Budgeting Bloggers: July

 

July Budget Breakdown

 

July 2015 will go down in history as the month I bought 3 pink midi skirts. Who buys 3 pink midi skirts in one month? Cher from Clueless maybe, or Becky Bloomwood from the Confessions of a Shopaholic series. But real people? Just me probably. What can I say? July is a great month for sales. The stores are getting ready for fall already, but the weather is just starting to heat up so I’ll actually have plenty of time to enjoy all these spring/summer pieces. See, it was all part of my plan.

My Budget

  • ~$664 (starting budget of $150 plus $514 carried over from last month)
  • ~$204 (blog income)

       = $868

What I Bought (pictured above starting top left)

       = $403 (total retail value $1243…yes, I’m amazing)

That leaves $465 left over, although “left over” is a little misleading. In reality, I’ve spent a few hundred bucks on my wonderful, magical dressing room in my new house. It’s almost done – I just need a rug and curtains but I’m having trouble finding what I want. I optimistically thought I would have already done a whole post revealing said wonderful, magical dressing room and laying out my decorating/remodeling budget buuuuut you know how it goes. I really will finish it soon (next month! it’s in writing now!) and show you all pics on the blog, but it might not be a budget post. I haven’t done a great job of keeping track of what I’ve spent because it’s been spread over a couple months and I didn’t keep track of all my receipts during the moving process. Maybe I’ll just start with a clean slate budget-wise for August and call it a day.

What I Received

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10 thoughts on “Budgeting Bloggers: July”

  1. No shame in 3 midi skirts – you’ll look great in all of them! Can’t wait to see the magical dressing room reveal!

  2. I love every.single.one. of your purchases, especially the midi skirts. I can’t wait to see your dressing room reveal! I’ve lived in my house for over five years and I still have sad original cream walls and no decor in the bedroom. It’s definitely the most unloved room in the house. One of these days I’m going to fix that…

    Erin @ Teal and Polka Dots
    tealandpolkadots.blogspot.com

  3. Cant wait to see a post with the floral midi dress, I almost bought it on that last flash sale too! So cute.

  4. I had to click on the striped shirt dress; it looks like a great day-to-night piece for those sweltering August days ahead…

    I’m curious to see how your dressing room turns out!

    1. Actually, NO! The fabric is not breathable at all. It’s really more of a fall dress. I don’t even know if I will wear it before September. Just wanted to warn you!

  5. I LOVE that patterned skirt from factory. I might just bring that one home. I love the midi one you got from Madewell. It’s so soft. Goodness it’s still SO hot here in Georgia. I cannot event think about buying boots at all.

  6. Haha – I love that you bought three pink midi skirts – it happens! They are all different 🙂 It’s okay. I do that too – I get really “obsessed” with a color or style and then end up buying multiple of the same thing.

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