In about four weeks, I'm headed out of the Midwest and out to the East coast in North Carolina. My sister lives out there and I figured an early Christmas visit would be great! Here's the catch: I can only afford $300 to spend on the trip. Since a friend of mine lives in Nashville, and it happens to be on the way back, I'm making it a very worthwhile vacation. So here's how it's going to work.
I calculated how many miles (and I'm over estimating to make sure I don't bust the budget), which comes to about 1900 roundtrip. My car gets an average of 30 miles to the gallon for all-highway travel. This gives me 63 1/3 gallons to fill up on. If I calculate $4 per gallon (like I said I'm over estimating to make sure the budget stays on track), then my fuel budget comes to $253.33. As far as food goes, I'm bringing some non-perishable snacks and things to make sandwiches. When I see my sister, we plan on going to our favorite (and expensive) restaurant so I'm putting a strict cash budget of $30 that night. So besides the fuel and expensive restaurant, that leaves $16.67 for snacks and food on the road.
Can I do it? I think so! My tasks until it's time to go is to go ahead and stock up on snacks and sandwich materials so I don't have to dig into the vacation budget. I always have a separate food budget each month. Remember to use cash instead of plastic to stay on track. Plastic gets you into trouble!
Stay tuned to see if this mission goes accomplished!
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