Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary

a financial voyeur’s dream come true: all the intimate details of how, where, and why I spend money

January Budget Review — Our First Complete Budget Month

January marked my fourth whole month of using the YNAB software* and but only my first month of recording all of our household expenses.  In previous months I’ve tracked all of my expenditures, but only some of The Husband’s.  On the income side, I tracked our salaries and any supplemental income I brought in (ie. survey income) but none [...]

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December Budget Overview

December marked my third whole month of using the YNAB software* and I really feel as if I have a handle on the program.  I’m looking forward to taking my budgeting to the next level in 2008 where I’ll be tracking all of our expenses, including The Husband’s, and our actual income not just an estimated average.
Just in [...]

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November Budget Overview

November marked my second whole month of using the YNAB software* and I feel as if I’m getting a firmer grip on what the software can do for me and how to get the most out of it.  The Husband willingly sat down with me on the last day of the month and looked over the results [...]

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October Budget Overview

It’s been busy around here so my monthly overview/wrap-up took longer than I’d hoped. I wanted to make sure my numbers were as accurate as possible so I took the time to reconcile my YNAB budget with my three credit card accounts, Paypal, and my checking account before posting this overview.
This was my first whole [...]

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