Where Did The Dough Go? #11

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 15th
+ $1,452.51 Honey’s Paycheck
-/+ $176.25 (transfer to savings = New Goal 50% of amount over Root Income)
$94.43 (cigarettes)
$25.95 (whiskey for honey)
– $690.00 (rent & bills)
– $10.00 (to new Roth IRA)
 $10.00 (to Betterment)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 16th
– $29.45
(groceries)
– $51.55 (more groceries)

Sunday 17th
– $37.19 (gas @ 3.699 per gallon)

Monday 18th
No real spending today :-)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 19th
– $15.54 (Dairy Queen)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 20th
– $27.00 (SEO stuff)
– $71.98 (2 pairs of work pants for honey)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 21st

– $44.10 (b-day stuff)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $1,298.44
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $122.65

Categorized:

Savings $181.25
Groceries $81.00
Rent & Bills $690.00
Dining Out $15.54
Cigarettes $94.43
Alcohol $25.95
Gas $37.19
Other Stuff $98.98
B-day stuff/parties
$44.10
Roth IRA contributions $10.00
Betterment contributions $10.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

Left-over for remaining week $154.07

Notes:
Holy crap, I can’t believe we spent so much money this week, it’s just nuts. I spent more this week on groceries, but I did get 10 boxes of cereal, 2 weeks worth of lunch-meats and additional condiments.

It was nice being able to send almost 200 bucks to savings and I was still able to make some small contributions to our new Roth IRA and to Betterment.

I did start-up a new subscription for $27.00 a month but I’m hoping I will learn enough in 1 or 2 months to be able to cancel it. I really needed to learn about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) because I wasn’t doing any of it. Apparently it’s important if you are a blogger and want people to find your stuff.

Honey’s work pants were a big cost, but he really needed some new ones, poor guy. Yep, that’s Dairy Queen you saw on Tuesday, :-( I was so weak and caved. We’re still eating out way less than before, so it’s still an improvement—nobody is perfect, right?

I also spent a bit more on bills because I wanted to add to the Evil Credit Card a little and I had to cover a small portion of my hosting fees for this blog (that’s right, I pay money to blog here). B-day stuff is everything related to a birthday party I hosted.

 

How did your budget go this week?

About Jen Perkins

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