The Budget

Rent & Utilities (max) $400.00
Cell, Internet & Email $175
Bad Debt $200 (desired $300)
Fuel & Insurance $200
Groceries $200
Grand monthly total $1175.00
Monthly net $1130 (estimated)
As I get my three $.25 raise every 30 days (first 3 months), food will become more of a pleasant thing in my house.

The goal here is to live within walking distance or ride a bike and that will reduce my fuel by half. My other goal is to get my bad debt paid down. If I can find a nice place for my future roommate and myself in a place where it's doesn't hurt and takes a load off of me, that would be a good thing. He has high standards of his residence and to be honest, I want to live in a really nice place too. I've lived in cheap dumps for so long to save on cash, that I'm over it now. I've looked and looked for a really cheap place to live and a roommate is my only option. Plus, once I get used to the schedule, I can looked for something to put me to work one day a week.

Here we go!

Update 12:25pm; my possible roommate just backed out, so I'm back on my own. It could be a blessing in disguise, but it shakes the ground some.