Last week was perhaps the most epic PF fail I’ve experienced in quite some time.  I not only completely blew my March budget, but I also left myself with a shortfall that will be made up in April–at the cost of my projected savings.

While this month hasn’t been a complete loss due to being able to actually put away $1,000, I have plenty of work ahead of me to ensure that April doesn’t end up the same way (this amount was already transferred to savings, so I chose to carry a deficit into April’s savings instead of transferring the $$ back into my checking–this will also give me motivation to earn some extra income in April in hopes of making up for the $200 savings loss).

The two biggest factors were a significant car repair ($1,722) and my miscellaneous spending explosion on my birthday.  Here’s where the numbers for the latter stand:

Medical:          $25.00
Cash:               $20.00
Condo Reno:  $0.00   
Clothes:          $61.69
Eating Out:    $211.91
Groceries:      $18.75
Gas:               $116.41
Alcohol:        $59.95
Misc:             $485.21
TOTAL:    $998.92

April is officially a No-Spend Month for me.  Anyone care to join??