Savings Diary Updated – No April Foolin’

As you may know if you have been following my blog for a while…I am keeping track of my savings, spending and I am trying to follow our budget closely!!!
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We’ve been a little over budget on some things and a little under budget on others so we are evening out a bit more, we have been over budget the past couple months, but I had been building up the stockpile a bit more! Now, we are trying our best to stick to it!!!
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Our YTD savings (1/1/10 – 3/31/10)
= $4,494.64
That’s almost $1500 a month that we save!!
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You can see the details HERE!
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Are you tracking your spending & saving?
Are you staying within your budget?
Leave a comment and let us know how you are doing!!
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My 2010 SAVINGS DIARY – UPDATED

From January 1st – December 31, 2010 I will be tracking my spending and savings!
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The following numbers are from 1/1/2010 – 4/30/2010
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$5,977.94 – TOTAL SAVED
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BUDGETING YTD:

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$1,249.06 – Groceries = $69.39 per week

(over budget, wanna be at $60 or less)
$744.28 – Dining Out = $41.34 per week

(under budget, budget $50 per week)
$310.13 – Clothing = $17.22 per week

(under budget, budget $25 per week)
$1,101.42 – Auto (gas) = $61.19 per week

(over budget, budget $40 per week)

New tires on my car put us way over budget
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$4,644.43 Grocery Savings YTD
(includes Groceries, Toiletries, Pet Food & Household Cleaning Products, etc)
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$152.28 Restaurant Savings YTD
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$631.23 Other Savings YTD – Online shopping, etc
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$45.27 Spent Buying Coupons YTD
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$80.00 Rebates Received YTD

Submitted a total of $102.50
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YTD SWAGBUCKS TURNED IN FOR GIFT CARDS
(calculated into savings total)
Turned in Swagbucks for (4) $50 Bass Pro EGift Card
Turned in Swagbucks for a (5) $10 Starbucks Gift Card
Turned in Swagbucks for (4) $5 Amazon eGift Cards

Turned in Swagbucks for (10) $20 Target eGift Cards
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YOU CAN SEE SOME OF MY SHOPPING TRIPS HERE!
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In 2009 I managed to save $8063.85
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ARE YOU TRACKING YOUR SPENDING & SAVING?

How’s it going? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section!
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