Quote Originally Posted by pinkytoe View Post
I would have to put a serious pencil to it but our monthly expenditures end up being around $1500 a month since we don't have a house or car payment. We only have one car and property taxes here are very low. I am thinking around $28-30K a year at this point. Of course, I am not adding all the home fixup expenditures which are coming out of their own pot of funds.
How does the 1500 break down? Do you include things like medication and pets travel to family, gifts, vacations, etc? That sounds really good! I really am starting to feel like a spendthrift. . .