Yay! I got paid today!

pay= 1237.19

How it was distributed:
$1,000 to checking
$200 CASH
37.19 to savings #1

Here are the bills I paid:

Medical bill= 5.00 (account paid in full!)
Bank of America= 200.00 (balance= 7698.71)
Wells Fargo= 60.00 (balance= 983.00)
Car Insurance= 221.00
Overdue Rental Movie fee= 20.00
Electric= 45.00 (yes, 45.00! love it!)
Capital One= 25.00 (extra payment, bal.=2413.58)
Phone= 80.64

Current balance in checking after paying bills= 354.22

balance in savings #1= 109.90
savings #2= 387.62
savings #3= 26.73

Total in savings=524.25

Ok, the GREAT news of the day was that I found that 387.62 in savings #2. I hadn't checked my bank statements for a couple of months (my crisis) and thought I only had maybe 20.00 in there. So, to discover I have almost 400.00 has made my day.
Sure, I am still buried in debt but this will bring me closer to my goal.

I have to work tonight but if I have any down time I am going to work on meal planning for the coming week. Tomorrow, the girls and I are going shopping and my goal is to spend no more than 125.00 on food. This is a little higher than I normally want to spend but I need to restock some basics.

Also, my phone bill was high this month but next month it should drop to around 35.00 - 45.00 (depending on usage, my basic fee is 32.00) Also, my insurance renews in November and my payments have decreased to $156.00 per month.

S0, that means next month I will be saving appx. 80.00!!!!!

I plan on applying that to the dreaded credit cards. As far as the found money in savings today, well I am going to use 150.00 on it for the girls Christmas presents. I think I will be able to come up with another 700.00 for christmas by mid December. That brings me to 850.00 for Christmas. Not too bad.

We are having cheap frozen pizza for supper tonight. Not my favorite but better than starving!

Have a good Friday night everyone!