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 14th
– $675.00 (rent & bills)
-/+ $100.00 (savings)
-/+ $10.00 (Betterment)
-/+ $41.59 (Roth IRA)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 15th
No spending today

Sunday 16th
No spend day

Monday 17th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 18th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday19th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 20th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $841.59

Categorized:

Savings $105.00
Rent & Bills $675.00
Roth IRA contributions $41.59
Betterment contributions $10.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Income: $1,309.65
Spending: $1,309.65

Categorized:

Savings $110.00
Groceries $135.33
Rent & Bills $675.00
Dining out $27.17
Cigarettes $96.25
Alcohol $111.29
Gas $41.33
Car Expenses $20.54
Birthday Expenses $21.15
Betterment contributions $10.00
Roth IRA contributions $41.59
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $109.47

Notes: Wow, that’s crazy. I thought since we would be gone on vacation, which is separate spending, that quickly allocating all the remaining money before we left would be smartest. Honestly, I really confused myself.

Anyway, nothing much to say about this week…paid our rent and bills, sent a little to our investment account, savings and some to our Roth IRA. I’m hoping to throw together a post on our vacation spending, but it’s not too pretty. I can’t wait to get back on track, so much money has been spent. Hope you guys had a great week.

 

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?