Too Much Month at the End of my Money
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79571)
United States
August 23, 2016 11:59am CST
It always seems as if my money runs out (or I should really runs low) by this time every month. No matter how much I try to budget throughout the month I'm always struggling to make ends meet at the last week.
I just finished paying the few bills that are due before the end of the month and once again my checkbook is flat and broke.
I basically have everything I need so I'm not worried but it just feels depressing not to have a few extra bucks. Oh well, at least I made it through another month, the bills are paid and we have enough food to last until we get paid again.
Next month I'm going to make sure I have extra $$$ when my checkbook closes for the month....OK so I say that every month 
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24 responses
@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
There was a time in my life when I couldn't pay my bills so I'm thankful that I've enough each month to get through
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I try my darnedest but something always seems to come up to exhaust my efforts to save
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@jstory07 (134267)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Aug 16
@Marilynda1225 It is to me. But that is because i used to buy stuff at cost by the case from the store I used to work at.
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I try to sell things on Ebay to help bring some extra $$ but it's not much. I never did get into those online things to bring in some bucks...are they worth the time and effort?
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Aug 16
It isn't as easy as it once was, that is for sure!
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
24 Aug 16
Bills just keep getting higher but my income stays the same....its so frustrating
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I should have planned better for retirement but since I lost my job there was no choice but to start collecting Social Security. I couldn't find another job at my age
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Aug 16
@Marilynda1225 That's a problem and when you take the money early you get less of of it. My husband would have had a fantastic pension from his union job if he wanted to collect. But since we wanted to pay off all debt in NJ before moving we had to take it early and that cut his pension in half. Oh well, we needed it to make the move so it all worked out.
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Aug 16
I am so waiting for the day when I finally have some extra money and I can go do shopping just to please myself @Marilynda I don't even remember the last time I went shopping. The only things we can manage to purchase of course are groceries. It has become so bad that when I bought two simple pens for myself I felt like a child at Christmas because I had something new Hope you have some extra bucks next months.
Hope you have some extra bucks next months.2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I know just how you feel and I just bought myself body wash and thought I had hit the lottery
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@koopharper (7463)
• Canada
23 Aug 16
Just scraping by each month is not a lot of fun. I know the feeling. I really wish we had just a little more cash to work with.
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
24 Aug 16
As prices keep rising I'm perplexed as to how stretch my money each month
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Aug 16
The exact same thing happens to me each month toward the end of the month. Every dollar is used. It is a cycle and I am grateful to God each month. I thank God that I got through another month of paying the bills.
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
23 Aug 16
Me too...I say a great big Hallelujah as each month ends and I made it through
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Aug 16
You are helping support yourself plus another family and that makes a difference also.
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@stifler0207 (514)
• New Delhi, India
23 Aug 16
You need to do something for that
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@ptrikha_2 (45419)
• India
19 Apr 17
It is always a fight to save more money by the month end. Yet I small mostly falling short.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Aug 16
I totally know the feeling. This month I was lucky since today is the day I get paid for my ghost-writing assignments and I have $700 earned so that will make my checkbook a little fluffier lol
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
23 Aug 16
I that next month, you can breathe a little easier and you can sit back and relax as the month draws to an end!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48886)
• United States
23 Aug 16
It's good that all of your needs are met.
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@marie42 (981)
• Shreveport, Louisiana
23 Aug 16
I can so relate. We used to pay all of our bills with my husbands SSi check every month and it got cut back tremendously, just enough to cover our lot rent. Now have to use his check from work to pay the bills and everything else. It's rough, especially him being a painter and out of work weeks at a time.
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