April Goals: My Review

I’m slowly getting my budget under control, and along with all of the OT I put in, plus my huge tax refund, I was able to achieve all of my savings goals.

April Goals (end of month review):

• $200 travel costs – NO. I didn’t anticipate traveling an extra weekend this month. I will be going over in travel costs by a little bit, but not that much.

• Make an extra $200 – Check! I made $507 from my PT and OT from the FT job. I also got a GST cheque in the mail for $90.50, and made $177 through PPP. That’s a grand total of $774.50 in extra income I earned for April! :)

• $200 into Travel Fund. Check! I added $800 this month!

• $150 into Emergency Fund. Check! I added $350.

• $250 into Condo Down Payment Fund. Check! I added $800.

• $350 into RRSP Portfolio. Check! I added $2,625. :)

• $150 grocery budget. Check! I spent $140.80, even with a last-minute $50 Costco run. I was able to do this b/c I just skipped buying groceries for an entire week, and it really wasn’t that hard either.

• Successfully complete the April Budget Challenge. NO. I failed. :(

• Make firm plans to celebrate my sister’s birthday. Pending. We can’t plan anything right now until we can figure out our work schedules. And since the PT job is so up-in-the-air, I can’t commit to any weekend for sure.

• Create a budget for my proposed vacation in September. Pending. I still don’t know if I am going on this vacation. Right now, I’m leaning towards not going.