Horses Are Expensive II: July 2016

I knew that last month's bargain basement price of horse ownership was a rare occurrence. I was back to my normal spending this month. And then, because normal is not really my thing, I had to increase my "average costs" by spending an additional $400. Go me? 

It wasn't that any one category was particularly high. The problem was that I spent a fair amount in every category. Board was where it normally is, but then I took multiple lessons out of town and went to two schooling shows out of town. "Out of town" means more gas for my truck.

The chiropractor visit lead to hock injections so my vet bill was also relatively high. Before I knew all of that was coming, I had started ordering summer riding shirts like I was naked. And since I was already getting one thing, I had to add more to the cart. Count how many pairs of socks and bottles of fly spray I ordered. Ridiculous. And gloves ... sheesh - a little self-control would have been nice.

I built up a pretty hefty bill for the month of July. Two thousand bucks and change buys a lot of something else, anything else. Heck, that's a mortgage payment. I would like to say that I am going to show some restraint for the month of August, but I can't. I already had my truck's AC recharged, my trailer repaired, and sent in two schooling show entries. 

Goodbye money, hello fun?! It's all in a day's work.