Monday, April 4, 2011
The check from the second income has come and gone, and we’re on a spending fast yet again. In fact, we had to do a bit of fancy footwork to keep our account balance from running into the red.
Carryover balance: $10.00
Deposit: 169.53 part-time paycheck
Total: $179.53
Expenses: $ 11.82 lunch-date
3.23 coffee & apple turnovers
42.41 groceries
27.58 household and toiletries
11.57 personal care
20.00 cash for incidentals
62.24 gasoline
$178.85
My husband bought the gasoline while I was out buying the groceries, toiletries and household items (cleaners, paper goods and such). I knew the car he drives needed gas, but I forgot how much it would be now that gasoline is selling for $3.59 a gallon. Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone grocery shopping; most of what I bought wasn’t necessary, but just impulse items purchased on sale to stock the freezer. Luckily, we didn’t go into negative territory with the bank balance, but ended up with just 68 cents left in our account. Knowing that we would need to buy gas for the other car later this week, I deposited a refund check intended for Ms. S1 into our account, with the intention of transferring the money into her account after our next paycheck. In the meantime, we can buy a bit of gas for the other car, which I’ll need to pick up Struggle, Jr. at the bus-stop later this week. (Struggle, Jr. and Miss S2 come home from college every two or three weeks to see friends and get some hours in at their part-time jobs here in town.) I probably won’t use the car at all until then, so at least we won’t need much gas. I seem to be getting used to staying at home during the day. It’s a bit quiet, but it saves quite a bit of money in gasoline, fast food and unnecessary purchases. I never was one to spend time or money in the shopping mall, even less so today.
Have you changed your any of your habits or hobbies because of high gas prices?
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