ATLfemme

I moved $100 into the reserve fund, bringing the balance to a whopping $105. It’s not much, but then, this goal is part of a larger issue – getting my finances under control. I can’t do a lot on rebuilding the cash reserves until I get the spending under control and get the debt down. Rather than get discouraged about this goal, though, I will try to remember:

Even a few drops at a time eventually fill a bucket.

I put a large chunk of money into my Flexible Spending Account this year, because I knew I’d need glasses and some dental work.

I have a little over $2k left, and if I don’t spend it, it disappears. So, I need to see if I can:
*get in one more dental appointment
*order new glasses
*refill my contact lenses
*get a printout of all the Rx I had filled this year, and cross check it to see if everything got reimbursed or if I need to file for a check
*restock my over the counter medicine supplies with any remaining money

Since it’s already November, I need to get going on this quickly.

2 cans of tuna stirred into homemade macaroni & cheese = fast, easy and only used what I had on hand. The dish used up some of the cheese that was starting to go moldy (had to trim it off), so that’s an extra bonus.

Clearly, it’s not a balanced meal so I will need to cook some vegetables for a side dish.

Overall, this is going reasonably well. October grocery money spent was about half what it was in September. I’d like to see how far into November I can get with the remaining food supplies; only purchasing a few fresh items (onions, cream, butter; etc) to supplement and round out the things I already have.