The Frugal Single

 So… I guess it’s fall now? Between hiking, the leaves changing, and a couple rainy days, I am ready to embrace the new season! But we’ll get to that—in the meantime, here’s the tea on my expenses for the month of September: Food:  Sadly, a little over-budget again.  I’m sensing a theme here… Even with the free food from house sitting for a family member (see rent category below), I’ve still been going over-budget. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I calculated that my new lunch rotation has been taking up a surprisingly large portion of my grocery budget, and because this makes a few months in a row now of going over budget in the food category, keep your eyes out for an increase in October’s food budget 😉  On the plus side, I’m happy to say at least that I perfected some of my meal prep staple recipes and made a killer loaf of homemade bread. It was GOOD.  Rent:  Rent this month was 👌🏼👌🏼. I’m privileged enough that my current roommate only charges me for the days I’m actually...

New place, new me! August for me meant a move, so this month I had all new budgeting needs including:  - a   new rent payment   -new clothes  -a new hobby Here’s the monthly breakdown: Rent : Let me tell you why I loved August: With a new roommate and a new place, I am happy to declare that this new rent is now the lowest it’s even been! To make it even better, included in my rent now is all utilities and Wi-fi. My wallet is definitely happy about the change 👌🏼 The total listed in the bottom of this post is actually for some of August’s  and all of September’s rent as I moved in mid- August. Food : Can a girl still brag about her low food spending even if she went over- budget? I’m going to say yes.  I think considering the fact that my $110 spent this month on food includes eating out with a friend, I think that I did pretty well.  It was, however, over my budgeted amount of $100 for the month. Not gonna lie, I have started to reconsider my bel...