May Goals: My Review

Well, the good news is that I came under budget for May. The bad news is the only reason I came under budget is because I didn’t have to pay my $725 rent.

Overages:

• Cell phone – LD minutes and data usage from the car crash.
• Medical/Health Care – 3 months worth of BC and 3 months of MSP.
• Food - lots of eating on the go and fast food due to moving (no usable kitchen).
• Household – bought a couch, rented a moving van, IKEA trip and Home Depot miscellaneous due to the move.
• Entertainment – when BF’s brother’s family was in town
• Clothing – what a debacle that turned out to be. I was doing so well too. Bought a necklace/bracelet the day my grandma passed away ($65). Bought a black top for the funeral ($25), a black purse ($28) b/c my mom said my brown purse was unacceptable, plus those Mountain Hardware pants that were on such a good sale that I couldn’t pass them up ($68 after shipping, taxes and exchange).
• Transportation – this included a $87 ticket for the car crash, and extra gas because I was driving back-and-forth a ton when I was moving boxes.

May Goals:

• Climb a mountain on the May long weekend. FAIL! We didn’t end up going on a trip at all.
• Go rock climbing 5 times. FAIL! We went once. Too busy! :(
• Half-heartedly try to find a PT job in the area that BF lives in. CHECK! I applied for 2 PT jobs, and have been checking the job boards every few days.
• Lose 3 lbs. FAIL! I gained 1 or 2 lbs due to stress and not having enough time to work out on a regular basis. But on the plus side, I have started running in my new neighborhood.
• Post and sell my stuff on the internet. FAIL! Nope. I suck.
• $300 in my Retirement Portfolio. CHECK! I was able to deposit $525!
• $250 into my Savings. CHECK! I deposited $300 – and that was even after I took out money to pay for J’s birthday present. So I’m really pleased with that.
• Pay off Alaskan cruise. CHECK! I paid $1,339 for the final payment.
• Only buy the essentials (fridge/couch/hallway coat-shoe rack). FAIL! I bought the couch, but had to pay for the moving van. Then I bought a few odds and ends at Home Depot and IKEA.
• Make an extra $300. CHECK! I made an additional $322.30! That came from selling a digital camera ($100), my couch ($70), and the rest came from blog income.
• Get my $362.50 damage deposit back from apartment landlord. CHECK! He said he’ll mail out my damage deposit within a week.
• Do something social with someone I haven’t seen in at least 3 months. CHECK! I went for sushi with a friend, and hung out with my cousins a lot this month.