Spent the month on a
mooring in Marathon/Boot Key. Planning to
head over to the
Bahamas in next week or so, which means we have been stocking up. It was
Christmas in this month so there are grifts involved and I tried to account for
money we spent and gifts we received on each other and categorize them and only use “Gifts” for
money we spent over that.
General living - Grocery,
beer, supply runs, sundries, clothes, “other” etc. for the month were high as we stocked the panty and have months of
food on the
boat.
Boat costs were fairly low. Got some general type of stuff like
oil and the biggest part of boat cost was replacing/upgrading the
galley sink faucet.
Dining out and entertainment costs were normal range with get togethers with our fellow boat scum and Happy Hours off the boat in general.
Entertainment was a few
movie rentals, kindle
books, online streaming subscription and the biggest part was a new Chromebook.
Communication was cell phones with
internet and data.
Marina cost was a month at Boot Key/Marathon.
Medical/dental was just a copay and parking charge to go have the heart guy tell me I’m fat.
Transportation costs were gas and tolls for the car, plus we
sold our car so ended up with a big credit amount this month. This whole buy a car and later sell it
experiment appears to have worked out. In the past 12 months we spent $3086 on transportation and the 12 months prior to that we spent $3373. So, it was a savings to have the car plus the massive convenience. But I only did this because the virus had us stuck in one place for 6 months.
The total expenses were $ 2,072.91, which is among our lowest due to selling the car and would have been around $4400 otherwise. Cost breakdown as follows for planners and hecklers and spreadsheet attached:
General Living -
Food, soda, alcohol,
clothing, sundries, other - $ 1,845.17
Boat costs - upgrades,
repairs,
maintenance - $ 248.42
Fuel (diesel, gas, propane) - $ 50.34
Dining and drinking out - $ 397.95
Entertainment - $ 382.04
Communication,
storage,
shipping - $ 147.62
Fees – $ -48.81
Marina - $ 348.30
Electric - $ 0
Medical - $ 13.00
Transportation and travel - $ -2,196.74
Gifts - $ 463.72
Water - $ 0
Registration - $ 0
Insurance - $ 409