So it looks like once again I have messed up with our budget. We have very little money to make it to the next paycheck, which is Friday.
I start each week with good intentions, then loose them all as the week goes on. We decide to order in becasue it is too hot to cook. We need groceries I didn't budget for (sour milk anyone?). I need more gas in the car, and I forgot to budget that in. We go to the bookstore/magazine store to "just look" and then have no willpower. Kittie has an emergency and we need to go to the vet.
It's so much harder to live in a budget than I thought. I mean, I completely see the benefits and I don't ever want to go back to how I was before, but I'm not quite where I want to be yet.
Sometimes I feel like a financial failure. Sure, I am better now than how I used to be, but damn, there is still so far to go!!!
Struggling
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Don't fret about the expense of the kittie emergency; that one couldn't be helped. Kittie is well and that is what really matters. [Down the road, when you have an EF built up, or have a fat cushion in your "Pet Expenses" column, those types of emergencies won't faze you.]
Regarding the "just looking" expenditures at the book/magazine store, do you have a library in your town? Next time you have the urge to browse, what about stopping by the library and checking out anything that catches your eye?
Regarding the overages on food and gas, the only advice I can give is to find a system that works for you to plan for those expenses in advance.
And always remember that there are lots of us here who are rooting for you!
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