Oh my! I sat down today to update my weekly Tuesday Totals post with my purchases from yesterday and this morning and I’ve already spent over $95 this week! My normal weekly budget is only $55! I started hyperventilating until I realized I had a “cushion”. Each week that I am under budget I roll that into my next week’s budget so while I went over this week’s normal budget I didn’t go completely over budget because I still have about $21 left from that roll over amount.
The reason I went way over budget was mostly due to an amazing deal at Toys R Us on Diapers. I ended up getting 11 boxes of diapers,2 boxes of wipes and 4 bottles for $62.32. That’s the equivalent of 22 jumbo packs- I couldn’t pass that deal up with only 7 weeks until my 4th child is expected to arrive.
Going over budget by this much is pretty rare for me because I have a “mature” stockpile. I don’t actually need anything each week- I just get the good deals and any fresh foods (veggies, fruit) that we want.
But if you have a stockpile at the toddler stage (or don’t even have a stockpile) and find yourself going over budget week after week some of these links to previous posts may help!
Setting & Sticking to a Budget
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