Survived the 1st week!

However because I had not explicitly defined which expenses were supposed to be in the budget I underestimated.
 I modified my budget which was initially supposed to be monthly, to a 2 week budget. And at the end of the first week I had spent 60% of the whole not too bad considering that this is the adjustment period, and I did splurge on a beautiful handmade mug by Chandra DeBuse whose handbuilding/decorating course I took past weekend, and I ate out twice.

There was one purchase that I regretted and the reason was FOMO (fear or missing out). There was a team order for a pullover for those who are going to Hooch and I tagged along not really thinking. (my old brain at work) There was a problem with the order and I had a chance to back out of the purchase that was a close call. I have to be careful of these tendencies, I got lucky this time.

While grocery shopping I find myself to be more price conscious. At home I am trying to make use of the groceries I have instead of trying to follow a new recipe to the dot and shopping for each ingredient that I might not actually even use again.

It indeed is fun to place the chips from Budget to Spent and counting the chips for someone anal like me. Actually not shopping is giving me a satisfaction. Hoping that the second week I can hold on and maybe just maybe make it within budget although I only have 40% left instead of the 50%.

At this point I am not keeping track of actual spendings and categories this is something I might look into to see where I am falling short or overindulging.