Welcome to yet 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 2nd
+ $1,380.90 Honey’s Paycheck
– $675.00 (rent & bills)
– $96.13 (cigarettes)
– $5.00 (order checks from ING)
-/+ $200.00 (Save for Xmas)
-/+ $25.00 (Travel Fund)
-/+ $50.00 (Roth IRA)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 3rd
No spend day 
Sunday 4th
– $32.11 (groceries)
– $50.00 (Costco- household)
– $39.40 (gas @ 3.499 per gallon)
– $19.95 (whiskey)
Monday 5th
– $5.41 (Christmas present)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 6th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 7th
No real spending today 
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 8th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $1,213.00
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $115.84
Categorized:
Savings $230.00
Rent & Bills $675.00
Groceries $32.11
Cigarettes $96.13
Christmas presents $5.41
Gas $39.40
Alcohol $19.95
Other $5.00
Household $50.00
Roth IRA Contributions $50.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
Left-over for remaining week $167.90
Notes: Thankfully, I was able to put a good amount into our Christmas savings this check. The funny thing is that I’m probably just going to turn right around and take it out since I have WAY more shopping to do.
Still, it’s better than just charging it and worrying about it later. Last month I finally changed my last name with ING, so now I needed to order checks (just 50) from ING for paying my rent. I can’t wait to close our Bank of America account, it’s gonna feel great.
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?