Entertainment expense was for one month of Amazon Prime, one month Hulu, one month of Peacock, one month of Max and a trip to the movies. Two movie tickets, one popcorn and one drink cost $32.81 and that was using coupons. I don’t think going to the movie theater is a good value anymore. Since I have plenty to watch on the streaming services I probably won’t go to the movies again until I get a special deal.
My transportation expense consisted of $198.64 for gas.
My food expense was $709.04. That is divided between $504.59 for groceries and $204.45 for restaurants. That is much higher than I’d like. We are well stocked for this month and I’ll keep a closer eye on food spending so this expense should go way down this month.
Travel expense came in at $0. I did book a couple of tickets with miles, but I’m very likely to have to cancel them so I’m not counting the taxes and fees on the award ticket as an expense yet.
Utilities came in at $256.63. This was for electric, trash, and internet.
Household expense came in at $381.35. This was much higher than normal. The big expenses were buying a lawn mower and lots of lawn care stuff. The rest was the usual cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and lots of other household stuff.
I spent $214.26 for one month of phone service for my wife plus one year of phone service for me.
The $28.32 spent on health consisted of $8.32 for medicine, and $20 for a doctor’s visit. I saved some money in this category since I was able to pay my wife’s health insurance premium with rewards earned for completing healthy activities through her health insurance. This expense will be higher this month.
This month’s expenses should be lower. How was your month?
May’s expenses were slightly higher than I’d prefer, but still fairly low.
Entertainment expense was for one month of Amazon Prime, one month Hulu, one month of Peacock, and one month of Max.
My transportation expense consisted of $130.35 for gas and $25.30 for a flat tire repair.
My food expense was $416.91. That is divided between $306.06 for groceries and $110.86 for restaurants. That is lower than the previous month, but still higher than I’d like. I might just have to accept that this is how much we will normally spend on food though.
Travel expense came in at $8.40. That was the excise fee charged by American Express for transferring some Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines. The ability to transfer Amex to Hawaiian is ending this month so I transferred some points so when the points eventually are turned into Alaska Air miles I will have enough points for at least two one-way economy tickets from the U.S. to Thailand.
Utilities came in at $210.43. This was for electric and internet.
Household expense came in at $294.55. This was much higher than normal. The big expenses were paying for my yearly CLE and sending some money to my wife’s family. The rest was the usual cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and lots of other household stuff.
I spent $15 for one month of phone service for my wife plus extra data.
The $331.82 spent on health consisted of $61.46 for an insurance premium, $7.61 for medicine, and $255.54 for a doctor’s visit. I once again made the mistake of visiting a doctor that was out-of-network for my insurance. I shouldn’t make that mistake again this year.
This month’s expenses should be around the same. How was your month?
