
Back at the start of the year I wrote a post about your budget vs your actual spending, where I said that our budget was based on what we actually spend instead of what we think we spend.
The reason for doing it this way is to have a realistic idea of what we will likely spend as opposed to some ideal scenario with minimal spending based on the things that I could actually think of at the time of doing up the budget.
This way I can see what we’re spending money on and decide whether or not we should be spending that much or any at all. Damn you occasional trip to Krispy Kreme, alas a sweet tooth (gluttony) is one of my many sins.

We’re now halfway through the year so it’s a good time to have a look at how we’re going so far!
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