Going to go over this year.

I'm sure of it now. I'm not terribly upset though, because it will give me a good idea of how much to plan for next year and what new goal to make.

Here are some recent receipts. Some of these are old and I just found them. I hope I don't double count anything. I know these aren't in order and I might end up finding more, but here goes:

10/20/10- Big Lots- $8.15
10/24/10- Kroger- $32.13
11/20/10- Kroger- $54.35
11/27/10- Kroger- $26.02
11/23/10- Kroger- $31.73
11/20/10- Food City- $25.29
11/27/10- Big Lots- $19.64
11/28/10- Kroger- $74.73

I have concluded that Holiday shopping will kill your budget every time if you are a good cook. You get all those last minute requests for things like broccoli casserole and pumpkin pie and your budget gets all shot to the roof. It's terrible, but thankfully it's only once a year.

Total spent: $272.04
Total spent in 2010: $5144.07
Remaining annual balance: $55.93
Rebate Money Received: $15
Remaining annual balance with rebates received:$70.93