Okay so the Christmas budget has already been blown but here is my attempt to keep track of it. Christmas shopping list: Kitchen $190 BOUGHT Table and chairs $180 BOUGHT and saved $80 The rest of nephews presents $85 BOUGHT over by $10 Brain toys $50 BOUGHT over by $10 Play-dough thing and drawing stuff $70 BOUGHT, no drawing stuff as we have spare paper, saved $50 Books $25 BOUGHT over by $15 KK presents $150 BOUGHT, saved ...
Well this blog is a results of a finacial slap in the face a recevied...unfortunately it has taken me years since that slap in the face to get to the place where I am now. My history in a nut shell... DP and I have been together since we were 16, instead of doing the smart thing and staying at our own houses with our parents and finishing a degree we both got jobs and wanted to move out together. Fast forward 4-5 years, 3 cars, two moves, and a few vacations later ...