Tag: budgeting
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What I’m Buying In August
This month I am refocusing on this post as a way for me to budget and plan my purchases, to be really intentional with my wardrobe and purchases. I have been starting to think (in my head, I do need to write it down/put it in an Excel sheet or something) about having a really…
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April Financial Fitness Check-In
April was a weird month, because I both had significantly more income than I was expecting, but I also spent way more than I was expecting, partly as a result of that and I still have some outstanding reimbursements as some of the things I bought were for other things. In my bills category I…
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What I’m Buying in April
Last month I did not do one of these posts because I had no intention of buying anything, and instead I impulse shopped my way through the month. So this month I’m bringing it back to keep me on track. A couple things I have already bought, and most of this list is dependent on…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: December 2022
Welcome to the first financial fitness check-in where I am using my own spreadsheet rather than Mint and a pen and paper. It’s kind of it’s first test run. The one thing I cannot figure out is how to combine what I’ve classed as my “Bills” chart and my “Expenses” chart into one pie chart…
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What I’m Buying in November
I’m not planning on buying much in November, not a no-buy but just really scaling it back. I also want to really refocus on saving. I want to have enough savings to be able to apply for jobs all over and not be worried about how much it costs to move there, I want to…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: October 2022
October was a much more expensive month than I expected it would be or thought it was. There were a couple annual expenses that I forgot about and I impulse decided to buy concert tickets for Maggie Rogers in February. The other financial thing that is a big relief is that I have new landlords,…
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What I’m Buying in July
I’m doing a bit of a low-buy this month, May and June were pretty spendy with trips to Winnipeg and Minneapolis, and I need to bring it back in and re-focus on my other financial goals again. I do however really need some new activewear, a couple skincare restocks, and it’s my birthday month so…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: June 2022
June was an amazing month, I did some travel, I was social, I crossed some things off my shopping list and 2022 plans, and had some adventures. Unfortunately, that does mean that I had a more expensive month than I was hoping for. I don’t regret it so much as I know I have to…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: What I Spent in May
I know that May was going to be a bit more of a spendy month for me, I had a trip planned to get out of my one-horse town (literally, I have seen 1 horse here, and I am a former horse girl, so I notice stuff like that) and that I was looking to…
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What I’m Buying in April
I think that April is going to be a month that I focus a bit on starting to build a wardrobe that is realistic for my current circumstances, rather than aspirational. I love clothes, I love dressing up and wearing pretty dresses and pretty shoes, but I also hate attracting attention to myself (says she…
Laura Caeris - Thoughtful Millennial 