I had fully expected to spend a lot more than usual this month as I knew I would have some larger single-item expenses this month: Primarily I am talking about all the vehicle maintenance that was done on the van ($139 in parts and did the labor myself) before restarting...
This quarter has been spent entirely sitting in one location, making it quite different to last quarter where I was on the road traveling. This quarter I’ve also been on a self-quest of living on less than $30 per day, and while I did achieve it last month ($29.71 per...
OK, it is becoming clear to me that when I sit still in a city, I spend more on things I should not; dining out for instance. Where I should be saving money by buying groceries and preparing my own meals, I have been pretty frivolous with my dining spending....
This month is a little different than the past few months. It is the first one in which I pretty much sat still for the entire month. This causes a shift in my primary spending… from gasoline to other things. Instead of the normal $300 or more, I only spent...
This month, instead of detailing my expenses for the month of March I have decided to expand that to include the first quarter of 2013, as my monthly numbers really do not change by much. Anyone that has been reading my ‘cost of’ posts in the past few months pretty...
Another month has passed so I get to run the numbers again. I don’t know why I take such joy in budgeting and crunching all the numbers afterward, but it has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. I like to know the statistical facts,...
So I made it through my first full calendar month “full-timing” alone in the van, and without any major place to travel too. For the most of the month I was in Arizona. Only the final days did I just poke into New Mexico, although I didn’t get far down...
Like most people who full-time in their RV, I too live on an income of far less than the average person. Many full-timers live on retirement or pensions. Others work for a period to save up enough money to do this long term without any source of full-time income. Myself,...
