Welcome to yet 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 9th
– $5.72 (household)
– $81.50 (groceries)
– $230.00 (Xmas gifts)
+ $230.00 (from Christmas savings)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 10th
– $24.46 (Ihop)

Sunday  11th
No spend day

Monday 12th
– $11.06 (dog food) 
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 13th
– $9.73 (cigarettes)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 14th
– $9.00 (gas @ 3.639 per gallon)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 15th
– $5.14 (cigarettes)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $382.61

Categorized:

Savings $5.00
Cigarettes $14.87
Household $5.72
Puppy Expenses $11.06
Christmas presents $230.00
Groceries $81.50
Dining Out $24.46
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Income: $1,380.90 + $ (xmas $230.00) = $1,610.90
Spending: $1,595.61

Categorized:

Savings $235.00
Rent & Bills $675.00
Groceries $113.61
Cigarettes $111.00
Dining Out $24.46
Christmas presents $235.41
Gas $39.40
Puppy Expenses $11.06
Alcohol $19.95
Other $5.00
Household $55.72
Roth IRA Contributions $50.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $115.84

Notes: I have totally messed up somewhere with the numbers this week or last. My numbers just aren’t adding up right. I’ll try and fix this tomorrow; I am way too tired to accurately figure this all out right now.

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?