Where Did The Dough Go? #43

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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 24th
+ $1,179.51 Honey’s Paycheck
– $700.00 (rent and bills)
– $88.23 (cigarettes)
– $24.95 (honey’s whiskey)
– $110.20 (groceries)
-/+ $39.75 (50% over Root Income– transfer to Emergency Fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 25th
No spend day :-)

Sunday 26th
– $38.78 (gas @ 3.959 per gallon)

Monday 27th
No real spending today :-)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 28th
No real spending today :-)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 29th
– $12.99 (dog food)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday March 1st
– $3.87 (beer for honey)
-/+ $5.00 (auto transfer to START acct.)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $1,038.77
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $133.51

Categorized:

Savings $49.75
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $88.23
Groceries $110.20
Gas $38.78
Puppy Expenses $12.99
Alcohol $28.82
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

Left-over for remaining week $140.74

Notes: Nothing really interesting to say about our spending this last week. I saved $3.00 on dog food by printing out a coupon, that’s about it. We did spend a bit more on groceries than I’d planned, but some of that will be coming back to us because of a rebate. Hope your week went good. :-)

 

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?

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Comments

Where Did The Dough Go? #43 — 6 Comments

  1. We finished the pay period in better shape than I had anticipated.

    Thanks for your transparency. I especially like your daily small transfers toward goals. Those add up.

    • Great job, Thad. It’s always nice to do better than think you’ll do. :-) Those small daily transfers help me stay motivated, I’d be lost without them. :-)

  2. i’ve been feeling pretty good about groceries this week since i won a gift card, used a store credit and then did a mystery shop where I get $20 in free groceries as payment. works for me!!

    i like seeing how other couples spend because it helps me see how we’re doing, whether we’re spending too much or too little.

    • Wow! That’s pretty impressive Newlyweds on a Budget. Great job keeping your grocery spending low. :-)

  3. I like how you do the small daily savings transfers too. I think that is a great idea. It just seems easier to put aside a couple bucks a day instead of trying to make bigger transfers occasionally. I will have to consider setting something like that up. My only concern would be cluttering my banking history in case I need to later find details for a specific transaction.