Tracking My Finances In April: Day 30
May 1st, 2008 by LuLuGal
Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month at How I Save Money.
Income for the month to date: $salary + miscellaneous
Expenses for the month to date: $went over budget on gas and food
Net effect: $290.57
I left the income amount blank because I did not want to reveal my salary. I did have a few more expenses on the last day that took the income amount over what I last posted but the net effect this month was positive .
I had almost $300 in positive cash flow this April so that money will go as a snowflake payment to one of the remaining credit cards with a balance. This is after I had deducted all expenses, including the small amount that goes to my Never Go Back to Fresno Emergency Fund which I treat as one of the expenses for the month.
My gas tank was at half full so I ended up spending $22.01 to fill up today. I could have waited to fill up in May and not have the gas budget for April be so overrun but I just wanted to get it out of the way because gas prices are not coming down any time soon!!!!
I will see you guys and gals later as I continue my journey to save money and become debt free!!!!
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May 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
What im doing not to over spend is not thinking how much im going to earn from my freelance job.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Nice work in April. It is interesting to see how you are doing. I work with a similar budget and always seem to go over a little bit. So I like hearing about all the things you do. I will be reading to see how it goes for you in May. Good luck!
May 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
@ Lindsay:
Thanks for dropping by. I was really surprised to see that even though I went over some areas I still had enough flex built in that I came in under my total budget because I saved money in some other areas.