Monthly ideas for things to include in a budget.
- Hr block budget challenge
- Finance park budget
January
- Gym membership
- Tax advisor fee
- Healthy food costs
- Savings goals
- Organization tools
- Discounted Christmas decorations
- New Year’s goals
- New experiences
- New hobbies
- Christmas savings
February
- Valentine’s Day
- Taxes
- Viewing parties
- Girl Scout cookies
- Recurring New Year’s goal costs
- Higher utility bills
- Homeowner’s association fees
- Summer vacation savings
March
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Spring break
- Easter
- Tax fees
- March Madness parties
- Landscaping
- Summer vacation savings
April
- Home repairs
- Lawn & garden care
- Taxes
- Spring clothes
- Extra allergy meds
- Admin Professionals Day
- Vehicle care
- Garage/yard/estate sales
- Family photo sessions
- Camping trips
- Summer vacation savings
May
- Ideas
- Mother’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Teacher’s Appreciation Week
- Gardening
- Cookouts
- Baseball games
- Spring entertainment
- Summer vacation savings
- Summer camps
- Weddings: gifts, travel, lodging
- Gardening, yard work
- Graduation: gifts, party, cap & gown
June
- Ideas
- Father’s Day
- Vacations
- Festivals
- Physicals
- Farmer’s markets
- Summer reading books
- Weddings
July
- Ideas
- 4th of July party: food, decor, supplies
- Swimming lessons
- Fireworks
- Summer treat: mani/pedi, golf, ice cream
- Summer camps: registration, supplies
- Christmas saving
- High utility bills
- Pet boarding costs
- New swimsuit
- Sunscreen
August
- Ideas
- School supplies
- School clothes
- Fall athletics: registration, gear, entry fees, physicals
- Labor Day getaway
- Gas, car maintenance
- Preseason football games
- Outdoor furniture sales
- Christmas saving
September
- Ideas
- Fall foods
- Fall activities
- Doctor visits
- Labor Day cookout: food, drinks, desserts, supplies
- Next year’s summer vacation!
- Bonfires: food, chairs
- Fall decorations
- Family photos: sessions, prints, clothes
- Reseeding lawn
October
- Ideas
- Halloween: candy, decor, costumes
- Fall festivals, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses
- Fall travel: gas, food, lodging
- Leaf-raking service
- Camping gear (clearance!)
- Christmas savings
- Snow removal gear: snowblowers, shovels, de-icers (on discount!)
- Swimsuits (clearance!)
November
- Thanksgiving dinner supplies
- Black Friday shopping
- Christmas savings
- Holiday travel
December
- Extra groceries for holiday meals
- Party clothes
- Christmas cards
- Travel: gas, hotels
- Holiday traditions: supplies
- Holiday events
