Free Monthly Budgeting Printable and Worksheet

And so we begin another week!
I'd like to take a moment to announce a glorious moment.... tomorrow is our 4 month blogiversary!
It may seem like a silly milestone to some of you, but the fact that we are still juggling a crazy life of work, school, home, blogging, and everything else, I am pretty dang excited! They say that most blogs fall off of the map within the first 6 months. Well my friends, we only need to tackle 2 more before we beat the statistic!


In honor of this moment, we are going to switch gears a little bit from the many organizational projects we have been accomplishing lately. Today, we are going to talk about something we all love.... MONEY! Okay, or more specifically, how I budget my monthly income!

I created my budgeting spreadsheet in Excel a few years back, and I have to say it has been hands down the most used document in my life. My document works on a bimonthly payment lifestyle. I literally start every morning by pulling up my accounts and comparing it to my budget sheet. Do I need to do this every day? Probably not. But I feel so much better starting the day with the reassurance that I am exactly on track with where I want to be. And now I want to share that good feeling with all of you!

I divided my spreadsheet into four main categories: Home Expenses, Daily Living, Vehicle Expenses, and Financial Obligations. This allows me to easily see how much money I have going into what category, and which category I need to start taking spending cuts.

The bottom of the page I added in a totals section to show me how much money I have incoming verse how much money I have outgoing with spending. I make it my goal to land at a balance of zero every month since I want all extra dollars that may be laying around to be plopped right into the SAVINGS portion.

The best part about this sheet? It's all automated. As you change amounts and incomes, your portions at the bottom with what you have leftover will reflect your recent changes. Get you're own fillable version of the budget sheet here and begin filling her in. Change the names to whatever works best for your lifestyle, and add in your own categories in the OTHERS field. I took the liberty of adding in sample dollar amounts to show you how easy it is to work with. Comment below if you decide to use the sheet; I'd love to know this helps others as well! Happy Budgeting!

February Happenings at the Home

Hallelujah, it's the weekend! I'm celebrating over here with just one week left in this sessions courses. I've been making a celebratory list of upcoming projects and I am SO excited to start them. I think you're all going to love what's to come.

For today's featured post, we're going to take a quick look at what has been happening around the home! 

First, it was FINALLY time to change out those photo frames in the living room. Embarrassingly enough, they still had my Fall quotes in them. Oops! It was time to update them with some color and make them a little more Spring-like!

While I was working in the living spaces of the house, I decided that my tiny dining table needed to be beautified a bit... it was rather boring with my Ikea lantern and dollar store lace piece.

 I originally thought I'd be able to fit a centerpiece and a dining set....wrong. It just looked too cluttered.

It looks much better with the simplicity of the table runner, lazy susan, and fauz flower arrangement for all day prettiness.

The placemats were bought at my local Ross in a set of 4 for $5. I also snagged the beautiful table runner at the same time for a mere $5 as well! Score!

The small silver detail adds the perfect feminine touch to the mats. 

I had originally contemplated changing out my turquoise plate set for a plain white version. But after I added them to the table with my stemless wine glasses, I was in love! The added pops of color are gorgeous! 

Gorgeous, right? I am so much happier sitting down for dinner each night!

I knew I wanted to add a little something to my countertop, but I admit... I HATE having things out on the counter. I don't know why, it's just always bugged me. So what to have out when you don't like having things out?? A counter basket!

The small basket from Ikea is the perfect size for housing my potted faux plant, my mason jar measuring cups, a cutting board, and two bottles for olive oil and vinegar. 

Perfect for a little kitchen cuteness if I do say so myself!

Remember those pretty files from Target that we added labels to?

I found an amazing acrylic file holder at my local Target, and along with some hanging file holders, I created a quick and cute place to hold my important documents! It's nestled nicely inside of my entertainment stand.

Lastly in my happenings around the home, a lamp! I know I know, it's silly to be so excited about something so minuscule, but I haven't had a lamp in the room! Weird, huh. After four month, LET THERE BE LIGHT! I scored this tall lamp for a mere $20 at my local goods store! Anyone else wonder why furniture stores try and sell lamps for over a hundred dollars?! I mean.... it's a stick and a light bulb! Well, I am pleased with my inexpensive choice!

There you have it, friends! Quick little mini updates from around the home. We're making this house into a home, one small portion at a time. What was your favorite? I'm still dreaming over the inexpensive table updates.