Budget Recap - June
June has been an interesting month. My budget numbers are not quite adding up properly because there are expenditures for the wedding without inclusions from the wedding budget allowance. So, it looks like I crossed the line by $500, but that is not the case.
Instead, for the first time in many months, I actually came in under budget by $57.72. I’m very excited about this. So, for the overview:
Dining Out - $194.04: Oh yes, my greatest challenge. However, I’m proud to show that I spent $49.58 less than I did in May and that June, along with January ($193.20), was the lowest amount spent this year on dining out.
Transportation - $125.08: Gas price increases have given me a steady increase in transportation costs. It has been a slow but steady upward rise these past months. With all the running around for the house search, returning unused wedding supplies, and job interviews — I imagine the cost will continue to go up.
Child Support - $388.50: This is most unexpected. I’ve learned over the past seven years or so to never expect child support. Every time I start to rely on it, it vanishes for months at a time. I’ve not included this income in my budget calculations since I don’t expect to get it. I plan to start putting all of it into the daughter’s saving account to allow for investment and college savings for her later in life.
Wedding: I will full address the entire wedding budget in the next post. The figure here is just what I spent this month and is not reflective of the overall expenditures that I will detail next.
Overall, this was a very good month. I’m amazed that I managed to stay in line with all the craziness that was going on. Now, to continue that trend into this month. Although we’re married, we’ve still not mixed finances. Last night, the partner was paying bills and asked me how much he should send to one of the credit cards. I had to say that I couldn’t answer that since I know nothing about his budget. Hopefully that will be remedied soon, but right now we’ve got so much other stuff to deal with and it works out fine for the moment.