Weekly Budget – Week 23 (October 27 – November 2)
By Matt - Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Its been a few weeks since I posted up my last weekly budget and now that life is starting to settle into a bit more of a routine I think its time to start the process up again. I think it might be a few more weeks before I really get a grip on how the baby is going to impact the standard weekly budgeting but in the meantime I need to have some goals that I am working towards.
| Weekly Budget Oct 27 – Nov 2 |
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| Budget | Actual | |
| Alcohol | $35.00 | |
| Food-Lunch | $0.00 | |
| Food | $125.00 | |
| Gas | $75.00 | |
| Entertainment | $0.00 | |
| Smokes | $25.00 | |
| Misc | $125.00 | |
| Transportation | $0.00 | |
| Stupid | $15.00 | |
| Total | $400.00 | |
This weeks goal will be a grand total of $400 for non bill related expenses – I think this might be a touch on the aggressive side since we need to pop out of town for a day to make sure the boat is wrapped up and ready to brave the winter. Not a lot of work needs to be done other than to check the tarps and trailer (we never put her in the water this year and last years winterization should still be in place).
Over the past couple weeks spending has been erratic but mostly under control; I haven’t had a chance yet to put all of my expenses into my tracking spreadsheet to see the real results. With that said I had money left over between pays which is a good sign. There are a bunch of new expenses with the baby such as diapers and food and clothing that I’m sure will work themselves out somehow. Next weeks budget should be far more telling as I’m starting fresh with my budgetary tracking rather than waiting for a moment to input all of my expenses into excel.
This entry is filed under Budgeting and Planning.
2 Responses to “Weekly Budget – Week 23 (October 27 – November 2)”
1 Aya @ Thrive says:
October 28th, 2008
at 5:02 pm
How do you come up with your budget every month? It seems like a good system, setting goals is better than not having any.
2 Jesse W says:
October 29th, 2008
at 9:39 pm
great information sticking to a budget; gotta cut out the smokes!
Jesse W.
http://www.subprimeblogger.com
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