Recording your expenditure

Welcome back. I have been absent from #Fabulously Frugal for a couple of weeks, so do accept my apologies for tardiness.

This week I want to talk about recording your spending or expenditure if we are getting fancy.

I have a fab sheet for you to use each month to help, but this month we are going to keep it super simple and record in a notebook EVERY PENNY we spend.

Then we are going to take a look at our bank statements and record what we have going out of a regular basis too.

Don't worry too much about cutting down your spending at the moment, we really need to get a handle on what you are spending where.

Download your copy of our budget sheet here

Do you have a post that is about thrifty parenting, decorating or lifestyle. One that is about frugal food or crafts and art. or even a post about making the post of what you have, then please do link up. Each week we make sure we pin the post, feature some on our facebook pages and then we each have a round up on a Sunday. Let’s all share that being frugal can be fabulous.

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Please take a look at my fab co hosts and their posts, Cass at Diary of a Frugal Family, Mum in The Mad House and Emma at Mum’s Savvy Savings.

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