End of month review - April 2007
April 30, 2007I promised I would update the progress page once a month, so I’ve secretly done that yesterday already. Since I still don’t have a regular income (can’t wait till July!) nothing has changed with regards to savings, but I have paid off nearly 80% of the balance left on my credit card (told you it wasn’t that much!).
Looking at my Excel spreadsheet that I use to track all my expenses, I can proudly say it has been a good month in many regards. First of all, I’ve received more than twice as much interest in April than I did in March, which is mainly due to a bonus I got from Lloyds for signing up to their “Save the Change” program. And furthermore, I’ve spent less money on groceries, going out, DVDs, taxis, coffee (!!!) and cosmetics than in any other month this year.
Before you applaude I will have to make a concession - I’ve spent most days in the last month revising for my final exams, which explains the absence of a social life and thus opportunity to spend much money. This is not something I do either regularly or voluntarily ( 
) and has thus not much to do with actual self-discipline… But I’m going to pretend it does! 
By now I have also been blogging for a month and I’m really quite proud of my stats (I’ve been procrastinating a lot just staring at them). For those of you interested:
- overall visits: 362
- absolute unique visitors: 138
- returning visitors: 61.88%
- most visits in a day: Monday, 16th April with 26 visits
- countries (in decreasing frequency): UK, US, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Australia, Oman, New Zealand, Sweden
These figures will look ridiculous to any of the established bloggers, but I’m nevertheless very happy about them. Unfortunately, it’s now time for even more revision…
Wow... well done on your credit cards (it doesn't matter
Ad | April 30, 2007 | 8:25 pmWow… well done on your credit cards (it doesn’t matter how little you had on them.. 80% is good!) Keep it up!
I can’t unfortunately claim to have had quite as frugal a month.. and what with the bike, May is out too.. but i’ll work on it for June
Well done on your stats, credit cards and procrastination.
Sam | April 30, 2007 | 8:50 pmWell done on your stats, credit cards and procrastination. I think I’m going to get a 2:1 for my MA in procrastination.
S