August Spending Review

Last spending review as a single lady!

Misc Income: $119.55 (Pinecone payments, interest, wedding gifts of cash)

Savings

Travel $105

Gifts $40

Sunny Vacation $100

Student Loan Repayment $260

Wedding $280

Car $303

Total savings $1,088

Retirement

401(k) $295.40 pre tax (company matches that at 50%)

Roth IRA $454.54 

Total Retirement savings: $897.64

Debt Repayment

Student loans $0 (Not as bad as it looks -- it just worked out that due to traveling, I paid in September instead of August, and I'll make a second payment in September later this month as well)

Spending

Cell phone $69.42

Clothes $85.90 (summer pants, socks, black flats)

Dance Expense $160

Entertainment $16.73 (movie tickets)

Food—dining out $292.07 

Food—groceries $156.03 (I don't want to talk about these two categories)

Household $22.29 

Internet $16.00 (new lower rate)

Laundry $5

Personal $7.11

Rent $722.35

Utilities $90.83 (our electric bill was almost $200!! Thanks, heat wave)
Wedding $223.95 (dress alteration, hair doo-dads, Peanut's ring)

Total spending: $1,867.68

Networth IQ updated (see sidebar).


My retirement accounts lost three whole dollars this month, despite my contributions. Ugh. Peanut and I just got back from the Midwest where we visited his family and they threw us a shower. It was a lovely and relaxing trip but we spent a lot of money on food.


I can't wait to do the next spending review -- I'll only have one spreadsheet to deal with, instead of two and a half (mine, plus the joint, plus Peanut's, which I don't really have to deal with but we do the accounting together so it does take a bit longer). Next time, it'll all be one spreadsheet! Of course, we'll also have just gone through the headache of combining them, but I'm sure it'll be do-able. Yippee!