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November Budget: take a peek!

I thought it would be cool to show you what the blank slate for my budget looks like for the next month. I'll point out some interesting points in the budget to give you an idea of where my heads at. November Budget:
So we're starting out with a good amount In our checking which is great/ a tease because that amount is going to drop fast soon.
Week 1
11.1 L's School: L's School is good at letting us skip a week if we need to.
Gas: We try to stay as close to to our weekly goal as possible. we go by when the car gets to half a tank.
Fitness  Reimbursement: A nice surprise!
11.2
Week 2
11.3
11.4
11.5 Ah, my bank account can take a nice breath before it gets beat up
11.6
11.7
11.8 C's Credit Card:
L’s School:
Gas:
11.9 Mortgage: This will be going down soon once the paperwork for the refinance goes
Groceries: through
Week 3
11.10
11.11 Loan #1
11.12
11.13 George’s Credit Card
11.14 Work PayDay. This week is going to be tough because before pay day our bank will get
11.15 Electric bill super low. So we’ll need to pay special attention to what we spend
L’s School
Gas
11.16 Groceries

Week 4
11.17 Furnace Loan
Car insurance This will be lowering hopefully because we just installed a new
11.18 furnace
11.19
11.20
11.21
11.22 Loan #2
L’s School
Gas
11.23 Groceries

Week 5
11.24
11.25
11.26 Car
11.27
11.28 Cable
Work PayDay
11.29 L’s School
Gas
11.30 Groceries


So with everything above, that's not including if we buy anything outside this budget (which sometimes isn't reality). I hope this was a cool insight into how I plan for the month before! It's nice to see I'm not losing money because at the end of the month the checking went up a little over $300.

How do you budget? I’d love to see! Tweet me @DitchinDebt

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