I've been using YNAB for all of 7 days, but it's already helping me stay within budget.
I had to buy some supplies today (consumables)
- sale on bodywash and lotion at sprouts (it's their 25% off vitamin and body care extravaganza) - I made sure to check prices against amazon first
- and I also bought D's face sunscreen and some vitamin D3 on Amazon
But... I didn't go over this month's budget on supplies because I checked available budget first in YNAB. (I sound like an advertisement).
I also had to buy a dimmer switch for our new LED lights (also Amazon). I'll install it myself when it arrives. Dimmer switches are pretty easy to install. We put in 6 lights that are 4 w each (24 w total). They replace 210 w of lighting that we use all the time, so I'm pretty happy! This is well within "small appliances" which is where I put stuff like this in our budget. No plans to buy anything else so the rest will flow over into next month.
In a few minutes we're heading over to the indoor soccer place (it's just an old building on a college campus that is used for indoor soccer). I am crossing my fingers that they have the heaters going; last week they didn't and I was so cold! F was running around, and she wore a hat and gloves. I'm taking a blanket in the car just in case! The weather says 27 deg but feels like 15. I know that's warmer than it is where most of you are right now - so stay warm!!!
Bought House Supplies and YNAB is working well
January 8th, 2015 at 12:12 am
January 8th, 2015 at 03:33 am 1420688031
I think you'd hate our winters, negative 20 and the snow swirled dangerously creating white-out conditions. The police were reporting 122 fender benders from this morning's commute. By 11 AM it was normal
January 8th, 2015 at 03:37 am 1420688220
January 8th, 2015 at 05:31 am 1420695101
January 8th, 2015 at 07:52 pm 1420746752
Snafu...not sure where you live, but here in Central Illinois we have had below zero wind chills, some snow, and lots of accidents too.