March 2016 Expenditures - Baby Full Moon and Diapers!

Hi everyone, it is good to be finally back to my blog! I really missed writing the whole of April and it wasn't on purpose either. Coming out of the heaven of the confinement home to the chaos of home was...I think the only way to describe it...HILARIOUS! If I didn't have my head screwed on, I would have left it behind on several occasions. Caring for two is definitely a different ball game all together and since I officially started work last week and I am just glad that Mother-in-law and Father-in-law survived the week with our two children. I have so much updates and things that I want to share with everyone! Little Joel (Murtabak...a story for another time) is growing up so fast! He is now 6.5 kilos at 3 months old.

The first half of March was relaxing as I was still in confinement, financially it was still a pretty heavy month for us, as a major chunk of money went into paying for my stay in the confinement centre. Both our car insurance and road tax for the year was also due, so another chunk of money disappeared into the abyss of Car Maintenance. On top of that we are still doing up our home and I went on a diaper buying spree! (Kiasu mother...see a good deal cannot pass it up in case it goes up in price again.) I think most of you know what I mean, things are just going up in price like nobody's business. I used my credit card a lot to make those purchases, but I always make sure that I pay it in full when the bill arrives. I am allergic to paying any interest on my credit card and as a family we have paid off all my credit cards in full and now we are working towards clearing all of hubby's ones too. I wasn't always that way but that's a story for another time...We want to be credit card debt free! (Again, a story for another time!)

My supply of diapers for the both of them!8 boxes in total, 2 we already sent to my in-laws!

In our tradition of the Baby Full Moon celebration when Joel turned one month old, we spent some money to give away full month gift boxes particularly to our parent's friends. We decided to order them online from Uniq Full Moon & Gift Shop. They had a discount promotion for their traditional rice sets. We were contemplating a Full Moon party but that hasn't materialised yet. Maybe 100 days...?? But then again that has passed too! ...just a simple makan maybe...maybe not...spend more money?? Nooo....

At nearly 1 month old...so clever to smile. The curry was yummy and the red eggs were beautiful!

After  my confinement, we went out and indulged in spicy foods and ice cream which I couldn't eat throughout my pregnancy and confinement! Here's to nasi lemak and coconut ice cream! As you can see Chapati really enjoyed having both his parents and his little brother home all together. I caught this really cute photo of him playing in his toy box with me!

Well here is where our RMs went to in March!

Item/Vendor	Amount (RM)	Notes
Eating Out	768.55	Hubby discovered a quick, simple and cheap place to eat Japanese food. Plus I was out of confinement and wanted to eat stuff that I couldn’t eat before.
Fuel	409.00	Mainly for Hubby’s work travel.
Parking & Toll (TouchnGo)	135.67	Hubby’s TouchnGO Auto Reload Card
Parking & Toll (TouchnGO)	18.20	We are paying for Hubby’s parents using my TouchnGO Auto Reload Card
Parking & Toll (TouchnGo)	46.72	My TouchnGo Plusmiles & Tesco Card
Mobile Phone Bills	598.60	We are paying for my parents, hubby’s parents and our monthly mobile phone bills
Medical Insurance	500.00	Chapati & Murtabak’s medical insurance premium monthly
Car Maintenance, Insurance & Road	3404.94	The Honda and X-Trail were due almost at the same time. So decided to do it together.
Home Maintenance	906.90	We replaced our cooking gas, some boxes and towel railings to get better organised and a very comfortable armchair! Breastfeeding is hard work!
Home Security	50.00	March 2016 contribution to the safety of our home
Confinement Home (Final Payment)	2300.00	We paid a total of RM 6300 for my stay in the confinement home. Hubby decided to upgrade RM500 for my meals so that I could eat better quality food and have a choice of how it was cooked.
Medical	90.40	My calcium pill supplements and mouthwash. My teeth need very thorough looking after. Don’t want to incur expensive dental bills.
Groceries	433.38	Bought a change of CO2 tank for our soda express machine and indulged in yummy Sunny
Kids	808.52	Diapers, diapers, diapers and a monster truck for Chapati. Hubby still indulging his love for toy cars!
Shopping	113.80	Hubby bought replacement Croc look-a-likes which are from Thailand and really good quality too! I also got my Chinese double boil soup pot.
Doggies	120.10	Alpo food from Tesco. We didn’t get a chance to buy their normal food.
Gifts	490.70	Full moon gift boxes and Ang Pows for the staff in the confinement home.
Beauty	87.00	My facial spray that works as a toner before I put on moisturiser.
Misc	17.00	Dry cleaning for my office work suit which I had sent and forgetten all about it for more than a year!
Total	11,299.48

Did you indulge like I did post confinement? Do share your stories!