http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/14/net-worth-update-wedding-budget-strategy/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/14/net-worth-update-wedding-budget-strategy/#comment-4710 Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / 2006 Budget Overview - Conclusion Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:09:11 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=216#comment-4710 [...] Even if you blow your budget, make one anyway. It’s a navigational guide for your spending and saving, but don’t cry if you miss your turn. Just regroup by revising your budget to be more realistic, and get back on the proper route. Knowing what I might spend or have spent in the past allows for me to make adjustments. Another surprise was that my vacation travel, i.e. all those weddings, was overbudget by ~$300.00, the cross-country airfare of one wedding. If I hadn’t budgeted my whole year, I never would have foreseen that I had to cut my personal vacation to pay for those wedding trips. You regroup. You adjust. Even if you are damned lazy like I am. [...] […] Even if you blow your budget, make one anyway. It’s a navigational guide for your spending and saving, but don’t cry if you miss your turn. Just regroup by revising your budget to be more realistic, and get back on the proper route. Knowing what I might spend or have spent in the past allows for me to make adjustments. Another surprise was that my vacation travel, i.e. all those weddings, was overbudget by ~$300.00, the cross-country airfare of one wedding. If I hadn’t budgeted my whole year, I never would have foreseen that I had to cut my personal vacation to pay for those wedding trips. You regroup. You adjust. Even if you are damned lazy like I am. […]

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