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 20th
+ $1,480.65 Honey’s Paycheck
– $189.26 (household)
– $700.00 (rent and bills)
– $24.95 (whiskey for honey)
– $23.27 (socks for me)
– $87.33 (cigarettes)
– $13.00 (dog food)
– $45.50 (gas @ 3.919 per gallon)
– $94.76 (groceries)
-/+ $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 21st
No spend day 

Sunday 22nd
No spend day

Monday 23rd
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 24th
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 25th
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 26th
– $17.24 (beer for honey)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $1,240.31
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $171.38

Categorized:

Savings $10.00
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $87.33
Household $189.26
Clothing $23.27
Puppy Expenses $13.00
Groceries $94.76
Gas $45.50
Alcohol $42.19
Roth IRA contribution $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

Left-over for remaining week $240.34

Notes: Yeah, I know I should have saved a ton of money this paycheck. But, I’ve been waiting forever to get a lot of household items since the checks have been small. I’m so happy that I was finally able to get everything. I was also able to get some new socks, YAY! The grocery spending was a bit more than I’d have liked, but there’s not much I can do about that until I review our grocery receipts (which I’m supposed to do before April is over).

We still have a good amount left, so hopefully we’ll be able to save some. We have to go get new car tags today, hopefully we won’t have to do the emissions inspection or buy new plates. Why do they even have you get new plates every couple of years anyway? My guess is so that they can make more money off of everybody. Anybody know??? I hope you all had a great week with your finances.

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?