October Expenses $1368.83

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for October.

Household$170.45
Mortgage/Apt$0
Utilities$320.16
Entertainment$20.94
Transportation$92.37
Food$411.68
Visa$0
Health$333.23
Travel$0
Phone$20
Total$1368.83

October’s expenses were a little higher than September’s but still very reasonable. This month’s expenses will probably be quite a bit higher.

Entertainment expense was for one month of Amazon Prime, one month Netflix, a lottery ticket and some books.

My transportation expense consisted of $92.37 for gas. I’ll spend much more in this category this month.

My food expense was $411.68. That is divided between $288.11 for groceries and $123.57 for restaurants. That is slightly lower than last month. I thought I would be able to bring it down more. This month I should at least be able to get this expense under $400. I have a couple of gift cards that were counted in previous months, and I have decided I won’t buy any groceries for myself. I’ll just eat what we already have or part of what I buy for others.

Travel expense was $0, and it will probably be $0 again this month. I won’t go to Thailand again until sometime next year and I don’t think we will have any domestic travel this year.

Utilities came in at $320.16. This was for electric, internet and trash. This month I don’t have to pay for trash and the electric bill should be lower since we’re no longer using air conditioning. That should lead to a significantly lower total in this category.

Household expense came in at $170.45. The big expenses in this category were sending money to my wife’s family and buying a used laptop.

I spent $20 for one month of phone service for my wife.

The $333.23 spent on health consisted of $309.12 for a doctor visit and $24.11 for medicine. I had an unforced error here as I didn’t check to see whether the doctor was in network for our insurance. Since the doctor was out of network, I ended up having to pay the entire bill.

This month’s expenses will probably be a little higher. How was your month?

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