Last week, in my bi-weekly budget post, I promised that I would keep track of all of my receipts to try to get a better handle on my budget and to ensure that I had correctly allotted amounts for each category. Week one is up, here is a summary:
Jordan and I contribute $100 to our food budget/jar each pay day - as we are paid on opposite weeks - this is $400/month. This includes groceries as well as personal items that would be purchased in a grocery store. So that worked out just about perfectly this week! This week I bought a few new scrapbooks that I want to work on (a budding hobby). They are half sized - so I'm hoping they won't be as daunting as my first try doing a big book. McDonald's was a bit of an indulgence, we were out almost all day and starving - when we get hungry - we get b*itchy with each other....so the food was worth us being nice :)
I included the car wash as an 'other' but perhaps that should have gone in transportation? I'm not really sure.
Over all, I'm pretty happy with this. As long as I don't spend more then $20 over the next week - which should be completely doable. I would like to get out of the habit of spending my variable budget money during the first week I get paid, but it works out b/c Jordan gets paid on opposite weeks.
Jordan and I contribute $100 to our food budget/jar each pay day - as we are paid on opposite weeks - this is $400/month. This includes groceries as well as personal items that would be purchased in a grocery store. So that worked out just about perfectly this week! This week I bought a few new scrapbooks that I want to work on (a budding hobby). They are half sized - so I'm hoping they won't be as daunting as my first try doing a big book. McDonald's was a bit of an indulgence, we were out almost all day and starving - when we get hungry - we get b*itchy with each other....so the food was worth us being nice :)
I included the car wash as an 'other' but perhaps that should have gone in transportation? I'm not really sure.
Over all, I'm pretty happy with this. As long as I don't spend more then $20 over the next week - which should be completely doable. I would like to get out of the habit of spending my variable budget money during the first week I get paid, but it works out b/c Jordan gets paid on opposite weeks.