Where Did The Dough Go? #40

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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 3rd
No real spending today :-)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Saturday 4th
No spend day :-)

Sunday 5th
– $13.08 (book 4 honey)
– $65.14 (2011 taxes filed)

Monday 6th
– $53.99 (groceries)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Tuesday 7th
– $6.99 (beer 4 honey)
– $14.58 (cigarettes)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Wednesday 8th
No real spending today :-)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Thursday 9th
No real spending today :-)
-/+ $29.75 (transfer left-overs to Christmas 2012 )
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)

Total Weekly Spending: $

Categorized:

Savings $34.75
Cigarettes $14.58
Groceries $53.99
Other $65.14
Alcohol $6.99
Entertainment $13.08
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00

$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$

Income: $1,432.28
Spending: $1,432.28

Categorized:

Savings $210.89
Rent & Bills $704.00
Dining Out $36.01
Cigarettes $108.71
Groceries $191.31
Gas $39.98
Other $65.14
Entertainment $13.08
Alcohol $43.16
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00

Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $120.58

Notes: I can’t believe we spent almost $200 on groceries this paycheck, that’s nuts. I know we got a lot of pantry items, but still…normally it’s around $100. At least we ended up saving more money than we spent on food. I went ahead and transferred our left-overs to our Christmas 2012 savings instead of our Emergency Fund like I’ve been doing lately. I really want to check it off my February goals because I’m hoping to eliminate the evil credit card this month if I’m lucky. :-)

 

How did your budgeting/spending go this week?

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Where Did The Dough Go? #40 — 6 Comments

    • I know it sounds bad, but I feel a bit better that I’m not the only one. It better last a long time, I don’t like spending so much.

  2. Congrats on no spending for 4 days!! In NYC there are so many things to spend on everyday (taxi, energy boost, food, more energy boost). Hopefully you will find a way to cut that grocery bill.

  3. Wow…4 no spending days! That is fabulous! Our grocery budget is the hardest to control also. With four kids, I can have a full pantry one day and an empty pantry two days later.

    • Thanks Pam. :-) Thankfully I just have to worry about feeding 1 kid, I couldn’t imagine having to shop for 4 of them. That’s gotta be expensive and exhausting.