Here are all of my expenses for the last month! I successfully managed not to have any alcohol in my house during tax season, and I’m really proud of myself. After tax season, I treated myself with a bottle of wine which had a price increase. My wine was one of the very few items that never increased in price during 2022. I looked at 24-ounce beer prices, and I’ve decided to treat myself to one bottle of wine or one big can of beer each month. My bulk spending included three boxes of cereal, four containers of grits, ten packages of hot dog wieners, eight packages of pasta/rice sides (two different digital coupons applied at once), five bags of popcorn kernels, two boxes of saltines, and twelve cans of soup.
April 2023 YTD Total
- Alcohol 3.73 3.73
- Automobile: fuel 37.68 80.85
- Automobile: insurance – 461.50
- Automobile: regist & inspec 20.50 20.50
- Bread – 9.92
- Cereal 3.75 4.90
- Cereal (dessert) 1.99 4.08
- Crackers (saltine) 2.98 4.47
- Crackers (snack) – 4.85
- Feminine products 5.94 10.57
- Fruit (bananas, grapes, etc.) – 6.97
- Gambling – lottery 2.00 6.00
- Gifts – 6.15
- Grits 6.36 6.36
- Home: lawn supplies 40.14 40.14
- Home: maintenance & repairs 15.55 15.55
- Home: mortgage 745.83 2,983.32
- Home: property taxes – 5,100.99
- Hot dog wieners 9.50 17.10
- Medical supplies & OTC meds 2.22 22.71
- Milk – 2.78
- Milk (chocolate) – 1.99
- Pasta/Rice sides 2.08 5.39
- Peanut butter – 3.96
- Popcorn (kernels) 11.30 20.80
- Soap (hand) 4.32 4.32
- Software – 24.36
- Soup (canned) 9.48 9.48
- Toilet paper 21.64 21.64
- TV dinners – 9.48
- Utilities: cell phone 17.02 67.90
- Utilities: electricity 31.62 131.77
- Utilities: internet 45.24 191.00
- Utilities: natural gas 22.36 117.40
- Utilities: water/trash 46.60 181.86
Total $1,109.83 $9,604.79
Linda 🙂
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