I got a reimbursement check today for $105.18 so that's nice to throw right back into the bank account. My birthday is on Friday so we're planning a budget-conscious birthday celebration. The wife postponed grocery shopping one day so she's going tonight. I can't wait to see how she does. Let's get to the nitty gritty (I'll update it later tonight!)

***Weds spending log***
$6.99 on food (it was my turn to buy donuts for the department this morning)

I'm going to start subtracting from the $300 budget we made to last us until March 7th (next payday!) so here we go:

Remaining budget until Mar 7th: $293.01

Keep in mind this budget is for ALL non-mandatory expenses but includes groceries. I'm only going to track the lump sum so my wife doesn't shoot me dirty looks when I ask her for receipts. She did promise to tell me where she spent it so I can at least categorize them myself (I can only let go so far of my crazy OCD over categorizing our spending!) Hopefully we come out well tonight at the grocery store!