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Whoops

Man, blogging is hard.  Who knew, right?

I have a million excuses, really.  I had a cold.  My internet was out thanks to all the storms we’ve had recently (though we never lost power, thank goodness ).  Work has been insane.

But excuses are meaningless.  Hoping to try to get back to some regular posting soon.

I updated [...]

So close, yet so far

So I thought I was doing pretty well on my budget this month.  Destroyed my travel budget, but that’s because I booked flights for trips in both September and October (both half-marathons I have already signed up for).  The price was right though, and I’ll just keep socking away money to cover the rest of [...]

Borrowing from yourself

As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’ve been using YNAB for over a year now, and I love it.  I use the spreadsheet version because I’m kind of a spreadsheet geek.  I’m always recommending the program to people who are working on getting their finances in order, but I find there’s always one big [...]

Budgeting without the Budget

This month, I have yet to update YNAB.  I know, it’s sending me into a little bit of a panic.  I usually update it a few times a week, or at least once a week at the bare minimum.  It’s so easy to just pull out all of my receipts every week and enter my [...]

Budgeting too Strictly

As I mentioned, this month, my budget is out of whack because of some unexpected pet expenses. The cat’s surgery is next Tuesday, but I’m already planning how to pay for it. While the money is there thanks to YNAB, I am doing my best to tighten the budget so that I don’t [...]