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 6th
+ $1,110.23 Honey’s Paycheck
– $10.23 (transfer to Emergency Fund 100% over root income)
– $700.00 (rent and bills)
– $24.95 (whiskey for honey)
– $43.92 (gas)
– $88.13 (cigarettes)
-/+ $25.00 (Roth IRA contribution)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 7th
No spend day 
Sunday 8th
– $48.64 (groceries)
Monday 9th
No real spending today 
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 10th
No real spending today
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 11th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 12th
– $6.90 (Chevy’s salsa *yummy*)
– $17.24 (beer for honey)
– $56.15 (groceries)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $1,041.16
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $125.05
Categorized:
Savings $20.23
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $88.13
Groceries $111.69
Gas $43.92
Alcohol $42.19
Roth IRA contribution $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
Left-over for remaining week $69.07
Notes: Yay! I’ve made it 2 whole weeks without eating out so far, now I just have to keep it up for the rest of April. Our check was really small this pay period, so instead of transferring 50% over our root income (which I usually try to do), I just went ahead and threw all of it in savings.
I know it would be much more beneficial to do on a larger check, but that’s going to take some time to be able to do. We sure don’t have much left for next week, $69.07. It’s really more like $49.07 because I have 3 sets of daily transfers, I’m interested to see how that goes. I hope you had a great week.
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?
$49.07 for the week? You can do it!! It will be tight but just don’t carry the debit card with you!
I hope so.
That’s amazing! I desperately need to stop eating out and I want to know how you do it. Lol. My new workplace has people that mainly bring their lunches so I guess that will motivate me a little more.
I’m just not allowing myself to eat out, you know—trying out that whole willpower thing. If most people are bringing their own lunches, it should make it easier for you (hopefully).
Good luck, Daisy.
That’s cutting it tight! Congrats on not eating out, that’s a huge accomplishment.
I know, it feels kinda scary having less than 50 bucks for a week. I can’t believe I’ve actually made it 2 weeks, I hope I can keep it up.
Sorry to say this, but every time I see your where did the dough go report, I think to myself – they have got to quit smoking! it is taking up such a huge chunk of your expense. Anyway, I won’t mention it again.
$50 is not a lot, but I’m sure you can do it.
LOL. You don’t have to apologize, Joe; I’d be doing the same thing if I didn’t smoke. It makes the most logical sense to easily reduce our expenses and have more money to work with.
At least you’re nice about it, putting all our spending out like this opens me up to all kinds of potentially nasty comments. 
Good job not eating out!! I wanted to check out this mac & cheese restaurant and visit a museum this weekend, but the budget says no. Maybe in two weeks we can — hopefully!
Thanks Rachel.
Good for you for waiting, some people would just charge it.