Expense/Income Tracking

Here is a breakdown of my income for November.

My job income should go up this month because I will have three paychecks.  Online income was way up for November due to selling some links and a large affiliate commission.  That won’t be repeated this month and online income will go way down for the month.  I’m unlikely to have any bank bonuses this month and interest will stay about the same.  Overall I am pretty happy with the amount of income and hope I can match it in December.

Here is a breakdown of my income for October.

My income was down a little this month.  This was due both to fewer hours at my job and less alternative income.  Both should be up this month and my overall income should be over $2000 this month.

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for October.

Household expenses were a little high because I had one week of overlapping rent. They will go down this month.  Utilities will go up this month because I’ll have the expense of gas heat for the entire month.  Food cost was a little high because I ate way too much fast food and junk food.  I’ll try to eat better and cheaper this month.  Transportation cost will probably go up due to the rising gas prices.  Entertainment costs will go down significantly this month since I won’t repeat the wasteful spending of last month.  Medical/Dental expense will go up some because I’m having some dental work done this month.  I hope to be able to pay the same or more on my student loans.

Here is a breakdown of my income for September.

My number of sources of income went down but my job income went up so my income remained roughly the same. This month will probably be about the same as well.

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for September.

Expenses went up higher than I wanted.  I had a car repair and a traffic ticket that inflated my transportation expenses.  They should be lower this month although I do have a repair to make.  Medical expenses were high because I had my quarterly health insurance bill.  This ought to go down this month but I hope to have a dental appointment so it may not go down much.  Entertainment was higher than usual because I gambled $60.  That is out of my system for now and this month’s entertainment expense should be very low because I have two free gift cards that can be used for movies.  Food and household should be about the same.  I probably won’t be able to pay as much towards debt this month.  That is the one category of my expenses I want to be bigger.