The land of the free and the home of the brave has grown one year older. The RF family started the month with a midwest road trip. Even with that we managed to spend little less compared to the previous month. Now to the details.
House : Household expenses were at the usual level of 295.
Food : This category increased to 791.55 this month. This category increased by 110$ this month and main contribution was due to lunch with extended family. Our grocery shopping tour covered the usual suspects – WFM, SFM , Trader Joes.
Utilities : Utilities spend decreased by 19$ compared to previous month. With our vacation during 4th, gas, water and electric usage reduced a bit.
Autos : This category reduced by 1037$. All the major repairs were done last month.
Cloth and Shopping : It was summer collection time for Mrs.RF. The cash registers rang up $266 for all the new apparel.
Personal care and cleaning supplies : No summer special treatments this month for Mrs.RF. Hence a reduction of $85. Similarly cleaning supplies spend also reduced.
Vacation and travel : This was the leading category at $1133. This was made of car rental, tour tickets for caves and trains, gas to drive on 65 and 35, bike rental and food. This also included some hotel booking for a future trip.