Jan
2013
Weekly Spending: Dec. 30, 2012 – Jan. 5, 2013
Sunday
No Spend Day!
Monday
Pay Day!
-$9.73 lunch @ Koryo Korean BBQ
-$288.00 part payment of my plane ticket to Mexico
-$750.00 January rent
-$101.12 monthly Student Loan payment
Tuesday
-$94.50 transit tickets
Wednesday
-$26.83 jean shorts from American Eagle
-$7.01 two candles 75% off from Bath & Body Works
Thursday
-$3.68 veggies from neighborhood market
-$100.00 opened a TFSA and this was my starting contribution
Friday
No Spend Day!
Saturday
-$10.93 Qoola Frozen Yogurt Bar (treat for myself & J!)
-$38.71 groceries @ Superstore
Total Spend: -$1430.51
It figures that the first week I choose to track my spending is a week that I spend much more than usual. Although almost 50% of that “spend” went towards rent. I live in one of the most expensive cities in Canada, North America, the world and pay $750.00 a month for my 400 square feet bachelorette pad. I guess it’s the robbery price I pay for living in one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Good news is that I’m moving in with J on February 1st so soon enough my rent will be noticeably cheaper (details later…)
Other things to note this week:
- No Starbucks!
- I bought transit tickets rather than my usual $124 monthly pass because I am going to Mexico for a week so I won’t be commuting to work as much. Buying the 3 books of tickets saves me $29.50 woop woop
- One of my 13 for ’13 goals was to have at least one No Spend Day a week and the first week of the new year I had two!!!
- Another goal of mine was to open an RRSP account. After much thought, deliberation, and online research, I decided at this point in my life I would benefit more to open a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) <–future blog topic
And that is my first weekly spend report. Surprisingly I found it rather fun to write about (uhhh ohhh PF nerdy side showing). Using a spending app definitely made it much easier to keep track of all my expenses and also makes tracking every dollar and cent slightly cooler 
I use the iSpending app for Iphone to track my expenses. Which app do you use? Any recommendations?
Annabel
January 7, 2013 at 7:16 am (135 days ago)I track my spending in my diary (I have one of those notebook planners from Moleskine), it helps me to see it visually all written out together. I also pre-deduct my rent and other standing orders from my income before working out my weekly budget so I don’t have to track that sort of thing. Hope week two is going well!
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January 7, 2013 at 8:54 am (135 days ago)Those notebook planners are classic! Thanks for commenting Annabel
The Asian Pear
January 11, 2013 at 9:47 am (131 days ago)I use an app called Toshl… But I don’t really use it. I like my Excel sheets. So I just jot down a note on my phone and log it in Excel later.
debtperception
January 26, 2013 at 3:25 pm (116 days ago)I record my expenses in a budget spreadsheet on my computer. I also have 0 income presently and no spend days are pretty easy because I don’t enjoy spending my husband’s income. You pay more for your tiny pad than I do for my 1 bedroom apartment! But I’ll be moving soon too, can’t wait!
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January 28, 2013 at 6:21 pm (113 days ago)I prefer my excel sheets. I’m a freak for spending and budgeting, it’s kind of crazy how much I love it.
http://www.thebudgetingtool.com/why-buy/
Girl Meets Debt
January 28, 2013 at 6:42 pm (113 days ago)I’ve been following your blog for awhile now and I can see you truly do love excel sheets and budgeting. I can definitely learn a thing or two from you