Bills & Budget

11 posts

Twelve months of rent, utilities, groceries, gas, insurance and everything else, from our sheet. The real total, category by category.

I still owe $5,100 on my student loan. Why we kept paying the minimum for now, and the numbers that could change our minds.

From 662 to the low 700s. What actually moved my score, what didn't do much, and how long the whole thing took.

A January cold snap, a heat pump running emergency heat, and the highest bill we've ever had. What we learned about winter in a small rental.

$The rent went up $35: renewing our lease and doing the math on moving$

Mr. Dale's renewal letter came with a new number. Why we signed again instead of moving, and what moving would really have cost.

Car registration, the vet, Christmas, tires, the renters policy. How we split the once-a-year stuff into small monthly amounts.

Two streaming services, a cloud storage plan, a fitness app I opened twice. What we canceled, what we kept and what it adds up to.

Heat pump, electric water heater, electric stove and a hot Missouri July. The small fixes that brought August's bill down.

Same phones, same coverage around Macon, half the bill. What we gave up, what we didn't, and the one thing that annoyed Tyler.

A balance that had been sitting there since our wedding. The plan, the weeks it went sideways and the day the statement said zero.