DH and I have been working hard - and working more hours - to build back up our savings, and onthe first of each month I add up all of our accounts to see where we're at. Slowly but surely we are creeping back up to where we want to be! We're very close now, but the credit card bill is coming, so I really can't count that money. It's going to feel good to see our accounts back where we want them to be. Tutoring all but ends for a couple of months in the summer, and one of my students won't be coming once he's taken his AP test, so some of the extra income will be falling by the wayside before too long.
I added up some spending for March:
Groceries: $415.81
Restaurants: $292.02
Starbucks: $5.50
That included the ski trip. Higher totals than we budgeted, but we'll get back on track in April. Starbucks was lower due to gift cards from a friend as a thank you present. 
Edited to add that I sold another book today and netted about $9. Woo hoo!
March reflections
April 1st, 2005 at 04:06 pm