I found out about another unbudgeted expense today - $47 each for 2 Advanced Placement tests at D's school. The money ($94) was due by March 1st. I started "peeling the onion" and realized all of the other unbudgeted expenses I have coming up related to the kids - SAT test expenses in June, sending SAT scores to colleges in September, college applications in Nov/Dec/Jan. And that's just for D. S turns 16 in November and will need driving lessons (required in NJ) to get his permit. That's another $300.
While it all added up to many hundreds of dollars, they're spread out over the year, and I feel better knowing about them and getting them on the budget spreadsheet. I have some more tweaking to do tomorrow just to smooth everything out, but at least it's accounted for. And I already added a reminder for this time next year (D will be taking 6 APs, which will be a bill of $282)!
Peeled the onion today
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And be prepared for college too. We give our freshman daughter $100 to cover her expenses. She now has a small paying job, too.
You have to pay to send the scores to schools? With the ACT we were able to send scores to three of our daughter's schools. It was included in the cost of the test. I guess I'm not familiar with SAT.
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I'm a little concerned about the 6 APs to be honest. She's not the kind to stay up all hours and stress about it, but it's still a big workload. I think she's underestimating it, but what do I know, I'm just her mother
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