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 11th
No real spending today
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 12th
– $13.30 (dining out)
Sunday 13th
– $17.91 (cigarettes)
Monday 14th
– $13.68 (cigarettes)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 15th
– $56.22 (groceries)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 16th
– $15.14 (gas @ 4.159 per gallon)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 17th
No real spending today
-/+ $10.45 (left-overs transfer to Travel Fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $146.70
Categorized:
Savings $20.45
Cigarettes $31.59
Gas $15.14
Dining Out $13.30
Groceries $56.22
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
$$$ Entire Paycheck Totals $$$
Income: $1,246.20
Spending: $1,246.20
Categorized:
Savings $30.45
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $118.92
Dining Out $46.45
Groceries $204.76
Gas $79.67
Alcohol $20.95
Roth IRA contribution $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $20.00
Pre-tax 401K Contributions: $141.66
Notes: Well, this isn’t exactly how I’d hoped it would turn out. I really didn’t think we would need to buy groceries again during this pay period, so that sucks. We usually don’t spend this much on gas, but the alcohol spending was less than normal, so that’s good. Yep, that’s 2 times eating out this month, so I have already failed that goal. I really couldn’t help myself, I really NEEDED chocolate and I didn’t feel like going in to a store. So that meant that I had to get something for everybody else too, silly chocolate cravings.
We also seem to be spending more money on cigarettes lately; I had to throw that out before somebody else did. 😉 On my part, I’ve been wanting to cut down—which in turn stresses me out and I end up smoking more. I know it’s stupid, it just works that way with me sometimes. As for my honey, I have no clue why he’s smoking more. I hope you had a great week with your finances.
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?