April was a pretty good month – in terms of actual spending, we were well under budget.  That said, our actual monthly budget was totally wrecked by a tax bill from the District of Colombia of $1,300.  Ugh.

I’ve started separating out entertainment and eating and drinking out into two different categories.  This was the first month we really went to town on entertainment, because we really wanted to spend the money to see Dominica .  We did one tour that cost $130 and went to the PAYS beach party both weeks, and Philip attended the cricket test match in Roseau.   I’m psyched that we managed to have as much fun as we did without killing our monthly budget; of course, the absolute lack of any boat REPAIR costs for the past several months is allowing us to do what we set out to do: see the world, instead of just repairing our boat in exotic locations.

Expenses                                           

alcohol                                                 $     126.51

boat maintenance and supplies             $        20.58

bureaucracy – port fees, etc        $          3.75

cats                                                        $        11.57

communications                              $        48.60

diesel and gasoline                        $     167.77

eating and drinking out                $        52.14

entertainment                                 $     205.80

food                                                      $     445.10

insurance                                            $        13.09

marina/mooring                              $        11.11

other                                                    $          5.00

personal care                                    $        22.47

stuff                                                      $        67.80

utilities: boat                                    $        50.56

Total                                                     $  1251.84                                                  

subtotal: expenses                         $  1,251.84