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 6th
– $32.68 (household)
– $33.47 (Chevy’s)
– $19.57 (groceries)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 7th
No spend day

Sunday 8th
No spend day

Monday 9th
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 10th
– $33.40 (Olive Garden)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 11th
– $12.65 (cigarettes)
– $15.17 (gas @ 3.349 per gallon)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 12th
– $40.00 (groceries)
-/+ $25.32 (transfer left-overs to Emergency Fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $227.26

Categorized:

Savings $30.32
Cigarettes $12.65
Groceries $59.57
Dining Out $66.87
Household $32.68
Gas $15.17
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Income: $1,273.21
Spending: $1,273.21

Categorized:

Savings $211.92
Rent & Bills $604.00
Groceries $101.57
Cigarettes $108.78
Dining Out $66.87
Household $50.68
Gas $49.44
Alcohol $19.95
Roth IRA contributions $50.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $106.21

Notes: I’m very happy with this pay period, we did pretty good in a lot of areas. We were able to save over 200 bucks, didn’t spend too much on groceries, contributed $50 to our Roth IRA.

Going out to eat twice in one week isn’t that great, so I’ve got to get back on track there. We were also able to transfer money that we had leftover again, that felt good. It’s a great way to beef up the emergency fund.

Hope you all had a good week.

 

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?