August 2009 Results
Campground Fees $0.00 (0.00 per day) - Budget $0.00
No campground fees for August while workamping in Chester, CA at a private campground.
RV Clubs $0.00 - Budget $0.00
RV Insurance $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Propane $0.00 - Budget $10.00
Cell Phones $80.37 - Budget $90.00
Satellite Internet $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Note: Satellite internet is not included in our regular expenses. We classify it as a business expense. We paid $798 in December 2008 for all of 2009. However, since we can't use the service for the four months we are workamping, we have suspended the service and will carry over four months of service to next year.
RV Taxes/Registration $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Satellite TV $84.34 - Budget $85.00
RV Maintenance $0.00 - Budget $50.00
Diesel $0.00 - Budget $0.00
The truck is sitting during our workamping stint.
Gas $28.70 - Budget $150.00
We drove the Jeep 251 miles in August.
Truck Maintenance $0.00 - Budget $35.00
Jeep Maintenance $0.00 - Budget $20.00
Truck Insurance $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Jeep Insurance $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Truck Taxes/Registration $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Jeep Taxes/Registration $0.00 - Budget $0.00
Groceries & Dining Out $393.41 ($12.69 per day) - Budget $450.00
Our Groceries & Dining Out budget for 2009 is the same as for 2008. It's based on $12 per day per month for groceries PLUS $90 for dining out.
Laundry, Clothing, Hair Care $62.40 - Budget $75.00
Laundry runs about $8.25 per week. The rest of the expenses are miscellaneous clothing and hair care items.
Entertainment $0.00 - Budget $200.00
Guess we entertained ourselves enough last month. :)
Insurance - Health, Life, Umbrella, Etc. $154.66 - Budget $220.00
Budgeted for our health insurance to go up with the annual renewal. However, the premiums were going up much more than budgeted. So we changed plans and actually had a premium reduction with no loss in coverage.
Medical & Dental Expenses $0.00 - Budget $50.00
Miscellaneous $31.56 - Budget $150.00
Emergencies/Budget Cushion $0.00 - Budget $300.00
Totals $835.44 ($26.95 per day) for normal living expenses - Budget $1,585.00
Totals with Emergencies/Budget Cushion $835.44 - Budget $1,885.00.
We were $750 under budget in normal living expenses and $1,050 under in total. It was a great month! We are $2,302 under budget on normal living expenses for the year and $3,895 under in total.
For a look at the numbers through August 2009, go to Our 2009 Actual Expenses. To see our budget month-by-month click on Our 2009 Budget.
On the business side, we had net profit of $3,195. For the record, to avoid publishing our workamping salaries, we've combined the RV-Dreams Workamping with RV-Dreams.com for May, June, July, and August on the 2009 Business Financial Summary page.
Howard, you should start the truck every now and again to make sure no critters are living up the tailpipe or in the engine bay. Good luck on you last 3 weeks, I am looking forward to the start of your travels again.
Neil in Calgary
Posted by: ANTzee | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 02:10 AM
I cannot imagine only spending that much for groceries, ours is always higher. Can you let us know if that includes, things like paper products and perhaps things like laundry detergents, etc.
We like fresh veggies and fruit this time of the year.
Posted by: Judy | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Judy,
Yes, that amount includes paper plates, napkins, etc. as well as detergent, soap, toothpaste, and pretty much anything else we regularly purchase at the grocery.
Posted by: Howard | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 01:52 PM