A Quick Checkup
I’ll talk more about my personal budget in a later post, but just to give you an example of how much I’ve curbed my spending, here are the balances on my last 6 credit card statements.
August 2006 – $1,639.50
September 2006 – $1,049.64
October 2006 – $3,386.41
November 2006 – $1,145.76
December 2006 – $1,529.13
January 2007 – $387.26
I generally put all my expenses on my credit card and I always pay my balance in full every month, so these balances are a fairly good indication of how much I actually spend each month. Now, as a disclaimer, I moved into an new apartment in September, thus the unusually high balance in October, but I had been averaging well over $1,000 per month. I’m quite happy with about a two-thirds decrease in spending.
Posted on Friday, February 2, 2007 @ 5:53 pm by BudgetFreak
Filed Under: Budget , Credit Cards , Expenses
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