We do have some unusual spending coming up for the month of
September, but for the most part, because of No Spend September, our month
should be relatively inexpensive.
The kids have school pictures coming up in September; and
even though it’s our no spend month, we still purchase school pictures because…
life. We have a wedding to attend in
Oregon on Labor Day weekend, the first weekend in September. We also have a
play (possibly 2) in September, and we will have dinner out on that (those)
nights. Because of No Spend September, our spending should be really low for
the month.
Although many people think school pictures are a waste of
money in this day and age “because we take so many pictures and we can just
print them ourselves”, I still buy school pictures. Yes, we take pictures and
CAN print them out ourselves, but how many of us actually do? I am definitely
guilty of this, and for that reason, we always buy school pictures. We like the
“record” it keeps of our kids’ changes. To us, school pictures are money well
spent. To cover this cost, we should have enough money in our “school”
envelope. We try to fund this envelope all year long because school is
expensive!
My nephew is getting married next month. They live in
Oregon, a 9-hour drive away, and we are going to the wedding. We are driving
6.5 hours on Friday and the remaining 3 hours to the ceremony on Saturday. We
will stay where the wedding is Saturday night, then Sunday we will drive to my
uncle’s house in yet another city in Oregon, visit and spend the night there
and then drive home on Monday. Normally we would need to pay for hotels for Friday
and Saturday nights, but not this time. One night we are staying at hotel free
because of Hotel.com's reward program of
stay 10 nights, get one night free. The other night will also be free because
we had over 25,000 point accumulated with another hotel chain from our summer
vacation. We redeemed 10,000 of those points for another free hotel room. I’m
super happy about those savings! We will need to pay for gas and food for the
trip though. A lot of the trip should be covered with our normal gas money, but
not all of it. And obviously food… We will bring snacks, but will eat most, if
not all, of our meals out. We have already bought the wedding gift, so we
shouldn’t have any other expenses related to the wedding.
Lastly, we do have some plays to attend in September. It is
important to us, as a couple, to continue to date. To that end, we have purchased
season tickets to the theater for the last several years. The one downside of
this is that we don’t get to choose the dates; they mail them to us and we go
when they say. This year, they say 2 in September. We hold season tickets with
another couple and we go out to dinner with them beforehand. I wish they
weren’t in September because of No Spend September, but it is what it is and we
truly enjoy going!
This should be about it for September and I’m hoping nothing
else unexpected pops up!
How do you plan and pay for unusual spending?
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