Here are all of my expenses for the last month! It was time for my annual HOA dues and homeowner’s insurance premiums. My HOA dues increased quite a bit, and I’m so tired of their wasteful spending. Two of my insurance policies had drastic price increases. A few months ago, I noticed grocery prices starting to increase a few cents. Now, prices are increasing by much more… sometimes by forty percent! My bulk spending included four bags of popcorn kernels, four boxes of saltines, six cans of vegetables, and eighteen bottles of wine.
May 2022 YTD Total
- Alcohol 57.48 210.76
- Automobile: fuel – 95.23
- Automobile: insurance – 371.50
- Automobile: regist & inspec – 93.25
- Batteries – 54.07
- Beans (canned) – 3.31
- Bread 0.93 7.27
- Carrots 0.59 2.36
- Cereal – 10.07
- Chicken (canned) – 15.96
- Chili (canned) – 6.23
- Chips (pretzels) – 1.75
- Cotton swabs – 6.37
- Crackers (saltine) 3.96 6.21
- Eggs – 2.64
- Fruit (bananas, grapes, etc.) 3.59 22.61
- Gambling – lottery – 2.00
- Grits – 5.94
- Home: HOA dues 476.00 476.00
- Home: insurance (flood) 607.00 607.00
- Home: insurance (standard) 601.40 601.40
- Home: insurance (windstorm) 667.00 667.00
- Home: lawn supplies 86.27 212.40
- Home: maintenance & repairs – 37.83
- Home: mortgage 745.83 3,729.15
- Home: property taxes – 5,098.64
- Ice cream (incl. fruit bars) – 1.58
- Lettuce & tomato 1.87 11.35
- Milk – 5.42
- Milk (chocolate) – 0.97
- Mustard – 0.55
- Nuts 3.84 11.04
- Olive oil (for salad dressing) – 17.98
- Pasta/Rice sides – 5.00
- Peanut butter 3.39 5.98
- Popcorn (kernels) 9.96 17.76
- Potatoes (5 lb) – 0.87
- Protein powder – 61.96
- Rice (3 lb) – 1.89
- Salad dressing mix – 4.98
- Soap (body wash) – 5.78
- Soap (face) – 3.86
- Software – 32.44
- Toilet paper – 21.64
- Tuna fish (canned) – 3.76
- TV dinners – 15.35
- Utilities: cell phone 15.32 77.00
- Utilities: electricity 37.69 160.10
- Utilities: internet 50.26 244.34
- Utilities: natural gas 21.06 122.79
- Utilities: water/trash 44.74 219.34
- Vegetables (canned) 3.60 5.45
- Vegetables (frozen) 0.89 12.46
- Vinegar (for salad dressing) – 1.99
Total $3,442.67 $13,420.58
Linda 🙂
The Heart of Frugal Living 