Budgeting Day 7

Rollover from yesterday: $37.55
-I put $30 in my savings account so this leaves me with $7.55 + $20 (Daily Budget) = $27.55 to spend today.

-Expenses:
$10 at Jack in the Box for lunch and dinner!

$27.55
-$10.00
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$17.55 to rollover tomorrow


Wow. I have been doing good so far with this budgeting thing. Yay me!

Budgeting Day 6

Rollover from yesterday= $30.41
Daily Budget= $20
Total to spend today= $50.41


Expenses for today:

Walmart = $12.86 (shampoo, conditioner, nail art, hair accessories, and a few junk food)

$50.41
-12.86
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37.55 to roll over tomorrow =)

Budgeting Days 4 & 5

Okay, so I didn't write a post for Day 4 because I didn't spend anything yesterday. I had work and went to a club that didn't charge a cover fee, yay me! So, I had $7.71 left from Day 3 to roll over to Day 4, which was yesterday. So as of yesterday, I had $27.71 to rollover to today since I didn't spend any of that yesterday. So the daily budget is $20 + $27.71 rollover = $47.71 to spend today =D.

Today I thought was going to be a challenge since we went to a food festival and who knows what sorts of food I would be tempted to buy! However, that was not the case since I did not find most of the food there appetizing. I did buy a few items though:


-Some sort of corn soup thing = $3


-Organic meat and bread cone thing = $4




-Beer= $5

Total spent today= $12

Parking= $5

$47.71
-$17.00
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$30.41 left to rollover tomorrow yay.

Day 3

Food expenses for today:

Lunch: McDonald's: $8.35

Dinner: Asian food: $15.00

subTotal: $23.35

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Entertainment: Poker money: $5.00

Total: $28.35

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Daily budget: $20.00

Roll over from yesterday: $ 16.06

Total budget for today: $36.06

$36.06

-28.35

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7.71 left

Success for today!! :)

Day 2

I believe I had $9.15 left from yesterday's balance, so this leaves me with:

$20 (daily budget)
+ $9.15 (rollover from yesterday)
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$29.15

YAY...let's see if my 2nd day will be as successful as yesterday's...FYI, I didn't spend much yesterday because I practically stayed home all day

!

Starbucks: $4.65

Frozen Yogurt: $8.44

Total Spent: $13.09

Today's budget: $29.15 (9.15 left from yesterday's balance and $20 daily budget)
- $13.09
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$16.06 left yay


Totally broke my rule on not splurging on blended coffee but couldn't help it :(
But I met my budget for today yay!

I actually had dinner and a movie tonight but Ryan, my bf paid for it all so I don't know if I just cheated from my budgeting lol. So it's always good to have a companion to split checks with hehe.

How to Save Money on Food

So, here is an example of a platter from Bubba Gump's that cost $23.00 . First of all, that's about 2 hours of work for most of us. Thats 23 McChickens. That's about the cost of 3 days of groceries. We all have to admit that we do, more than occasionally eat out. So how do you save money when you eat out??

1. Consider Street Vendors and Food Trucks. Everybody enjoys eating out. But eating out does not always mean eating in an expensive diner. Consider going to a park with some friends or a companion and purchase food from street vendors and/or food trucks. Each item will cost you an average of $5; a fraction of the price of the pasta above!

2. Skip the drinks. I always bring water bottles when I go out, simply because I refuse to pay $2+ for a soft drink. Trust me, these meager $2's do add up if you always end up purchasing a drink. Or if you go with a companion, just buy 1 if you must really have a drink. After all, most restaurants offer free refills.

3. Go to the restaurants during happy hour. What's not to love with discounted food?

4. Skip appetizers and dessert. Come on, do you really need these? You only really need a 1 course meal. If you must really divulge on dessert, purchase sweets at a grocery store and take it to a nearby park and enjoy! =D

5. Drink your coffee at home. $3-$5/day at Starbucks do add up to about $150/month, $1800...All on coffee?!

6. The best way to save on food....Eat at home...Not everyone are cooks, (I for example can only prepare cereal), but best learn to save money!

And if you must really eat out...Then check out some cheap diners I will post in another post so stay tuned! :)

Day 1

So today will be the first day that I will attempt to have a budget. It's going to be hard today since I got called off from work and who knows where I will go and what I will buy...

So far, it's 3:20 pm and I spent $10.85 on McDonald's food. That leaves me with $9.15 for the whole day. LOL.


Mcdonald's Large Fries, 2 Chicken Snackwraps, 1 Cheeseburger, 1 Ice cream Sundae= $10.85

$20.00
- 10.85
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$ 9.15 left


current time: 3:30 pm.

eek.

11:45pm:

So I actually survived my first day of budgeting with $9.15 left to roll over for tomorrow, yay! =)