Spending Overview:

I’m keeping track of my spending to hopefully break the habit of going over budget. This daily budget approach actually ended up going very well! It is definitely what I needed to get out of the monthly overspend habit. The weekly spend:

Shopping: $11
Food: $51
Travel: $33

I’ll post my monthly totals in my August net worth post, which will be coming shortly. My spending habits broken down by days:

Day 1-6

Beginning Balance: $90
Spending: $0
Ending Balance: $90

I did really well with no spending for 6 days in a row! My longest streak yet!

Day 7

Beginning Balance: $105
Spending: $33
Ending Balance: $72

I spent $33 oan very last minute plane tickets. Thank goodness for credit card reward points that allowed me to attend a funeral.

Day 8

Beginning Balance: $87
Spending: $24
Ending Balance: $63

I went out to eat ($13) and made a purchase on Target.com ($11)

Day 9

Beginning Balance: $78
Spending: $38
Ending Balance: $40

I stocked up on some snacks for my trip.

Day 10

Beginning Balance: $55
Spending: $0
Ending Balance: $55

The purchases I made on this day ended up showing up on my Credit cards as a September 1st purchase. My laptop that is in the repair shop has not been returned so the $75 was not paid out either. I was $55 under budget for the month of August!! The daily budget approach worked. I’ll try to keep this up but most likely not on my blog.