There's a few things to account for this month - from the gift fund Mothers Day and my daughters birthday, and from my personal spending allowance a trip to the dentist (today) and the hairdressers (Thursday), which will leave me with very little to spend for the rest of the month! I've set the grocery budget at £185 to account for the 5 week month and a couple of family get to together's.
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Financial Goals for March:
- Contribute £500 to our travel fund
- Overpay the mortgage by at least £1457.66
- Make at least £300 above and beyond our regular income
- Keep our grocery spending within our budget (£185)
Good luck with your March budget!
If you have any questions on our budget then please ask in the comments or by email: nomorespending (at) gmail (dot) com
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i have been quite lax recently, so really need to be smarter with what finds I have, readinthis has given me another big kick x
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to get lax - good luck for March :)
DeleteYou are so on top of it. I have to get my budget done today.
ReplyDeleteTrying to be :) Hope you got it done Niki :)
DeleteThis is a shocking amount of savings/mortgage pre-payment as a percentage of income. Impressive!
ReplyDeleteThank you - we've worked really hard on reducing our fixed outgoings over the years. And re-mortgaging (to a great deal) a few years back has worked out brilliantly. Thankfully :)
DeleteI was thinking the exact same thing about the savings/mortgage (once I'd done the conversion of pounds to Australian dollars!) That's a fantastic effort, it's great to see the figures - helpful for those of us trying to get to the same place!
DeleteYour budget is an inspiration. LOVE it, and hope to be like you one of these days. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks HP - the 'want' to get to Portugal eventually is very strong and it keeps us going.
DeleteI love you have an extra mortgage payment as a goal, so inspiring! Good luck with your other march goals.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It really helps that I think of the mortgage as real debt now - if you know what I mean. It always was debt just not bad debt as I see it now.
DeleteLove your budget priorities, well done...
ReplyDeleteThanks Maureen!
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