Weekly Budget - Week 3 (June 9 - 15)
By Matt - Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Now that I’m into the third week of weekly budgeting I’m starting to see benefits to the process even though my results may not be showing this yet. Being a lot more conscious of my spending has been a paradigm shift of sorts for me. I no longer look at my day to day purchases without thinking about how that purchase is going to impact my budget. This week I expect some of the positive results to show through, here are my numbers for this week:
| Weekly Budget June 9 - 15 |
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| Budget | Actual | |
| Alcohol | $25.00 | |
| Food-Lunch | $10.00 | |
| Food | $80.00 | |
| Gas | $35.00 | |
| Entertainment | $40.00 | |
| Smokes | $25.00 | |
| Misc | $40.00 | |
| Transportation | $10.00 | |
| Total | $265.00 | |
The numbers above are considerably lower in some categories and this is because this week’s food budget went up a lot. On Saturday we went to Costco and purchased a bunch of stuff for the coming week. The impact this is going to have is considerably less spending when it comes to food and lunches (I have no excuse to eat out). I bumped the alcohol spending up by $5 because that covers a case of beer which lasts me a week without any problems. Transportation goes back down this week because parking has been paid for the month. Overall this is a significant drop from last week but I have the utmost confidence in making these numbers.
Contest Update
I missed last week’s budget and tomorrow I’ll be announcing the winner of the $25 Amazon gift certificate. I did want to make one change (or clarification) for the overall contest. Those of you who commented on the original contest announcement will be eligible for this week’s (and all weeks). By leaving a comment on this post you’ll get another entry into the contest. Hopefully this week I won’t be giving away another $25.
Leave a comment for an extra chance to win!
This entry is filed under Budgeting and Planning.
16 Responses to “Weekly Budget - Week 3 (June 9 - 15)”
1 Lucy D says:
June 9th, 2008
at 12:33 am
Aw, I’m sorry you didn’t make you’re budget =( I’m a first year uni student, so I have a budget too! I live in a hall so all my food and everything is taken care of, and my parents send me stuff too sometimes. =) I have to budget the $30 a week I get, but it isn’t too bad! But it is always really tempting when I see a really good book or DVD I want to buy! Anyhoo, I reckon this contest is awesome, and I hope you have better luck with your budget next week! =D
~Lucy D =)
2 gLf says:
June 9th, 2008
at 3:16 am
Here we are. I think there is some problem with me and comments here…Spam filter? Anyway, here my post, written on June 5th.
http://aboutblogcontest.blogspot.com/2008/06/win-50-amazon-gift-card.html
Thanks!
3 bluntmoney says:
June 9th, 2008
at 9:46 am
Enter me too? Although I hope none of us win!
4 Cah Kontes says:
June 9th, 2008
at 10:50 am
i’m making my entry
5 Linda says:
June 9th, 2008
at 6:31 pm
Sorry you didn’t meet last week’s budget. Hopefully, you’ll have better luck this week.
6 Amaiyume says:
June 9th, 2008
at 7:01 pm
Here I am
Good luck with your budget next week and good luck to me for the giveaway this week
7 Contest Winner | One Million and Beyond says:
June 9th, 2008
at 9:17 pm
[…] Don’t forget to leave a comment on Sunday’s budget for an extra chance to win if I miss my budget this week (though I’m doing good so far). Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]
8 bunny says:
June 9th, 2008
at 10:38 pm
Good luck for this week!!
9 suspect says:
June 10th, 2008
at 2:26 am
good luck on your budget!
10 Suzanne says:
June 10th, 2008
at 8:33 am
What a great incentive. I would like to be entered, but hope the progress you made the past few weeks has you on track this on.
11 Msminiducky says:
June 10th, 2008
at 11:40 am
I’m so bad at following directions: I always end up commenting on other posts instead of the contest posts
12 Jamie says:
June 10th, 2008
at 2:29 pm
Good luck this week, I’m sure you’ll do better this time!!
13 Sarah says:
June 10th, 2008
at 6:39 pm
Here’s my entry!Good luck on your budget!
14 Jeanette Jackson says:
June 10th, 2008
at 6:56 pm
You didn’t miss it by too much so I’m sure you’ll do better this week
15 Michele says:
June 11th, 2008
at 12:39 am
I hope you have a much better week this week! Good for you for not giving up!!
Michele
luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
16 TheContestBlogger says:
June 14th, 2008
at 1:23 pm
Happy to have extra entry hehe
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