- Rent $500 (includes home, internet, utilities, maintenance)
- Food $297 (two people, includes groceries in costly Canada, household items, eating out, fancy coffees, etc)
- Family $173. This was three weeks of travel—everything from transportation to physical gifts to data use—to spend four birthdays with family, and hang with a lovely friend.
- Kid $106 (gifts, winter clothing from thrifts, allowance, emergency cell, etc)
- Car insurance $84
- Car fuel $38
- Phone $32
- Clothing for me $18 (thrift shops)
- Life insurance $17
- Me $418. I bought myself two special, secret presents 🙂
Donations are over and above these.
As you can see, it was a pretty spendy month for me. At the same time, $1265 is pretty awesome for two people to be housed, to eat, to go on a three-week vacation to multiple locations, and to update their wardrobe. This approach easily makes room for the occasional splurge of $418 on luxury items.
Just checking in to say I miss the wonderfulness that is joon and I just realized that I knew where to look for her. Magical! Hope the new year is full of blessings big and small.
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Hey Diane C, so good to hear from you!! Are you well?
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