Weekly Budget - Week 2 (June 2 - 8)
By Matt - Sunday, June 1st, 2008
This is the second weekly budget that I’m putting together. I had a look at the previous week’s results and I have to say that I’m quite impressed with the end result. I think that with a little bit of effort I should be able to meet similar numbers. I’ll post an assessment of my last week’s spending tomorrow. Below is my planned budget for this upcoming week.
| Weekly Budget June 2 - 8 |
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| Budget | Actual | |
| Alcohol | $20.00 | |
| Food-Lunch | $20.00 | |
| Food | $120.00 | |
| Gas | $35.00 | |
| Entertainment | $50.00 | |
| Smokes | $25.00 | |
| Misc | $40.00 | |
| Transportation | $125.00 | |
A couple items on the list are changed lower, most notably the Alcohol and Misc spending. I’m expecting that I’ll be able to bring these lower with a bit of effort. I’ve kept the Lunch spending at the same level for this week mostly because I want to get into the habit of bringing my lunch. The allocated $20 should let me grab lunch out 3 times if I’m careful. I’ve allocated a bit more for food because we didn’t buy any groceries for the upcoming week and I’m expecting there will be some extra spending. The one main item that I know will go up this week is my transportation spending. This is because my monthly parking costs are coming in.
Overall I believe that this budget is achievable. Don’t forget to drop a comment on this post or the contest announcement post from yesterday to be considered for the weekly budget contest. Wish me luck!
This entry is filed under Budgeting and Planning.
3 Responses to “Weekly Budget - Week 2 (June 2 - 8)”
1 SavingDiva says:
June 5th, 2008
at 8:30 am
I’m sure you get this comment a lot, but I can’t believe you spend $100/month on cigarettes. I actually cut back on my drinking (and nights out) when I saw how much I spent….
2 Matt says:
June 5th, 2008
at 9:19 am
The biggest reason I spend a lot on smokes is that they’re taxed very heavily and a small pack (20 smokes) costs $8 and often more. I smoke between 5 and 10 a day which simply adds up to close to that magic $100 a month. I am prepping myself to quit because I simply don’t enjoy it and can’t afford it.
3 TheContestBlogger says:
June 7th, 2008
at 8:45 am
You should put another row for total expenditure. Do we have an extra entry in each week’s draw if we were to post a link to your contest post?
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