Hello from Apartment 409! Home of thrifters and penny pinchers. Well, sorta. As a well read frequenter of this blog, you know we graciously gave ourselves a $50 allowance to blow off a bit of steam. An anxiety driven pressure valve meant to keep us on the straight and narrow. A reasonable proposition on the face of it, but in reality it scratched away at the edges of our resolve.
Our spending got a bit out of hand. When I say a bit, I really mean a bit, sarcasm not included. We spent a bit more on groceries, pushed our allowances over a bit, did a bit of routine purchasing of bike parts (for safety, not vanity), and had a bit of clothes dry cleaned (ridiculous fibers). At the end of the month, those bits added up to a chunk. That chunk was fully realized when I added up all the loan payments and saw how much we spent.
In the end, however, we overcame and came through we think. Having learned an important lesson on managing a bit of spending cash without letting the demon fully out of the cookie jar. I know I'm mixing metaphors. I like doing that, it's my thing. Moving on, we are happily moving forward into April and the warm weather.
Now, time for the round-up!
Meg paid off in March: $1,064
Greg paid off in March: $472
For a March total of $1,536
Meaning, that we have paid off a total of $6,252. Leaving us with $34,747.
Where are the updates?!?! I want to know how you guys are doing with this!
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