On Saturday, my daughter and I went to my daughter's best friend birthday party. These girls have been best friends since preschool. We had a really good time. Cultivating friendships is a wonderful thing.
During the week, I went grocery shopping on two occasions: 1) to buy breakfast ingredients and juices for my daughter's snacks, and 2) to get the ingredients to make snack sandwiches for a Sunday Easter brunch/egg hunting activity that I had with a group of family members from my Dad's side. It was great, what kid doesn't love to hunt for eggs in the drizzling rain? After that event, I had another birthday party/Easter egg hunting activity on my mother's side. The food was amazing and, again, we connected with family members that we hadn't seen in a while. At the end of Sunday, my daughter had an extra large Ziploc bag filled with candy. On Monday and Tuesday, I let her take some to school, that way she shares her candy and does not consume it all. Wednesday and Thursday were candy free day.
On Wednesday, we went to a local recreational park constructed recently that offers cafes, outdoor exercise machines, running area, kid's swings/slides, Zumba classes, basketball court, etc, etc. It's a really nifty place with lots of things to do for free. Obviously, the cafes are not free and I did not verify the prices, but it's a good place to exercise and/or hang out. It was swamped and we will be definitely visiting it more often.
I did not make many expenses during this one and a half week. Only two grocery shopping outings and two trips to the gas station. One of those trips to get gas cost me an extra 89 cents. My daughter asked me for a drink... the drink I had been longing since the beginning of this experiment: I gave in. She was the perfect excuse to please my unnecessary spending needs. Will power is hard, and when you know you can't have something it seems to be even harder.
Below, my expenses up to this week, marking the end of March:
| Expense on March | Cost (monthly) |
| Internet Bill | $37.20 |
| Daughter's school | $200.00 |
| Cellphone Bill | $27.88 |
| Electricity Bill | $48.78 |
| Water Bill | $35.85 |
| Rent | $300.00 |
| Gas | $104.89 |
| Food | $166.86 |
| School miscellaneous | $5.50 |
| Entertainment | $18.97 |
| Church | $9.74 |
| Emergency | |
| Other | $30.46 |
| Actual Total | $986.13 |
On Sunday, I will post my March monthly Summary. It was a month full of learning experiences, emotions and savings. I was hoping to spend more on birthday things for my daughter, but I was unsuccessful on that task; I only have $10.87 to spend on that. We'll see how my low budget birthday party goes next month.
Best Regards,
Mushu <3
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