New zero budget balance period kicked off today. Normally I look at what I did for the previous period and estimate my spending.
I'm annoyed because two items I budgeted were off and I'm generally right on. The JCP bill last month was $119, this month its $121. I didn't purchase anything so not sure why it's more. Though it could be because there are more days in the month this last billing cycle. I know it's only three dollars but it annoys me. I paid the bill in advance so I'm waiting on the statement to review. Unfortunately I can't view online since I'm still receiving paper invoices. And I'm not changing it, ink is expensive.
Next the truck insurance is usually about $80, this month, the renewal, it was about $92, $12 over.
I picked up my mentee tonight and we headed over to the free fall festival at the church. She brought her nephew, who was such a good kid. I enjoyed it and was glad it was free. I have to start looking for free things for us to do, it was getting way too expensive. I don't mind spending the money but not too much.
Last item on my list are the contacts. I tried ordering through iBotta so that I can get the 3% cash back but I'm running into some issues. I did get $0.10 from a Walgreens purchase. I think I might just write them regarding the contacts.
Budget off a little
November 1st, 2017 at 01:38 am
November 1st, 2017 at 11:41 am 1509536466
I receive all but our trash bill online. I never print those bills. I just look at them. Often the sites will let you go back months, even years to look at statements. Once you pay for something and don't expect to return there is no reason to keep. Of course, there are exceptions.
November 1st, 2017 at 04:41 pm 1509554474
Another approach other than printing your online bills if you want to keep them for awhile would be to save them in a folder on your computer or external drive. If you ever need them as proof of payment, you could print them.
November 2nd, 2017 at 01:50 am 1509587430
November 4th, 2017 at 07:26 pm 1509823606