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 18th
+ $1,221.03 Honey’s Paycheck
– $10.83 (puppy pads)
– $17.33 (vitamins)
– $87.33 (cigarettes)
– $20.95 (honey whiskey)
– $700.00 (rent & bills)
-/+ $25.00 (Roth IRA contribution)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 19th
– $42.40 (gas @ 4.099 per gallon)
– $4.00 (oil for car)
– $90.23 (groceries)
– $31.68 (dog food)
– $99.95 (puppy starter kits, took out money to help pay for them)
+ $58.00 (took out from puppy expenses fund)
Sunday 20th
No spend day
Monday 21st
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 22nd
No real spending today
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday 23rd
No real spending today
– /+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 24th
No real spending today
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $1,149.70
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $138.58
Categorized:
Savings $10.00
Rent & Bills $700.00
Cigarettes $87.33
Health/Beauty $17.33
Car Expenses $4.00
Puppy Expenses $142.46
Groceries $90.23
Gas $42.40
Alcohol $20.95
Roth IRA contribution $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
Left-over for remaining week $129.33
Notes: It sure is easier to have lots of “no spend” days when you spend almost an entire pay check in two days. Yikes! I really hope the puppy starter kits work out the way I’d planned, if not, then I’ll probably just return them.
Doesn’t Jiffy Lube top off your fluids for free if you got your last oil change there? Would it still count if it was like around a year ago? I’ll have to check into that next time I get the oil changed, we might have been able to get the oil for free. We did drive right by them that day, so it wouldn’t have been like we had to go out of the way or anything silly like that.
I hope your had a great week with your finances. 
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?
Just curious – what’s a puppy pad? I’m just tossing this out there, but does a female dog get them one week a month?
A puppy pad is a disposable pee pad for dogs – some people call them piddle pads. You use them in your house, training your dog to go on them. We never used them with our dog, but I know plenty of folks who did.
LMAO! You really had me cracking up there, PK.
SFB is right, our dog is immune to house-training, so we have to keep buying them. I’ve been doing research and learning more about dogs and training, so hopefully she won’t be using them forever. I hate puppy pads.
I spent quite a bit last week – we had a birthday day out and a wasp nest to deal with – next week should be less expensive.
I hate (because I’m deathly afraid of them) wasps and all their cousins, at least you got it taken care of. I hope next week goes better for you, Laura.