Comments on: One month checkup – July’s Expenses

By: DD’s Monthly Expense Checkup - September 2008 | The Happy Rock

DD’s Monthly Expense Checkup - September 2008 | The Happy Rock — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:26:40 +0000

[...] – Video rental For a total of $3,370.68 Considering that our last two months totaled $3875.84 and $4170.34, I’d say we’re finally seeing some improvement. Some of you will remember [...]

By: DD’s Monthly Expense Checkup - August 2008 | The Happy Rock

DD’s Monthly Expense Checkup - August 2008 | The Happy Rock — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:26:08 +0000

[...] Last months total was $3875.84, so we’re headed in the wrong direction. Lets see what caused this: [...]

By: Carnival of Money Stories #72: Back To School Edition — Broke Grad Student

Carnival of Money Stories #72: Back To School Edition — Broke Grad Student — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:02:03 +0000

[...] One month checkup – July’s Expenses at The Happy Rock. [...]

By: John (Debt Defier)

John (Debt Defier) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:12:05 +0000

Thanks for all the comments…keep them coming!

@Susy – Good for you for giving up processed foods! But even more impressive is your low electric bill while running multiple businesses and the AC. I just got my next E bill and it’s $40 higher.

@Jacquelin – Thanks for all the money savings tips. Your comment was full of them. I’ve been meaning to set up a closeline for a few years now. And that is one heck of a deal on the meat. I’ll check into that. Perhaps someone will split it with me, cause I’m not sure if we need that much at once.

@Sue – Thanks for posting your list of expenses too. It was fun to see someone else’s list for a change.

@CelticBuffy – We already subscribe to netflix’s lowest plan, which I’ll be dropping due to lack of use. Most of this months tally was due to a showing of “The Dark Knight”.

@Gloria – I hear ya on the pleasure part. This one will be tough.

@Discount Knives – Hey now, we just started buying bulk bags of chicken nuggets. They are a big hit at our house and can last for a couple of meals.

By: Discount Knives

Discount Knives — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:14:11 +0000

For my family most of the groceries that we waste money on seems to be junk food. Chips, Soda, Cookies, Candy, and even stuff like bulk bags of chicken nuggets or pizza rolls that can cost as much as $10 dollars per bag. For our family once we cut out soda and started drinking water and made our own dinners rather than popping stuff like chicken nuggets in the oven we save about $85 per month now. Something to think about if you haven’t already.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:33:51 +0000

I also spend to much for dining out. But it is pleasure for me

By: celticbuffy

celticbuffy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:22:57 +0000

Daycare, dining out, and gas seem to be the areas that pop out at me that you might possibly be able to shave a little. I know that gas and dining out are the areas that I have the tendency to go overboard on. Although, don’t cut down on the gas too much because I want to see you guys sometime soon!

I know it’s less convenient but maybe you could try Netflicks or Blockbuster online for movies? The monthly subscription fee would be a little less than what you spent in July for movies/videos. The libraries also carry a fairly good selection of kids movies.

Hang in there!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:02:20 +0000

I posted my normal expenses on my blog.

Sorry, I have not figured out how to do trackbacks on blogspot.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:32:02 +0000

Tennis really seems to stick out but thanks for explaining it. Entertainment seems to be a big issue for us. Don’t move to fast on taking out the retirement savings. We stopped doing that in 2005 and have not gone back to it yet. Some things that are supposed to be temporary become permanent.
The trick each paycheck is to spend less than you make. Not sure if you are there yet or not.
Good luck.

By: Jacquelin

Jacquelin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:00:36 +0000

I take it that you live in the city, that’s why the cost for trash pick-up. but do you have any friends or family that live in the country that you can take your non-recycable trash and burn it? it would eliminate the garbage pick-up. Our local library has video’s to check out. It’s free. Dining out-can you and your wife share a meal? or go to a restaurant where kids eat free. Drink water. I take it also that your house is all electric. We bought an retractable clothes line from our local home improvements store (Menards), and hung it in our family room. That is where I hang the clothes to dry in the winter time or when it’s raining. I can’t remember the last time I used the dryer. We save about $5-8 dollars a month with that.
Now food-if youlike red meat-have you tried going to the local meat locker? They generally have meat to buy in bulk at a good price and it is locally grown-you can ask exactly where it came from. Our local one has a package for a whole cut up hog for $79-99 dollars. (that’s for about 100 lbs of meat-79cents-99cents a pound)