Here is a breakdown of my expenses for April.
| Rent | $550 |
| Household | $585.93 |
| Utilities | $257.57 |
| Entertainment | $0 |
| Transportation | $124.88 |
| Food | $369.51 |
| Health | $10.43 |
| Travel | $49 |
| Phone | $20 |
| Total | $1967.32 |
April’s expenses were about what I expect will be normal, now that I have the monthly rent payment.
Entertainment expense was $0 since credit card rewards covered the Peacock and Hulu expense and a free gift card covered the Amazon Prime expense.
My transportation expense consisted of $124.88 for gas. That was helped a bit by a discounted gas gift card. We’re traveling more this month, and gas has gotten even more expensive, so I expect this expense to be higher this month.
Food expense was $369.51. That is divided between $352.65 for groceries and $16.86 for restaurants. The restaurant expense was much lower than normal due to using a free $100 McDonald’s gift card. The gift card is almost used up so food expense will probably be higher this month.
Travel expense came in at $49. That is for my IHG gift card which gives me one free night a year. Ideally, I use the free night when I would otherwise have to pay a lot for a hotel night. I messed up on this last year. I delayed using the free night trying to get the most value out of it and then almost forgot about it all together. I ended up using it for a hotel night on a trip where we would otherwise have just gone and come back the same day.
Utilities came in at $257.57. Internet was $40 and electric/water was $149.59. There was also a quarterly charge of $67.98 for trash. This expense should be slightly lower this month since there won’t be a trash bill.
Household expense came in at $585.93. The big bills were $251 for A/C repair and $100 prepay for my dad’s cremation. This was for miscellaneous household items and flowers, plants and other items for the yard.
I spent $20 for phone service. That was the usual monthly amount plus $5 for extra data.
The $10.43spent on health was for some over the counter medicine. This expense will be higher this month.
This month’s expenses will probably be about the same. How was your month?