July Budget

I think this is the first month since I started my new budget in January that I actually 1) didn't come in over budget 2) didn't put anything on my credit card 3) didn't go to Chipotle at least once a week (I only had two Chipotle receipts!)

Groceries

Budget: $350
Actual: $347.20
Creative accounting: I had $30 in gaming snacks I brought to our work LAN party and $5 in soda that I decided to count as "fun" money instead of grocery money in order to balance my books.


Fun Money

Budget: $150
Actual: $124.70
Creative accounting: I had $21 in pizza early in the month that should have gone here, but I budgeted $29 for internet that it turned out was already paid at installation, so I "saved" $29 and put this toward that. Like I said: creative accounting. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. I also accomplished this by mistakenly believing I'd only budgeted $100 in fun money on this new budget, so I went the last two weeks of July thinking I'd blown it until I opened up my spreadsheet today and totaled up all my receipts. Go-go self-deception!


CC Payment

Budgeted: $750
Actual: $750
Creative accounting: None. This one hurt to pay. There's going to be a party when I pay this off. I better start saving for it now.

I did, in fact, "save" $100 this month. I have $100 every month budgeted towards meds. I'll end up using this month's meds money to get new contact lenses.

It's not glamorous, this life, but it's getting my shit together, one buck at a time (did you know a bottle of Coke zero costs $1.39???? $1.39, seriously. It's fucking criminal).

Note to Self

I drink too much diet Coke.

Things That Will Probably Suck But Let's Hope Not Anyway

Occlusion

The pod started beeping at me at 1:40am, which wasn't so bad because I was up anyway due to my 1:30 am sugar check and the fucking assholes downstairs with their yappy dog and loud college friends whose Friday and Saturday night parties seem to be carrying over into Sunday nights. This used to be such a quiet building before they moved in.

In any case, the pod and the meter started beeping, which usually means something bad, so I turned the meter back on and read, "Occlusion error, insulin delivery has stopped. Change pod now."

Oh, lovely.

Got up, deactivated it, filled up and activated a new one, and then couldn't get back to sleep for another hour because of said wild neighbors downstairs. Is it really necessary to slam every door in your apartment at 3am?

Honestly, I was far more annoyed at my asshole neighbors and their party-til-4am bullsit than a 2am pod change.