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Blown the budget

June 7th, 2013 at 08:07 pm

The grocery budget that is. I budgeted £100, which is more than normal, only to find that we have spent more.

I think things are so bad this month after this overspending that I am considering not snowflaking towards debt for the next three weeks. I will pay more than the minimum payment for CC1, which is £74.xx. I will pay £90. I know, how am I ever going to get rid of it if I don't put as much as I can towards it?

On the plus side, there is plenty of food in the house. The only things I will need to buy are perishable items. I just need to decide what I will be making for the next three weeks.

I promised hubby a steak for Father's Day but we will have to postpone it.

I've been watching Extreme Couponing these past few weeks. Wish I could go shopping and save 90% or pay nothing for it. I guess you need to devote 20 hours plus a week to get those kind of savings, and have plenty of storage space (or not, in some cases, but continue to build up your stockpile)

2 Responses to “Blown the budget”

  1. snafu Says:
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    Are you finding the costs are higher than anticipated or you've bought more than planned as the cause of the overage? Are there any planned purchases that could be put delayed to get te figures back to your plan? Has DH's take home decreased along with less work hours? That's a double whammy.

    We've had a change of plan for summer and DH is wanting to do a dozen different things. I'm hoping he'll work out costs so we can talk about choices and both understand how it affects the money available before taking action.

  2. scottish girl Says:
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    I think I just bought more because I had budgeted more. I need to take a closer look at my budget because I include household items in there too.

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