This will be the second-to-last post about our time in Vietnam, and there, I’ll sum up October, the month when our income-spending ratio started to climb drastically.

+ $2,759: Even at hamstrung hours, we raked in almost 3k. Of course, this left us with a load of cash stuffed in envelopes hiding in our room (sometimes hiding even from us…or at least from me.
- $430: Another 2 weeks of rent
- $324: Delicious delicious food…all in all, it was only about $1/meal. I guess a diet of delicious fried noodles, delicious fried donuts, delicious fried pork with rice, another super-healthy dishes – plus some outrageous weekend splurges – is still under our summer food budget.
- $60: beer…probably lots and lots of Saigon Green
- $22: coffee…5 drinks at Starbucks or liters or liters of cafe sua da?
- $51: Xe Oms, mainly because Brian and Dan don’t dare brave the rush hour motorbike traffic for their evening classes…nor do I blame them
- $93: Gas, repairs for Bonus Hog, totally legit DVD’s and Microsoft Office, and some cell phone recharges

So: + $1779 for November plus the $862 we had when the month opened.

$2641: We’re proving this can be done! Another month of this and we’ll be in great financial shape.

Note: all of these are group funds. It’s difficult to break these down by individual, because spending and earning patterns are so erratic. Brian didn’t work as many hours so he didn’t make as much as Rob or I (slacker!). Rob sunk his money into Bonus Hog, while Dan, Brian, and I paid a little less to rent motorbikes. Dan buys DVD’s; I buy fruit and donuts; Rob buys Avocado shakes. But it all evens out in the end – we’re in this together, and funds have to be communal to some degree. After all, we’re in a communist country, and you know what they say: When in Rome…