Weekly Updates (Spending/Groceries, Job updates, & Money Goals)

My hunny... at Chipotle :)

Weekly Spending-ish
Sales tax went down on July 1st a % point so its nice to see that effected at the gas pump. I got to fill up my Toyota for $3.65 a gallon (I heart Costco)...

It also looks like Milk is slowly creeping back up in price. It's still under $5 for 2 gallons, but not by much. This week it was $4.99 for 2 gallons. About 2 weeks ago, it was $4.79. I'm just glad we go through it fast enough that it makes since for us to buy it at Costco. Speaking of price increases, Potatoes went from $0.98 to $1.49 for a bag... that's a 52% INCREASE.

Thankfully though, we also got tons of coupons in the mail for Fresh & Easy for the whole month as apart of a promo the city is doing for all its local businesses to encourage people to shop in their neighborhood and try new local restaurants. So we have plenty of $5 off $25 and $10 off $50 coupons to last us the month and into September. Also as apart of the business promo week, Chipotle did a buy one get one free so we took advantage of that since its one of my hubby's favorite places.

After our mid week surprises this week, See this post, I'm just glad we have SCB earning real money right now to help cover all the weird crud we keep finding! Needless to say we will be dipping into that paycheck to help store up and get us back on track. Even with the overtime I got on my paycheck yesterday, we will aren't current because we had to get SCB his pass card for our cruise in September...

August 6:

• Gasoline for my Toyota: $54.25
• Arby's: $12.91
• Costco: $27.16 (Fat Free Milk, $4.99; Tortilla chips, $3.39; Nutella, $8.79; Deli-meat, $9.99)
• Fresh & Easy: $21.85 (Grill Pack $7.49 (we bought this to use our coupon since we did a lot of shopping at Costco this week); 2 boxes of Suddenly Pasta Salad, $1.50 each; ranch dressing $1.99; American Cheese, $0.99; Hamburger buns, $1.29; 2 packages of flour Tortillas, $0.98 each; Potatoes $1.49; two salad bags, $1.99; and four 2 liters of mountain dew on a 4 for $4 special, and $0.40 in CRV) Total was $26.93 before coupon, $21.85 after.
• Henry's: $4.92 (3.13 lbs of Golden Apples for $4.04; a head of Green leaf lettuce $0.88) 

August 7:

• $105.73 (the disgusting electric bill was paid...)

August 8:

• Walmart: $4.00 prescription for SCB
• Bed Bath & Beyond: $27.49 (Large Beach towel, Two 120 oz locking air tight containers, 2 sets of reusable ice cubes)
• Sport Chalet: $14.00 (arm sleeve/brace for SCB to wear at work.)
• Chipotle: $6.84 (it was buy one get one free night!)
• Walmart: $3.30 (3 containers of Gatoraid so SCB doesn't get dehydrated at work.)
• Home Depot: $21.49 (2 pairs of work gloves for SCB).
• Walmart: $14.29 (Cereal, Cereal, Snack for SCB's Lunch Pail, Bug killer)
• Electric Bill: $105.73

August 9:
August 10:

• AT&T Cancellation fee: $67.71

August 11:

• Pass Card Fees: $30 Check... $35 for photos and processing fees
• Ralphs: $17.60 Stamps...

August 12:

• Chipotle: $6.84 ( I had a horrible day and even broke down a bit and cried because everything just didn't like me... so we went back to chipotle again for their buy one get one free week. 

Job &Work Updates:
I had some overtime on my last paycheck from working a special event for a few hours driving around shuttles. We plan to use this money towards my final AT&T cell phone bill for canceling my contact early...To cover SCB's old cell phone if we have to pay for it, and to help cover our huge electric bill this month... but it won't be able to cover all of our spending so we are glad we have SCB earning real money now :)

Money Goals:
We are still sitting pretty at $132.00 out of $350 in our Xbox fund... but next week we should be able to add more once we get the rest of our spending "caught up."
$132... of $350 saved...37.71% Saved