobile: regist & inspec – 93.25
- Bacon – 1.98
- Beans (canned) – 10.14
- Beef jerky – 7.28
- Bread 1.58 11.26
- Carrots 0.59 2.95
- Cereal 4.36 18.16
- Cheese – 0.98
- Chicken (canned) – 41.86
- Chili (canned) – 11.57
- Chips (corn) 1.50 8.67
- Crackers (saltine) 0.75 5.25
- Eggs – 4.88
- Fast food – 1.36
- Feminine products – 1.07
- Fruit (grapes, bananas, etc.) 13.00 65.73
- Gambling – lottery – 8.00
- Gifts 32.66 76.02
- Greeting cards – 3.56
- Grits – 1.98
- Home: HOA dues – 413.91
- Home: insurance (flood) – 446.00
- Home: insurance (standard) – 475.40
- Home: insurance (windstorm) – 617.00
- Home: lawn supplies – 40.89
- Home: maintenance & repairs – 44.89
- Home: mortgage 745.83 5,966.64
- Hot dog wieners – 2.50
- Ice cream (incl. fruit bars) 1.95 7.93
- Lettuce & tomato 1.49 21.40
- Medical supplies & OTC meds – 2.99
- Milk 2.67 27.78
- Milk (chocolate) – 1.98
- Olive oil (for salad dressing) – 8.12
- Olives – 7.96
- Orange juice – 3.56
- Pasta/Rice sides – 12.58
- Peanut butter – 8.76
- Pizza (frozen) – 9.95
- Popcorn (kernels) – 12.02
- Potato flakes 2.50 6.87
- Potatoes (5 lb) – 0.49
- Rice (3 lb) 1.79 1.79
- Salad dressing mix – 21.85
- Sausage – 9.40
- Shaving cream – 1.06
- Soap (dishwasher) – 6.84
- Soap (face) – 4.86
- Software – 24.36
- Sour cream – 1.19
- Toilet paper 14.06 56.22
- Toothpaste – 10.68
- TV dinners – 6.40
- Utilities: cell phone 13.59 119.95
- Utilities: electricity 80.37 370.57
- Utilities: internet/cable 55.29 660.46
- Utilities: natural gas 19.24 164.32
- Utilities: water/trash 43.94 341.75
- Vegetables (canned) – 10.33
- Vegetables (frozen) – 9.53
- Vinegar (for salad dressing) – 1.99
- Vitamins – 8.79
- Yogurt 0.25 5.71
Total $1,069.76 $10,924.58
Linda 🙂
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