So I'm looking at my year to date expenses and I am in dire need of some face punches!
1. Entertainment category is about $250 higher than where it should be so far. I group booze into that category and we spent way too much on wine this year + a night of bowling with friends that somehow turned into $100 (bowling, dinner, beer)
2. Utilities were up 10% year over year. Natural gas prices were higher, however we also used abit more I reckon. Shoulda worn more sweaters! This was about an $80 hit
3. I am paying $40 a month for a smartphone that doesn't receive email anymore. Ugh, could easily switch to prepaid and save $20 a month. I am in Canada where options are abit more limited admittedly
4. Bought my girlfriend a $250 birthday gift. We had a rule whereby we don't buy each other anything beyond dinner maybe. Broke it. Not good!
5. I somehow spent $10 on lotto tickets!!! WTF man wake up!!!!
6. This is not new for this year, but I normally drive home for lunch. 10 minutes one way, but adds up to about $35 per month in Gas. I think I will let this one slide as I really don't want to be at work more than I have to. My 8 hour day is plenty IMO!! If I stayed there thru lunch it would be 9 hours straight...ummm, prison anyone???
All told this is about $1000+ out the window and the year isn't half over yet. I will give myself some credit though as I expect to spend less than $24K this year and that includes a furnace replacement of about 4K