Out of Control

So we've done absolutely awful with our budgeting this month. Like, no excuse for this kind of awful. We went out to eat I don't know how many times when we didn't need to. And when we did end up going out I'm not sure why we didn't split an order together. We always talk about saving money this way and not wasting food and we just don't do it? Why!? Aghhh.

Joe has not been very good at keeping track of what he's spent on lunches, which honestly should have been packed and not purchased. He started a new job and I know that gets a little crazy but there's all the time in the world to pack a lunch the night before. I've forgotten a few things myself. I've only listed a few things, and have hardly sold anything to make any extra money.

I've worked some overtime this month, though. And I started doing mystery shopping / auditing with MSI TrendSource thanks to an article I read on thepennyhoarder.com. There was a really nice list of some legitimate and reasonable ways to make extra money from home. I picked one that seemed feasible for me and just tried it. It really didn't take long to get started. The project managers / customer support are fantastic. In less than a month I've already received my first check and I've completed 11 assignments. Pretty fun! I do need to watch how much I spend for the receipts though. They reimburse for items purchased, but only a certain amount depending on the project.

I disgress. The point of this post is to rant about how shitty we've done with budgeting for July. We have got to do better next month. This is completely inexcusable. I'm afraid to even look at the total, but on July 31st I'm going to update with our spending and also the damage we've done to the different debts.

Sigh. I just feel out of control in a lot of aspects in my life right now. Really need to find that determination I once had for other things.