So what happened this month?  Things were not good for our networth that’s for sure.  We kept our cash steady mostly because we still owe another $3k for DH’s next summer course paid for yesterday.  But we unfortunately lose $5k of 5% of our retirement portfolio.  Not a huge deal when you look long term, but short term it does hurt, considering we also contributed $1200/month to DH’s 401k.  So a loss probably closer to $6500 in month.

As for our spending, we kept pretty much in check again.  Nothing overly spendy $144 eating out, $256 on groceries, $96 on fun we saw movies with guests and went to museums, etc, and $168 on gas.  Guess the gas budget is going up mid-year. 

At the beginning of the year I budgeted $150/month, up from $100/month last year.  But now I think even though we fill about 1 week one car, it’s getting to the point where filling up is around $45/week. So the $160 is out of line.

But ouch!  Our utility bills should be going up about 40% or more even with consisitent usage because of higher rates.