Comments on Give Me Back My Five Bucks: October 2009 Goals: My Review

Exactly, basically next month's budget gets decrea...

2009-11-03T12:48:05.166-08:00

Exactly, basically next month's budget gets decreased by the amount over budget - otherwise worst case it's gotta come from savings or emergency funds.

Jessie: When I go over my budget that just means l...

2009-11-03T11:35:13.012-08:00

Jessie: When I go over my budget that just means less savings for the month. So for October’s budget, I could have saved an extra $337.04. I’m in a lucky position because I have wiggle room. If I don’t hit my budget, it doesn’t mean I go into the red. It just means I won’t be able to save as much as I originally thought I could have for the month.

I'm curious - When you over spend on the budget, w...

2009-11-03T11:17:10.029-08:00

I'm curious - When you over spend on the budget, where does the extra money to cover that come from?

It blows my mind when I see your budget of $300/mo...

2009-11-03T09:17:17.511-08:00

It blows my mind when I see your budget of $300/month rent and barely any utilities. It reminds me when I was your age and paying $500/month which was a steal considering it was a condo and that was at like 6-7 years ago. Now our family outflow was over 8k in October alone and we still overspent our budget by a few hundred bucks.... crazy eh.

I love your blog title. Just the other day I was ...

2009-11-03T07:49:16.032-08:00

I love your blog title. Just the other day I was counting up dollars spent on Nintendo DS games for my sonny...and I said out loud I want my money back...who can give me back my six hundred bucks? I was semi serious.