My shopping today

Farmers market:
Turkey Breast- $1.80
Cheese- $.79
10 apples- $1.20
5 oranges- $.69
Romaine Lettuce- $1.04
strawberries- $2.00
pineapple- $2.99
eggs- $.99
total: $11.41

Walmart-
Airwick airfreshners- $3.17ea
50 tealights- $2.25
flavored blueberry tea 20 bags $2.28
spackling $2.44
Hungry Jack pancake mix- $1.58 each
milk- $2.49
saved: $2.55 in coupons
total $17.10

I think I did pretty good for all the food we have now.

January's Expense Record

January
Monthly Expense Record

Net income: Salary-$779.65 lake east wk 1 $1,226.08 metro week one, Lake east wk 2 $260.61, metro week 2 $1,108.37 , gas co owed me, allstates good driver bonus and daycare reimbursement $640.57

Total:$4015.28

Total (coupons saved): $7.50 saved from coupons

Food:

Groceries- $9.02, $.89, $49.78 aldi, $33.64 valuking, $4.06 target, $20.00 sushi, $4.96 Giant Eagle total: $122.35

Fast food/dining out/school lunches-$3.00 mcds $5.45 mcds wendys $1 coffee $1 coffee $.75, $15.70 Red Robin total: $25.90

alcohol/snacks/beverages/water-

total: $0

Household:

cleaners/maintinence/house/yard- 22.97 home depot, $37.01 target total: $59.98

appliances/furniture/furnishings/supplies- total: $0

postage/atm fees/ bank charges/ misc- total: $0

intrest/taxes- total: $0

Transportation:

gas- $24.38 $26.45 $27.66 $21.24- total: $99.73

auto maintinance/wash/license- total: $0

taxi/transit/tolls/parking- $27.44 out of pay

Personal:

clothing/dry clean- total: $0

tolietries/cosmetics/hair/nails/massage- $10.00 makeup total: $10.00

Health:

doctor/dentist/vision/medicine/vitamins- $6.86 cold medicine total: $6.86

Recreation:

vacation trips- total: $0 Watch out! Next month we're going to St. Louis!

entertain/video/movies/music/parties- total: $10

lottery/sports/hobbies/lessons/clubs- total: $0


Education:

computer- $56.02 best buy Total=$56.02

seminar/workshop/tution/supplies- total: $0

Family:

newspaper/books/magazines/games- $1.50 plain dealer total: $1.50

eldercare/childcare/sitter/tutor- $286 flex spending comes out of pay, $352 in daycare total: $352

infant expenses/allowance/school expensense/toys/arcades- total: $0

General-

pet- total: $0

giftcards/flowers- total: $0 Watch out I have 3 showers next month!!

charitable/church- total: $0

work expenses- total: $0

legal/court- total: $0

other (explain)- coupon holder $1 total: $1

Fixed expenses:

Mortgage: 391.24, 391.24 total: $782.48

Gas: $199.06 total: $199.06

Electric: $45.92 total:$45.92

water: $51 total: $51

Garbage: $36 total: $36

Telephone/internet: i decreased my speed to $14.99/mo price instead of $30. and my telephone to 30 outgoing calls a month, for $2.21 incoming are free and i use my cell phone more anyway total: credit $21.00

Cell Phone: no lower priced plan unless i get rid of my fav 5, which i think i'll go over minutes then. but i will get a credit next month of bc they charged me wrong so ill get credited $11.97 my total: $0 They haven't posted my bill yet....

Cable: $31.30 total: $31.30

Health Club: $29.75 done in feb total: $29.75

Car insurance: $54.46 total: $54.46 ( I dont get this I paid in full last month, but now they are saying this is the rest to pay in full lol whatever. i'll pay it and see what happens)

Home insurance: (in mortgage)

Life insurance:$78.98, $5.83 Gerber total: $84.81

Health insurance: $50 (comes out in pay)

Dental insurance: ditto

Total Debt= $2059.12

Total income:$4015.28

Total (coupons saved): $7.50 saved from coupons (I shopped at aldi and valuking and bought off brands)

Thoughts for next month:

Do more Walgreens shopping

1/19/09 I put $200 into house fund and $100 into Emergency fund.


After my bills get taken out of my account i'm going to post the latest account summaries.
I'll be doing this again next month and see what is different. And, after 3 months make a real budget.

:)

Reviews of last week's meals

I really love soup. It's so nice to freeze and eat on these cold nights at work. Here is review of the meals and what I'm gonna make this week...or whenever for my meals :)

Reviews....

Wisconsin Cheese Chowder---I loved it. Boyfriend loved it. And cousin loved it as well!!
Wednesday
Tunamelts and linguini parm (no shopping list here ethier)---yeah, still gotta make haha
Thursday
Spaghetti and garlic bread---always a hit!
Friday
Chicken & White bean soup with spinach & parmesan---This is VERY VERY good. Little bit of a zing to it. I got the recipe from realsimple.com.....but i can't find it now.
Saturday
Chicken Soup with potato dumplings---this one is OK. I like it because its nice and warm.
Sunday
Sunshine hummus melts---still gotta make.

and I'm gonna throw a vegatable soup in there somewhere.---and i did. it was YUMMY

This week:
Review

STOVE TOP stuffed chicken rolls (Kraft.com)---very good. people at work were jealous haha

Monday
Tunamelts and linguini parm (no shopping list here ethier)---I just havent been in a tuna mood. So, maybe I will be this week :-)
Tuesday
Fantastic Lemon butter fillet
Wednesday
Easy and Delicious Chicken
Thursday
Sunshine hummus melts
Friday
Sloppy Joe Hamburger helper
Saturday
dethaw soup
Sunday
Hamburgers with cream of mushroom soup. it's good. my grandma gave me the recipe and its so easy.
and I'm gonna throw a vegatable soup in there somewhere.

Meals this week :)

Review

STOVE TOP stuffed chicken rolls (Kraft.com)---very good. people at work were jealous haha

Monday
Spinach Lasagna---made it last night. VERY good. The boyfriend loved it as did I. Zachary had a bowl of cereal haha
Tuesday
Wisconsin Cheese Chowder
Wednesday
Tunamelts and linguini parm (no shopping list here ethier)
Thursday
Spaghetti and garlic bread
Friday
Chicken & White bean soup with spinach & parmesan
Saturday
Chicken Soup with potato dumplings
Sunday
Sunshine hummus melts

and I'm gonna throw a vegatable soup in there somewhere.

Giveaway

Over at Single Guy Money He is giving away a $100 giftcard to Target or Walmart!!

Check it out :-)

I have menus planned and shopping to do this week. So stay tuned....

I got yelled at

So, my friend knows a guy who is a personal trainer. Long story short, he asked me to go with him because he knows i like to workout.

Ok so I went and the guy asked what I ate yesterday. Let me just say yesterday was a horrible day at work. I saved my friends life, but a i didn't eat. I had at 8:00pm the night before a wrap from Red Robin and yesterday evening a 6' sub from arbys. Thats it. All day. So he got mad at me.

I have homework now. I have to have a food diary. Maybe i'll post it. I am working on eating better.

Then he gave me a 20 min workout, which he is going to email me and then I will post it. It incorporates cardio and strength all in 20 mins. I'm excited :)

but......i got yelled at haha.

One of my 2009 Goals

I really would like to do a garden this year. I don't want a huge on though, so my idea is from Furgal dad's Blog.

It's a square foot garden. I have heard of this idea last summer when I lived in my apt and thought it would be so cool to do. So, i'm going to be cool :)