Category: Budgeting Bloggers

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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Budgeting Bloggers: June

 

June Budget Breakdown

Whoa, is it that time again already?! Where did the month go? Oh, right, for me it went to buying a damn house and moving 6 years’ worth of stuff out of my apartment. You’d think with all that going on, I wouldn’t have a spare moment to shop. Yes, you would think that, wouldn’t you? But sometimes after a day full of #allofthestress, I’d treat myself to a big glass of wine and a mini shopping spree. It really did the trick. Sure, it’s more stuff to move, but with 100+ pairs of shoes already, what’s another 6? Wait, I acquired SIX pairs of shoes this month? Damn. See below for details on the damage:

My Budget

  •  ~$200 carried over from last month – I didn’t add any “starting” budget amount for the month since I knew I would be spending more than usual on stuff for the house.
  • ~$35 sold old clothes
  • ~$818 in blog income – This is very out of the ordinary for me, but it couldn’t have come at a better time! What I didn’t spend on clothes is going toward my dressing room in the new house. It’s far from complete yet, but you better believe it will get its own blog post next month.

       = $1053 (a number you will probably never see here again)

What I Spent (starting top left)

       = $539 (total retail value $1088!)

This left me with more than $500 to put toward my dream closet, so all the pretty stuff I buy will have a pretty place to sleep at night. 🙂 You can see a tiny peek at how it’s coming together on Instagram.

What I Received

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