Welcome to tracking of income and expenses for the month. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month.

This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just means that the money coming in is less than the money going out because bills are due starting on the first but I don’t get paid until the last day.

So again to clarify (since I get so many questions), this shows the cash FLOW for the month. On Day 2 of every month I will have a negative FLOW because I have paid rent etc so money has LEFT my checking account. I have not had any money come in on Day 2 of the current month since I got paid on day 27 or 30 or 31 of the previous month so that income is counted for LAST month.

twentyIncome for the month to date: $424.46

Expenses for the month to date: $2553.31

Net effect: -$2128.85

Since the last posting I spent  $19.29 on gas, brining my total gas for the month to $33.44 which is well below the $75 budgeted amount.

I am over my household budget by $54.62 …..bad, bad Lulu!!!!

Based on my Adsense money (which has not been paid yet but is already finalized from last month) and my salary (we get paid on Saturday) I will be below my budget for the month and will come out in the black once more.

I am getting ready to have some more tweaks to the budget coming up next month due to some lifestyle changes.

I will see you guys and gals later as I continue my journey to save money and become debt free!!!!