It’s time for the first budget review of my 2025 low/no buy… it’s been a good one.
It’s time for the first budget review of my 2025 low/no buy… it’s been a good one. 😁
Some small wins:
📱switched my phone plan to mint at 50% for the first year for $180 – I was paying $90 for 1080 a year
🍲 stuck to the dining out budget and fast food plan 🙌🏻
Total saved: $573 (after much recalculating) – a big win!
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my December budget review and recap of my 2024 low/no buy savings challenge
Join me for a review of my December budget and a recap of my 2024 low/no buy rules and goals. Plus, all the ways I failed at sticking to those rules, and realizing that those categories are not the real problem at all.
December was another $0 savings month, but that was expected.
My biggest challenge this year was dining out.
My No buy rules for 2024 included:
NO beauty bath hair accessories bags, etc. clothes tea books stationary fragrances excess consumables
Overall, I failed, but my spend in these areas was not as bad as my dining out spend.
This was a challenging month with lots of unexpected and unplanned expenses. I barely managed to stay within my budget, but I did, so I’ll take that as a success.
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