What we spent in March 2019

March was an "interesting" month for us. I was gone for a week on a work conference so our groceries and eating out was way higher than normal as we attempted to make it easy leading up to me leaving, easy while I was gone, and an easy week to return.

I'm not listing my work expenses here that i'm floating while i'm waiting on getting a reimbursement for work, because that would really skew things even more.

We did a "profit share" celebration outing and went to see a movie and hit chuck-e-cheese up since we had some family there, bought a lot of hiking gear.... went to a toddler birthday party.... did some doctor and dental visits, and made NO progress on the condo, but we expected that since it was a busy month with my being gone.

We also decided to do some early birthday shopping since we have the family birthdays all over the next 2 months, and some of our "gear" will need a month to "get" to us, because we have decided to do an overnight hike for my birthday, since i'm an experience "gal".

And it was a 3- paycheck month for me, so we dumped over $1,000 into the car replacement fund!

Alright, so with all that being said, here's what we spent in March!

Groceries: $374.55

Gasoline: $276.07 

• Hubs:$163.02
• Me: $148.20 -(35.15 work reimbursement) = $113.05 net

Eating Out: $224.64

(Ya, that drive thru thing didn't last long....)

•  $ 23.81 Chipotle  
•  $ 31.24 Movie Snacks (Tickets purchased last year) 
•  $ 8.35 Chipotle (mom was sick) 
•  $ 12.46 Del taco (Shakes cause mom was sick) 
•  $ 11.09 Panera Bread 
• $10.78 Little Caesars (mom was working) 
•  $ 46.00 Red Robin 
•  $ 5.11 Sonic 
•  $ 17.08 Carls 
•  $ 8.35 Chipotle 
•  $ 13.11 del taco
•  $ 16.80 Wendys 
•  $ 20.46 Wendys 

Little Dude: $124.33

• $ 21.00 Chuck E Cheese 
• $37.68  Overnight undies 
• $ 15.02 poop helpers (2) 
• $ 26.64 Friends birthday party present 
• $ 23.99 Back up "hobbes" 

We found his stuffed tiger that he is super attached to... and bought a "replacement" just in case. If he never needs it, great, if the day comes and he needs Hobbes 2.0, we have it... or he has one for his future little person.

Daycare: $910.00

• Cause we are a "5-day friend" and an "all day" friend. 

Tithe/ Church givings: $3,659.00

• A lot larger than usual do to the overwhelming blessing that was profit share :)

Doctors / Dentists / etc: $130.00

• $15.00 Little Dude co-pay
• ENT office visit, tubes removed
• $15.00 little dude office visit -- "fluid draining" from tube removal
• $5 Eli meds for "fluid draining"
• $15.00 Mom co-pay, annual visit and tests
• $80.00 Hub's dental cleaning --- yeah no cavities, a first.... Woot Woot for no soda bet!!!

Dog: $429.80

• Blood work, vaccines, and visit.... (she is healthy, but fat, so the diet begins)

Internet: $65.99

Fun Money: $80.00 ($40 each)

Audible: $14.95

Netflix: $8.61

Electricity: $67.96

Propane: $43.04

• This was for our BBQ. We haven't purchased propane since 2016. I think hubs swapped out 2 canisters. We keep a couple as our emergency fuel in case the power goes out, we can use our small BBQ as a stove if needed since we have an electrical one. 

Housing:

• HOA: $367.50
• Mortgage: $764.00
• (property tax not included in mortgage. We drop $285 a month into savings for it.

Discretionary: $176.37

• $ 2.14 Sandwich bags 
• $ 7.77 Target 
• $ 46.84 Dog food (2 small bags); tooth paste, toothbrush, headache meds, lego mini build bag,  
• Normally Dog food is sorted out under our pup expenses, but I couldn't find the receipt afterward. 
• $ 59.63 CED 
• $ 59.99 Home depot cacti

Hiking: $1,239.27

Cause gear gets its own category... We know we spent a lot of $$$ on gear, but some of this is birthday presents for some hiking luxury items, like my food cook bag, and my hip belt/fanny pack thing. I'm using a smaller pack for our over nighter in May, so I need to get creative with saving space on the inside of my pack, and the fanny pack attaches to my chest strap for snacks, or my belt if needed. Hubs and I both wanted one, but we figured we'd get one between the two of us and see what is "manageable." 

• $ 240.12 Micro USB cables (3 pack); Blue-tooth speaker for hiking; Women's Merino wool base layer; 2 Tick removing tweezers; pack towel; BRS stove; fixed blade knife with sheath; sawyer filter + screw on coupling; Men's exofficio underwear   
•  $ 99.90 Possum Merino Wool Gloves (2) 
•  $ 7.80 Leukotape 
•  $ 24.80 hiking wallet, 2 water bottle clips
•  $ 32.08 Gaiters for Hubs 
•  $146.29 REI (Women's Exofficio underwear; hot lips; Toaks Pot; 2 inflatable pillows -sea to summit) 
•  $ 155.50 Quilt -- UL Reddit Gear Trade (USED)
•  $ 288.00 Tent  -- UL Reddit Gear Trade (USED)
•  $18.27 crocks 
•  $ 60.00 Thru Pack hip belt/fanny pack 
•  $ 54.54 Hyperlight food cook bag 
•  $ 208.84 cables, go pro-, power bank, hiking underwear x2 hubs
• -96.87 (returned sleeping pads)