Here is a breakdown of my expenses for November.
| Household | $37.44 |
| Mortgage | $355 |
| Entertainment | $20.95 |
| Transportation | $61.13 |
| Food | $136.64 |
| Phone | $28.38 |
| Health | $50.92 |
| Travel | $527.85 |
| Total | $1218.31 |
My November Expenses were back to a reasonable level despite quite a bit of travel expense.
Entertainment expense was for one month of Paramount Plus, six months of Peacock purchased as a Black Friday special, and one month of Hulu at .99 which will be at that rate for a year as part of another Black Friday special.
The mortgage payment was my regular mortgage payment.
Transportation was for one tank of gas, a quart of oil, and my yearly personal property taxes on the car. One advantage of owning an old beater is the low personal property taxes.
My food expense was a little over budget. I’m almost always over budget in this category. I need to increase this budget amount but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
My phone bill was $28.38. That is about the normal amount when I’m not traveling.
The household expense was for a haircut, a birthday gift, and a birthday card.
Health expense was for my monthly gym dues and some vitamins.
Travel expense was my big expense for the month. I paid $5.60 in taxes for an award trip from a tiny, local airport to Chicago. This was a great deal for Thanksgiving weekend. I paid $176.98 for two hotel nights. The Bangkok hotel night was a mandatory quarantine package that included transportation from the airport to a hotel for a PCR Covid test, the hotel room, and a couple of meals. The rest was for travel insurance required for the Thailand Pass, a pre-departure RT-PCR test required for the Thailand Pass, my Thai visa, and an Uber, train, and bus in Chicago. The Thailand Pass requirements cost me about $400 more than I would normally spend. I was willing to pay it so I wouldn’t have to wait any longer to return to Thailand.
There will be more travel expenses this month as I’ll be in Thailand all of this month and most of the next. I’m in northern Thailand and might visit the beach later this month. My Thai girlfriend is staying with me which will result in some increased expenses since I will paying her expenses. This should still be a pretty reasonable expense month depending on whether I travel domestically in Thailand.
How was your month?