Unusual Spending for August

We aren't anticipating too much unusual spending for August.

We will be starting back to school shortly and we have already paid for all of our back-to-school expenses like backpacks, first day of school outfits, and school supplies.

In August, we will have to pay registration, summer, and first month dance fees for The Girl. My dad's 75th birthday is this month and we are having a party for him at our house. (We will have help paying for this, though!) That's really all I can think of. We still have a lot of house stuff we need to buy, but nothing that I see specifically has to be bought in August.

The Girl's dance fees will be expensive! I need to pay a $25 yearly registration fee, fees for the month of August, and our first regular month's tuition for September. Let me tell you, dance fees add up! Dance is definitely a sport that is prohibitively expensive!

My dad's party will also be expensive. The food will be the biggest killer. I will assign different family members to bring things, but because it's at my house, I will probably do the bulk of the heavy lifting.  Although the party itself is not a surprise, the theme will be. My dad loves Halloween so we are having a haunted house costume party. I have a lot of decortions already, will sneak some of my dad's out of his house, and then probably need to buy a few small things.

I think that's about all as far as our unusual spending goes.  Because we finished all of our back-to-school shopping and did meal planning, August is shaping up to not be too expensive of a month. But, as always we'll really see how we did in the end of August!