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 30th
+ $1,273.21 Honey’s Paycheck
– $19.95 (honey’s whiskey)
– $96.13 (cigarettes)
– $34.27 (gas @ 3.319 per gallon)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 31st
No spend day 
Sunday Jan. 1st
– $604.00 (rent & bills)
-/+ $5.00 (auto START transfer)
Monday 2nd
– $18.00 (household @ Costco)
– $42.00 (groceries @ Costco)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 3rd
-/+ $50.00 (Roth IRA)
-/+ $86.60 (50% over Root Income– transfer to Emergency Fund)
-/+ $25.00 (save for Christmas 2012)
-/+ $50.00 (save in Travel Fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 4th
No real spending today 
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 5th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $1,045.95
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $106.21
Categorized:
Savings $181.60
Rent & Bills $604.00
Groceries $42.00
Cigarettes $96.13
Household $18.00
Gas $34.27
Alcohol $19.95
Roth IRA contributions $50.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
Left-over for remaining week $227.26
Notes: I love this pay period so far! I can’t believe we saved over 180 bucks this time, hopefully I’ll be able to stay this focused and disciplined for the rest of the year. It helps that I didn’t really get out much, but some of that is on purpose to reduce spending.
I haven’t saved 50% of the amount over our root income for a very long time, it feels good. It would be awesome if we have some money left over at the end of next week so that I can save some more. Fun, fun, fun!
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?
hi. I just landed on your blog so I haven’t read historical posts but have you tallied how much you spend annually on booze and smokes? For a lot of people these 2 are a big expense and while neither are easy to eliminate, they offer a great opportunity to reduce spending while at the same time improving health.
The whiskey is suppossed to last 2 weeks.
The cigarettes are for 2 people with the intention of lasting 2 weeks as well.
You’re right about them being large expenses for a lot of people and being bad health choices.