Here is a breakdown of my expenses for March.
Household |
$378.73 |
Entertainment |
$56.68 |
Transportation |
$181.06 |
Food |
$169.15 |
Debt | $15.33 |
Phone |
$26.81 |
Health |
$120.97 |
Electric |
$16.10 |
Internet |
$15.96 |
Total |
$980.89 |
My March Expenses were up from February but they are still reasonable. I did manage to keep the monthly total under $1000 although it was closer than I’d prefer.
Food was the only category I feel like I spent too much on. I would be okay with the total if it was for healthy food purchases. Since it was mainly for fast food, soda, sweet tea, and junk food I need to do better.
I expect my expenses will be about the same this month. There probably won’t be much change to my expenses until this summer. To meet my goal of keeping expenses under minimum wage I just need to keep my spending under $1274 a month. That should be easy unless I get crazy on spending money on traveling later this year. My stretch goal of keeping spending under $1000 a month appears to be easily attainable at this point as well.