Welcome to another weekly edition of “Where Did The Dough Go?”. Below you can get a completely open and honest view of what we’re spending money on, how much we’re saving, investing and putting away for retirement. Please feel free to learn from our financial mistakes if at all possible, it’s way better than making them yourself. 

Friday 20th
– $47.39 (dining out)
– $231.39 (storage unit for July & August)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 21st
– $39.06 (groceries)
– $15.58 (spackling and packing paper)

Sunday 22nd
– $27.65 (cigarettes)

Monday 23rd
– $49.20 (gas for borrowed SUV @3.699 per gallon)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 24th
– $15.06 (gas @ 3.619 per gallon)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 25th
No spend day
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings) 
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 26th
No spend day
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $445.33

Categorized:

Savings $10.00
Cigarettes $27.65
Dining Out $47.39
Moving Expenses $296.17
Groceries $39.06
Gas $15.06
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $180.78
Income: $1,620.63
Saving: $478.53
Spending: $1,141.66

 

Categorized:

Savings $478.53
Rent & Bills $300.00
Moving Expenses $296.17
Cigarettes $116.98
Health & Beauty $15.87
Household $19.59
Groceries $130.17
Puppy Expenses $44.98
Gas $52.17
Alcohol $48.73
Dining Out $72.00
Roth IRA contributions $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Notes: We came in 44 cents under budget this time, whew…that was close. Our storage unit ended up costing more than expected, but we did pay for part of this month and all of August. Apparently the other storage unit ran such great deals because they were infested with ants, literally—thousands of ants in a 10×10 unit.

So we ended up paying quite a bit more and getting a larger unit because 10×10 was way smaller than it sounded. It sucked having to pay more, but to me it’s worth it to not have thousands of ants crawling all over (and inside) our stuff. 

I was also able to borrow my grandma’s SUV, so that we could make tons of trips to storage before we actually have to move. It also helped me out with a few “house buying errands” I needed to run. I made sure to fill up her tank since she was so awesome about letting us use it.

Today is moving day, hopefully everything will work out okay. We’re going to have to rent a moving truck, so there’s another expense. I hope your weekly spending went well.

Have a great weekend everybody! 

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?