How’s the budget going on the House of Goodwill project?

My husband asked me this the other day, and I got a little anxious.  I got a little anxious because I have no idea.  So that makes me like most people who live on a budget, right?

I kind of want to know the answer to this question, and I kind of don’t.  (Again, like most people I imagine.)

And the truth is, as soon as I can find the time to sit down and tally up my purchases, I will have an answer.  I have a little blue notebook, and every purchase I’ve made – and every free item I’ve found or been given – has been recorded in this book.

I’m trying to decide how to present this on the blog, do I type up a list somewhere?

I’m at a point where I really do need to know.

At first, I started buying things I knew I would need, and if the price seemed really low I just bought it.  Then I started accumulating so much free stuff that I started to relax a little, thinking this wouldn’t be too hard to accomplish.  We’ve got quite a few things, and I would guess I’ve spent about half the budget.

But when I stop and think about some of the big purchases I still don’t have, like sofas, tvs, linens, kitchen items, etc. I really don’t know if I can make budget or not.  This project may turn in to “how close can I come?”

Since we closed on the house, we’ve been there once, dropping off a trailer full of collected items.  We’ve since been trying to finish some things up at our home-house so we can head back again, this time to stay for a while and start on the painting, etc. (Ugh – painting is like exercise.  I’ve painted a zillion rooms in my life and I have a love/hate relationship with it.  I love how transformative it is, but getting started is the hard part.)

In a few days I’ll have an answer on the budget, what I’ve spent and what I’ve got left.  Fingers crossed.