January 2026 Budget Status

[Robin Powell]

Not great but not terrible, except for the car oil cooler and the Barbie
tinfoil scare.

- Internet continues to be too large, like I've budgeted for it but it's
ridiculous; last month it was $281.  I called them and they can bring it
down to $210/month if I sign a 3 year contract.  -_-;  Guess I have some
work ahead of me so I can switch to normal home internet (Comcast (same
company) home internet's *most expensive* is $50/month).  It's a ton of
work though.
- $30 over on pet food/treats
- $50 over on groceries but that's because there were a bunch of random
Safeway runs and stuff
- Waaay over ($1k) on car maintenance but hopefully we'll have a while to
build up a buffer there before the next big thing
- Waaay over ($1.2k) on pet health, same situation
- $200 over on computer stuff because one of my machines was running out of
space and drives are *really* expensive right now
- $50 over on Frances stuff, mostly the Waymo to get to Kai's play
- $40 over on Kai stuff, mostly an annual thing that we hadn't built up
budget for
- Unbudgeted: Helping Steph was $2k this month
- $150 over on kid allowance, most of which was F's annual spotify card
which will come out of future allowances
- $200 over on Frances Therapy because we moved to weekly; budget adjusted
- $70 over on donations but that's a budget error more than anything, fixed

We have positive balances in several budgets (clothes, home maintenance,
health).  We are paid through to the end of February with $20k in the
emergency fund and $6k unbudgeted.  I just sold January's ESPPs so as soon
as that clears we'll be paid through the end of March.
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