Our savings for the month of February was $8700. We had no really large bills like the property taxes in January. We also got our tax refund, a class action suit settlement, and a rebate. We had very little spending. We did have a $406. cleaning and X-ray bill for Hubby. Plus our usual monthly bills like telephones, cable, internet, pest control, and security system. So it was a good month.
Our homeowner’s and auto insurance came and is due in March. They are about $190. higher than last year. We pay annually which saves us money. The homeowner’s went up by $100. and the auto by $90. We had no claims on that. On the auto we had to have our front windshield replaced.
Our electric and gas bill for 29 days was $ 311.84. Highest bill we have had since we moved here almost 15 years ago. We used 568 kwh of electricity and 185 ccf’s of natural gas. The $10. flat fee( which I posted about recently) did not come on this bill so I don’t know when that starts. We have cut back as much as we can. I don’t know what else I can do to lower it. It was a very cold winter this year.
I am doing a a lot of miscellaneous things today. My hairdresser who I went to at Great Clips for months left that salon. I had to use another stylist and she really butchered me. I was waiting a couple of weeks to find another salon to get it fixed. However yesterday, my old stylist called me to let me know what salon she had moved to. She left a message. So I will be calling her back today to schedule an appointment for 2-3 weeks in the future. I am thrilled that she let me know. She does a beautiful job on my hair.
I got all the paperwork for my 2024 taxes in it’s waterproof envelope and put away with the other 7 years that I keep.
I pressure canned my chicken that I bought this week.
A chuck roast is cooking in the crockpot with onion soup mix, apple cider vinegar, and beef broth. I then added some celery sticks, sliced onions, and garlic powder. I will make beef gravy when it is almost finished and serve it on noodles. It smells so good. That will give us a few meals this week.
I made out two liquor rebates and mailed them. I scanned all of my receipts into Fetch.
Now I am going to take a nap because I got up early with Eloise because she wanted to play. I am really tired!
That’s it for now. What are you doing to save a few bucks?
4 replies on “Utilities and Savings In February”
Hi Precious. Wow on your gas and electric bills! I will come back and report when we get the electric. We have only gotten gas so far. Our water bill had some kind of rate increase this month of $3.xx. Hubby said the sewer and one of the taxes went up. The water and trash charges were the same. February was a good month for us also, other than the plane ticket and other few expenses Hubby had for his Uncle’s funeral. You did great on your savings. I still need to finish up a few things, but think we will break even this month, even with the money I sent to my Roth IRA a few weeks ago. Hubby’s last day at his company is this coming Friday.
Hi Chris,
We had the same rate increase this month of $3.00. Hubby said it was sewer too. We just got out quarterly bill. Congrats to Hubby!
Precious, we got the electric bill today so both gas and electric together were $249.44.
Hi Chris,
That is so much lower than ours. We have to try harder.