Welcome to another weekly edition of “Where Did The Dough Go?”. Below you can get a completely open and honest view of what we’re spending money on, how much we’re saving, investing and putting away for retirement. Please feel free to learn from our financial mistakes if at all possible, it’s way better than making them yourself. 
Friday 27th
+ $1,642.32 Honey’s Paycheck
-/+ $542.32 (100% over root income to House Fund)
– $96.00 (cigarettes)
– $20.95 (honey whiskey)
– $47.66 (dining out)
– $43.99 (gas @ 3.679 per gallon)
– $8.31 (gas for moving truck)
– $107.24 (moving truck rental)
-/+ $25.00 (to Roth IRA)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Saturday 28th
– $117.58 (groceries)
Sunday 29th
No spend day
Monday 30th
– $14.73 (more gas for moving truck)
– $2.34 (zippo fluid)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Tuesday 31st
– $25.00 (bills)
– $400.00 (home appraisal)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Wednesday Aug. 1st
No spend day
-/+ $5.00 (transfer to START acct.)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Thursday 2nd
No spend day
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to savings)
-/+ $1.00 (transfer to Xmas fund)
-/+ $2.00 (transfer to ING to save for Car insurance)
Total Weekly Spending: $1,476.12
Pre-tax 401K Contributions $22.30
Categorized:
Savings $557.32
Rent & Bills $25.00
Cigarettes $96.00
Moving Expenses $130.28
House buying expenses $400.00
Groceries $117.58
Other $2.34
Gas $43.99
Alcohol $20.95
Dining Out $47.66
Roth IRA contributions $25.00
Save 4 Car insurance $10.00
Left-over for remaining week $166.20
Notes: Now that we’re all moved into my parents house (just until we get into our house), the dining out should become almost non-existent. Maybe we could go out once a month for like a date night or something, but aside from that I’d rather save the money.
I was hoping to be able to save more this paycheck, but the silly appraisal came up and our moving expenses were more than anticipated.
We didn’t get done with the moving truck until after they had closed, so we had to drop the keys and papers in their box and leave the truck outside the gate. That’s not going to happen again.
We filled up the truck (like you’re supposed to do) 2 blocks from where we returned it. It sat outside their gate and magically used up 4 gallons of gas. Wtf? We only drove the truck 22 miles. We put in 2.25 gallons of gas 2 blocks from the truck rental place.
Gas we put in: 2.25 gallons
Missing gas: 4 gallons
Total Gas Supposedly Used: 6.25 gallons22 miles DIVIDED by 6.25 gallons = 3 and 1/2 miles per gallon for a brand-new (4,000 miles) 16 foot moving truck.
Really? How in the world does that even make sense to the people? I couldn’t get them to see the logic, so I just paid for the extra 4 gallons they said they put in. We have our storage unit there, so the last thing I want to do is p*ss off the people who have all my stuff.
Still, lesson learned. I will always return the truck before they close and have them verify the gas and everything else.
How did your budgeting/spending go this week?