Here is a breakdown of my expenses for June.
| Rent | $550 |
| Household | $1866.31 |
| Utilities | $220.90 |
| Entertainment | $4.33 |
| Transportation | $413.29 |
| Food | $219.28 |
| Health | $150.79 |
| Student Loan | $248.79 |
| Phone | $20 |
| Total | $3693.69 |
June’s expenses were unusually high due to having to pay an insurance deductible. Expenses should be back to a normal level this month.
Entertainment expense was $4.33 for Amazon Prime. That was my balance after applying a free gift card to my account. I also got 1 year of Apple TV free from one of my credit cards. I don’t plan on signing up for any other TV services for a while. These plus YouTube provide me with way more stuff than I can watch.
My transportation expense consisted of $148.66 for gas, $79.81 for 2 years license on my car, and $184.82 for maintenance. The maintenance expense is for an alignment and a partial payment on 4 new tires. I was able to finance the tires for 6 months with no interest.
Food expense was $219.28. That is divided between $170.16 for groceries and $49.12 for restaurants. That was abnormally low. Grocery expense was helped by us stocking up at the end of the previous month and having a free $25 Walmart gift card. Restaurant expense was low due to having a free McDonald’s gift card and using some Paze promos.
Travel expense came in at $0.
Utilities came in at $220.90. Internet was $40 and electric/water was $164.91. I also paid $15.99 for the first month of a new trash service. This expense will be higher this month since we will be using the A/C more.
Household expense came in at $1866.31. The big bill was $1700 for my part of our insurance deductible that was used to fix our roof after hailstorm damage. The rest 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 $150.79 spent on health for a doctor visit.
I paid $248.79 on my student loan. The loan had been paused since 2020, but they resumed requiring payments again last month.
This month’s expenses should be much lower. How was your month?