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
– $41.14 (dining out)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 7th
– $35.35 (groceries)

Sunday 8th
– $26.51 (Dairy Queen)
– $17.24 (beer)
– $40.86 (cigarettes)

Monday 9th
No spend day
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings) 
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 10th
– $20.00 (gas @ 3.659 per gallon)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 11th
No spend day
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings) 
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 12th
No spend day
-/+ $105.82 (transfer leftovers to Car Expenses Fund) 
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $

Categorized:

Savings $115.82
Cigarettes $40.86
Dining Out $67.65
Groceries $35.35
Gas $20.00
Alcohol $17.24
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $173.03
Income: $1,499.41
Saving: $795.11
Spending: $704.30

 

Categorized:

Savings $795.11
Rent & Bills $250.73
Cigarettes $123.19
Groceries $85.63
Gas $60.94
Alcohol $38.19
Dining Out $100.62
Roth IRA contributions $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Notes: It’s so much easier to save money when you don’t have to pay rent. 😉 Our last month’s rent was paid on the 1st, so now we just  have to pay our bills. There will also be some moving expenses, like renting a truck and getting a storage unit—but that’s nowhere close to what we paid for rent.

It feels so good to be able to save this much money. We would have been able to save even more if we hadn’t gone on a eating out frenzy, but what’s done is done. I’m hoping to cut down our eating out to once a month or less after we move in with my parents at the end of the month. Otherwise, it  could prevent us from saving as much as possible. I hope you had a great week with your money.

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?