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March recap / property tax woes

April 8th, 2006 at 07:49 pm

I know, I know...it's April 9th, but I've been avoiding doing my March recap because it was a sub-par month. A few things put me over the top: We spent $509 on gas for the cars! I've been shooting to spend $300. I did great with this in February, so I expected March to be a little higher. Add in the trip to NC (~1150 miles round trip), and that added another $100+ to the bill. Better luck this month.

We also spent almost $400 eating out. We were shooting for $260 ($100 regular + a dinner for $160 that we planned for. The rest was totally unbudgeted.

On the plus side, I finally cancelled AOL ($17.95/mth) now that I have cable internet.

I'll learn a lot more about my financial picture this month. Hubby's raise takes effect this month, and he'll get a small bonus. We need to drop his withholding to zero, plus put $200/month into an account for estimated taxes. Also, our town did a revaluation and our property taxes are going up in August. We currently pay around $7700/year, and after the calculation the town gave us to estimate the new amount, it comes to about $9700. So that means an extra $175/month to that account. Fortunately, this is the last month I need to pay for DS's preschool, which will free up $655/month to cover these new outlays. Curious to see where it all ends up.

I'm looking forward to getting my coupon train...this was a good week for coupons! Other than that, I need to (finally) mail out the taxes and file some stuff!

3 Responses to “March recap / property tax woes”

  1. Ima saver Says:
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    Sorry, if that was my property tax bill I would have to move somewhere else!! Wow!!

  2. Nina's Mom Says:
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    Oh my gosh, I guess California is good on some things. I just paid my property tax bill today. $560.00 twice a year, but then we did buy our house 18 years ago.

  3. PRICEPLUS Says:
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    I hate the high property taxes here in my neck of the woods. The gas bills for the car is hard to budget because the darn prices keep going up! I have broken out my bike to run small errands to save some money on gas.

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