All in all, August wasn’t too bad a month, considering that we spent a week in Liberty Landing having work done on the boat and had to get a marina in CT because there wasn’t a safe anchorage.  The entire boat maintenance expenditure is the engine work and haul out we had done there.  The only other things worth noting are that the food expenses are a bit high here — we did grocery shopping at the beginning and end of the month, and were feeding 3 for part of that time (Becca covered groceries last week so it’ll all even out) — and that the transportation costs include various expenses related to rescuing Pika from her adventure in Jersey City.  Also, I still haven’t stopped smoking. As much as I am truly horrified to admit this on the interwebs, I am forcing myself to do so in the hope that it will help me quit, if only out of public shame. 

alcohol                        $174.50
boat maintenance     $789.52
cigarettes                    $66.75
bureaucracy               $10.00
cats                              $36.95
communications      $32.21
diesel/boat fuel        $100.00
entertainment           $129.91
food                            $532.24
gas/transportation    $116.74
gifts
household                  $31.13
insurance
marina/mooring    $189.00
other
personal care            $30.00
pumpout                    $11.00
stuff                            $18.29
water
TOTAL                           $2268.24