Money Diet - Part 2

 I promised an update on the money diet, and how we are tracking this month's bills, so here it is.

In column one is our income.  You'll notice that Moi Income for the 25th is blank, as it only the 11th!

In column two I've broken out our Bills, Other (Various) and Groceries.  However, Groceries and Various are included in the total for Bills, so we can see total outgoing.

We switched G.'s phone from a Verizon plan to an AT&T iPhone last month, so we had to pay his last Verizon bill, as well as a hefty AT&T bill that included activation and pro-ration fees for adding his account to mine and changing mine from a single plan to a family plan.  They get you every time.  That will be about $170.00 that we won't pay next month!

We also had our annual vet visit for all three critters.  That was another $170.00 we normally wouldn't be paying.

In addition those two "special" cases, I also got all the bills for health, that we have to pay to meet deductible.  Now, for the rest of the year, we just have to pay co-pays.  So that's another $200.00.

Whew!  Over $500.00 of "not normal" costs!  No wonder I think money is flowing out of our accounts!

Our electric bill is way up... with the cold weather and snow from last month, that is not a big surprise.  We have a huge, drafty old house, which we primarily heat with wood, but we do keep the the pellet stove going in the evening and the electric heat tends to kick on if it gets too cold!  With warm(er) weather creeping up on us, hopefully we will see a nice drop in this bill as well.

You'll also notice a big restaurant bill... we had a date night at a fancy restaurant that we don't normally go to, and in addition to the dinner, we went to a movie and paid a babysitter.  A $200.00 dollar night, but we only do that two or three times a year...

We've been carpooling all month, so our gas spending is down.  And we haven't been to Costco (oh Costco, how I love you, but how you entice me to spend to save!)so the Groceries aren't too bad for almost half way through the month.

Income			Bills
G. Income	3216.49		Garbage	53.08
Moi Income - Phone	80		March Daycare/School	650
Moi Income - 10th	1843.34		Joint Credit Card	200
Moi Income- 25th			Gym	57.5
Total Income	5139.83		Car Insurance	200
			Swimming	45
Running Balance:	376.29		Mortgage	1429.6
			Elec/Water	316.94
			ATT	270.08
			Qwest	175.97
			Parking	25
			Groceries	278.73
			Various	938.57
			Home Equity Loan Interest	123.07
			Total	4763.54
			Various
			3/1/2011	40	(Cosmetic)
			3/1/2011	31.3	(Restaurant)
			3/3/2011	22.61	(Restaurant)
			3/3/2011	57.08	(Hobby)
			3/3/2011	35.52	(Gas)
			3/7/2011	146.45	(Health)
			3/7/2011	23.22	(Health)
			3/7/2011	70.66	(Phone)
			3/7/2011	36.71	(Gas)
			3/7/2011	25	(Cosmetic)
			3/5/2011	172.05	(Animals)
			3/4/2011	100	(Cash)
			3/4/2011	127.78	(Restaurant)
			3/4/2011	33	(Movie)
			3/10/2011	17.19	(Health)
			Total	938.57
			Groceries
			3/5/2011	219.48
			3/9/2011	59.25
			Total	278.73