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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

My first ever budget

Well I,ve committed myself now there,s no going back. Remember this is in Australian Dollars and are monthly figures.
  • Food : $400.00
  • Petrol : $100.00
  • Mobile phone : $30.00
  • Entertainment $ 80.00
  • Clothes $00.00
  • Entertainment $ 100.00

Outstanding bills for June.

  • Electricity $ 350.00
  • Car rego $ 400.00
  • Phone : $250.00
  • Debt : $50.00

Monthly total $1,740

Monthly income $2,000

Savings $260.00

I have not got any idea at this stage if my budget is going to work, as I have never ever tried to do this before, this is not a working budget I won,t be able to do that until I have cleared the backlog so at the end of the Month I may put money away into future bills instead of into savings, but first I,ll see how I go. Into jars I will be putting, my petrol money, my entertainment money and if I was buying anything new this month I would also put that money into a jar. Wish me luck.

Spends so far this month

Debt $25.00

Petrol $10.00

4 comments:

  1. It's a great idea to clear the backlog and then start saving every month for the quarterly/annual bills.

    Good luck!

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  2. Good for you for taking that first step and writing out your first budget. Remember that a budget is a work in progress so it may take two or three months to tinker with it and get into the swing of things.

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  3. Um....you have entertainment on there twice. :-)

    You can do this girl! Can't wait to see how it goes!

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  4. You are right LeighAnn so I do, the second one for $100.00 is for a weekend away that I have planned at the end of the month, and the $80.00 entertainment is to be broken down into a measly $20.00 a week. I think this may be too litle and may need to be increased once I get on my feet, still I,m sure I can manage without lifes little luxuries for 1 month. Fingers and toes crossed.

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