Weekly Budget – Week 13 (Aug 18-24)
By Matt - Monday, August 18th, 2008
This week’s budget is brought to by the common cold – we thank the virus for infecting us. I managed to get a cold in the middle of the summer which is annoying but there’s not much you can do about a cold. Hopefully it’ll pass quickly. This week’s budget is a bit of a wild ride since there are a few unknowns coming up that can completely throw what I’m projecting out the window. Here is this week’s budget:
| Weekly Budget Aug 18-24 |
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| Budget | Actual | |
| Alcohol | $25.00 | |
| Food-Lunch | $15.00 | |
| Food | $100.00 | |
| Gas | $30.00 | |
| Entertainment | $0.00 | |
| Smokes | $25.00 | |
| Misc | $40.00 | |
| Transportation | $250.00 | |
| Stupid | $0.00 | |
| Total | $485.00 | |
So at first glance most of the categories are pretty similar from week to week with $100 going into food this week. We’ve gone through most of the food in the house so it’ll be time to spend a little bit more to get stocked back up. The major difference this week is that I need to get some car work done so the transportation budget it $250. I’m not sure how much it will end up costing – I need an oil change and then to get my car emissions tested. If everything goes well then I’ll be below budget on that line item but unfortunately this is one of the unknowns this week.
The second unknown is one that I haven’t included in the budget. We are supposed to go visit family out of town this weekend. If that comes to pass then the $30 for gas this week won’t even get us part of the way there. But I’m not sure if we’ll end up going or not (especially if this cold doesn’t go away quickly).
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