Sept budget

**ansley** · 09-01-2009, 12:54 PM

Church 526 (give or take, DH’s income changes)
Mortgage 404
Repairs 373.80
Electricity 174
Water 56
Gas 26
Phone 146(went up 70 for stupid tax, will go down)
Cable 89.60
Trash 15.50
Grocery 450
Car Payment 242.54
Car Gas 453.57
Car Insurance 99.91
Car Repairs DH thinks I need break fluid so 0 could be a prob.
Doctor Bills 25
Dentist 25
Child Care 280
Toiletries 151
School Supplies 25
Blow Money 1 261.25 (DH and non-negotiable)
Tools 50
auto accident 100

5 people DH, DS15, DD8, DS2, DW and more pets than I care to count.

**abner80** · 09-08-2009, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by ansley

Church 526 (give or take, DH’s income changes)

Grocery 450
Car Payment 242.54
Car Gas 453.57

5 people DH, DS15, DD8, DS2, DW and more pets than I care to count.

Wow can you tell me how u manage to get by on just $450 Groceries with a family of 5. We got just 2 and spend $400 a month

**mateosbaby** · 09-08-2009, 10:51 PM

I also have a question. If you have all those pets, where is their food/care category? We have 4 fish (so far), 2 cats, a guinea pig (soon to get 1 more plus bigger cage and more supplies), and soon will be getting 3 gerbils, as well. We have a rather large pet supply category...

Oh, and what about TP, cleaning supplies, misc. household supplies, stamps, etc.? Is that included in your grocery category? Mine is, and for 6 people we average around $700 or so a month. That's including an infant on formula, btw. So without that, it'd be more like $600.

**ansley** · 09-09-2009, 12:49 PM

I use angel food ministries to help keep food cost down. Some months they have a lot of processes food, other months they don't. We went over a good bit last month, our first same page budget. DH bought a lot of things we didn’t need. This month I upped the grocery money a little to include stuff to make some sweets at home. Cheaper and easier to limit.

Pet stuff, TP, cleaning supplies, misc. household supplies, pull-ups and etc are included in Toiletries. We buy the cheapest cat and dog food the store carries. We only have a few fish so one thing of food last months. I don't wear make-up or use hair spray/gels. Last month I didn't have a problem keeping separate but DH bought a mix of Toiletries/groceries last night.

We have 2 dogs, 10 cats, and a few fish.