Budget Results for July

August 15, 2005 By Jonathan Ping 8 Comments
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My MS Money files went caput with my dead harddrive, but I managed to at least get July’s expenses done. Here are our results in our target areas:
July Budget

We went under on Dining and way over on Groceries since we BBQ’ed all July 4th weekend when my sister came to visit, and the total includes the purchase of a grill. Our Utilities went under budget as our electric bill was really low this month due to our lack of air conditioning. Overall, we barely scraped under our budget total of $800 for these target areas.

Filed Under: Budgeting
Last updated: August 4, 2006
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Comments

  1. Anonymous says
    August 15, 2005 at 5:04 pm

    That’s not barely scraping under…that’s what I call good planning. I love it when a plan comes together!

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  2. StockTape says
    August 15, 2005 at 6:45 pm

    Good post. I’m assuming that your gas has been a little over budget lately? 🙂

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  3. jp says
    August 15, 2005 at 7:03 pm

    Actually, I’m happy with our results too.

    What, who doesn’t like $3 gas? =)

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  4. Josh says
    August 16, 2005 at 6:03 am

    Remember who designed the budget. It’s not something to suffer over, but to use again and again and again; as a tool, ever sharpening your predictive skills. Sadly, but true, failure is the path. Celebrate!

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  5. Miss Money says
    August 17, 2005 at 1:48 pm

    Great work! I love to see that other people are doing it and making it work. I am young and just getting started with both budgeting, savings, debt reduction, and blogging about it!! Love to see other people as inspiration. Good luck!

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  6. YoungMiser says
    August 20, 2005 at 7:33 pm

    Can you attribute your actual gas expense to the increase in gas prices or is it from driving more that usual?

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  7. Jonathan says
    November 13, 2005 at 9:15 am

    Probably driving more than usual. I usually don’t pay that much attention to gas prices, since we only spend about $100 a month on it.

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