Comments on: September Expenses http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/ A rich life without a lot of money Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:30:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Escape Brooklyn http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14406 Escape Brooklyn Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:51:34 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14406 Great work! Tracking expenses is definitely key to saving money, IMHO. Otherwise it's too easy to just get cash out of the ATM and blow it. But I never have money leftover at the end of the month, so congrats! Great work! Tracking expenses is definitely key to saving money, IMHO. Otherwise it’s too easy to just get cash out of the ATM and blow it. But I never have money leftover at the end of the month, so congrats!

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14372 FrugalBabe Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:03:10 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14372 Grace, Our electric bill is split 85/15 between us and our home-based business, so the total bill for the house was $104. But that includes a windsource charge - we pay extra to have all our power come from wind turbines. So our actual usage was about $95 for the month, and it includes electricity and natural gas together on the same bill. We do work to keep our bill as low as possible - we've replaced almost all of our incandescent lightbulbs, we almost never use our dryer (we hang clothes to dry on clotheshorses), and spring and fall are easy because we open windows or put on extra clothes and try to go as long as possible without turning on the heat or AC (we haven't used either for about 5 weeks now). Grace,
Our electric bill is split 85/15 between us and our home-based business, so the total bill for the house was $104. But that includes a windsource charge - we pay extra to have all our power come from wind turbines. So our actual usage was about $95 for the month, and it includes electricity and natural gas together on the same bill. We do work to keep our bill as low as possible - we’ve replaced almost all of our incandescent lightbulbs, we almost never use our dryer (we hang clothes to dry on clotheshorses), and spring and fall are easy because we open windows or put on extra clothes and try to go as long as possible without turning on the heat or AC (we haven’t used either for about 5 weeks now).

]]> By: Grace http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14368 Grace Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:06:59 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14368 Thanks for this - it gives me ideas and motivation to do better tracking on our expenses. I have really not done well with having a separate food and household grocery budget, but that would certainly help. Now how is your electric bill only $89? Do you have natural gas heat or something in the winter? That's a really good price if you are total electric. Thanks for this - it gives me ideas and motivation to do better tracking on our expenses. I have really not done well with having a separate food and household grocery budget, but that would certainly help.

Now how is your electric bill only $89? Do you have natural gas heat or something in the winter? That’s a really good price if you are total electric.

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14348 Mrs. Micah Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:11:37 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/10/02/september-expenses/#comment-14348 Isn't it great when income covers expenses with something left over? Putting it into the HELOC sounds like a great idea. I got mine done up today and while we didn't save anything as impressive as $529, we still came out ahead! :-) Isn’t it great when income covers expenses with something left over? Putting it into the HELOC sounds like a great idea.

I got mine done up today and while we didn’t save anything as impressive as $529, we still came out ahead! :-)

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