Money and Finance
February was right in line with most of my other months as far as expenses go. I'll start seeing the decrease in our cable bill since we dropped cable down to the most basic and have increased our internet speed and signed up with Netflix. This will save me around $40 a month so at least I'll have that to help bring my expenses down. I'm getting frustrated that I haven't made much progress on decreasing my expenses more. My total food budget unfortunately went right back up to my average for last year. I know part of the reason is because we went out to eat more than usual this month. The other main reason it went back up is because I was home more this month than usual. And whenever I'm home I try and pick up lots of groceries to help Lynsy out. Overall it was still a pretty good month. I brought home $6,464.06 in February and was able to save or use as debt payment 73.09% of my income.
- Income Update - April 2013
Another month has rolled by and it's been just an amazing start to the year. My income has been higher than average every month so far this year, although June's will take a dip. April was a pretty standard month with nothing really out of...
- Income Update - February 2013
February was a great month. I had a higher than normal income and put the difference to straight to savings. I did a pretty good job with controlling expenses for the month. Restaurants and groceries both overshot their budget, but by a combined $14 so...
- Income Update - January 2013
January was a truly awesome month. I ended up bringing home over $2,200 more than my average for 2012 and the best part is that all went straight to savings. I only overshot one category by a lot but that'll start getting in check beginning with...
- Income Update - November 2012
November's income was higher than my average so far for the year which is great because I'm still able tor reduce my expenses so every extra dollar of income gets to be converted into savings mainly dividend growth investing capital. Not only...
- Income Update - March 2012
I've added a new line on my chart in "Your Money or Your Life" fashion. I'm calling it my FI for financial independence. The way I'll be calculating it is if I take my net worth less the value in my 401k and Rollover IRA since there's...
Money and Finance
Income Update - February 2012
February was right in line with most of my other months as far as expenses go. I'll start seeing the decrease in our cable bill since we dropped cable down to the most basic and have increased our internet speed and signed up with Netflix. This will save me around $40 a month so at least I'll have that to help bring my expenses down. I'm getting frustrated that I haven't made much progress on decreasing my expenses more. My total food budget unfortunately went right back up to my average for last year. I know part of the reason is because we went out to eat more than usual this month. The other main reason it went back up is because I was home more this month than usual. And whenever I'm home I try and pick up lots of groceries to help Lynsy out. Overall it was still a pretty good month. I brought home $6,464.06 in February and was able to save or use as debt payment 73.09% of my income.
- Income Update - April 2013
Another month has rolled by and it's been just an amazing start to the year. My income has been higher than average every month so far this year, although June's will take a dip. April was a pretty standard month with nothing really out of...
- Income Update - February 2013
February was a great month. I had a higher than normal income and put the difference to straight to savings. I did a pretty good job with controlling expenses for the month. Restaurants and groceries both overshot their budget, but by a combined $14 so...
- Income Update - January 2013
January was a truly awesome month. I ended up bringing home over $2,200 more than my average for 2012 and the best part is that all went straight to savings. I only overshot one category by a lot but that'll start getting in check beginning with...
- Income Update - November 2012
November's income was higher than my average so far for the year which is great because I'm still able tor reduce my expenses so every extra dollar of income gets to be converted into savings mainly dividend growth investing capital. Not only...
- Income Update - March 2012
I've added a new line on my chart in "Your Money or Your Life" fashion. I'm calling it my FI for financial independence. The way I'll be calculating it is if I take my net worth less the value in my 401k and Rollover IRA since there's...