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 16th
– $66.00 (groceries)
– $20.00 (beer)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 17th
No spend day 
Sunday 18th
No spend day
Monday 19th
No real spending today 
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 20th
– $16.11 (cigarettes)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 21st
No real spending today
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 22nd
– $9.00 (gas @ 4.079 per gallon)
– $4.45 (cigarettes)
– $1.79 (beer)
-/+ $12.23 (left-overs transfer to Emergency Fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $149.58
Categorized:
Savings $22.23
Cigarettes $20.56
Gas $9.00
Groceries $66.00
Alcohol $21.79
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$
Income: $1,179.53
Spending: $1,179.53
Categorized:
Savings $31.23
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $114.69
Groceries $187.56
Gas $54.31
Alcohol $46.74
Roth IRA contribution $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00
Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $133.51
Notes: Is overtime a thing of the past? It sure is looking that way. 
Gas has finally made it’s way back to over 4 bucks a gallon, that sure sucks. The sad thing is that no matter how much it sucks now, a few months from now I’m going to wish it was back at this price. If only we could teleport, it would solve so many problems. Hope your week went better than mine.
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?
Gas is so expensive now. I’m not looking forward to the summer time because of this.
I know, it just crazy.
It’s $4.47-$4.50 in my area. OUCH indeed.
OMG; that’s just nuts. How high is it going to go before people just can’t afford to drive to work anymore? Evil gas prices! Grrrr.
If you think gas is expensive down there, drive up to Canada to see some really high gas prices. It’s currently over $1.40 per liter and I think it’s 4 liters in a gallon. So that’s a full $1 more per gallon.
Wow! Too bad our cars can’t just run on ‘happy thoughts’.
Looks like you don’t have to drive much, which is good considering the ever-increasing prices per gallon. My fiance and I spend over $100 weekly for fueling the cars. He drives a lot and I drive about 250 miles weekly. Lucky you!
I guess it helps that we only have one car and that I don’t have a job.
Good job Jen!
Thanks Thad.