by Hope
June starts tomorrow and based on my forecast, it should be my cheapest month EVER! And by ever, I mean since having kids…15 years now. Wow!
Here are the variations that give me this impression:
- Twins are both working and going to school pretty much full time + so they are rarely home to eat.
- Princess will be gone to camp for two weeks this month (already paid for.)
- No holidays, birthdays or any other special events to work into the budget.
- I have no car, no gas expenses this month and a much lower cost of car insurance as a result.
- I eat very basically in the summer and will do that especially this month with no one else I have to prepare for most of the time.
I am stoked! This might be the bump I need to get my credit card completely paid off by the time we fly out to Texas at the end of June. Wouldn’t that be amazing!
Car Situation
And while I am still anticipating July will be the month I must deal with the car situation…I believe unless something comes up with Princess volleyball schedule, I can probably wait until the end of the month. But only time will tell.
Here’s to a cheap month with lots of work time! That combination could really turn the corner for me…score!
But it also reminds me to be super grateful for air conditioning and reliable internet along with technology that is still going strong. I definitely couldn’t keep moving forward without those things these days.
What are you grateful for as summer hits us full force this next month with it’s hot temperatures and more lazy days…at least I’m assuming that’s the case for most families.
Hope is a creative, solutions-focused business manager helping clients grow their business and work more efficiently by leveraging expertise in project management, digital marketing, & tech solutions. She’s recently become an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive kids have spread their wings. She lives with her 5 dogs in a small town in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the beaches any day. She struggles with the travel bug and is doing her best to help each of her kids as their finish schooling and become independent (but it’s hard!) She has run her own consulting company for almost twenty years! Hope began sharing her journey with the BAD community in the Spring of 2015 and feels like she has finally in a place to really focus on making wise financial decisions.
Are you going to update your debt totals for the month of May? Were you able to pay anything off on the card before getting hit with around $650 in unexpected expenses? Have you figured out where you intend to be payment wise on a new to you vehicle and how much debt you are willing to take on to have a vehicle?
Woo-Hoo! I love it when these things happen. Psychological boost, financial boost, incentive to keep at it. We eat simply during the summer, too. It helps with the grocery bill, and keeps me out of the store (finding “deals”).