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Meeting about the budget this Saturday

rsterbal — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:13:05 +0000

My wife and I are meeting about the budget this Saturday. Food probably won’t be a big deal, but at least I should be able to slice that part of it out and post it here.

Using Quicken has turned into much more of a manual process since my wife’s bank doesn’t support directly downloading into it.

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Another week of stalling… I got Quicken 2012

rsterbal — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:47:52 +0000

I got a download of Quicken 2012 deluxe to track this stuff better…. But finding the deal used up my tracking time for the week . I’ll be tracking spending again next week

The Week 17 Participating Blogs:

This week’s spending

rsterbal — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:14:03 +0000

JAN 17, 2012 GIANT-EAGLE #0004 BETHEL PARK PA Merchandise  - $35.96
JAN 17, 2012 WENDY'S #009 MCMURRAY PA Dining  - $16.37
JAN 16, 2012 TRADER JOE'S #630 QPS PITTSBURGH PA Merchandise  - $68.23
JAN 16, 2012 ARBYS #164 00001644 PITTSBURGH PA Dining  - $3.83
JAN 16, 2012 WAL-MART BETHEL PARK PA Merchandise  - $56.03
JAN 14, 2012 GIANT-EAGLE #0004 BETHEL PARK PA Merchandise  - $63.96
JAN 14, 2012 PIZZA HUT #23997 BETHEL PARK PA Dining  - $17.12
JAN 14, 2012 Carol's Confections Fudge - $7.04
JAN 13, 2012 Aldi Merchandise - $1.49
JAN 12, 2012 Aldi Merchandise - $64.41

The receipts are from Aldi (2), Sam’s, Arby’s, Giant Eagle, Wendy’s and Trader Joe’s

I’m attaching some of the receipts: receipts_2012-01-12 to 2012-01-19

Participating Blogs:

Receipts for the week

rsterbal — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:17:29 +0000

Here are my receipts for this week.

receipts_2012-01-07 to 2012-01-12

Any thoughts on the spending?

Participating Blogs:

Emily Levenson

Plans for the future, scanning receipts

rsterbal — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:23:29 +0000

Here is a sample receipt file:
Sample_Receipt_File

I got a scanner, and found some open source software, PDFTK Builder that lets me merge the separate scanned receipts… take a look and tell me what you think….

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Another disorganised week

rsterbal — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:47:10 +0000

Ok, I have no idea about our spending this week. I’m guessing it was more than any budget.

The biggest change? We got a single serve Keurig, and we cut back on going to Starbucks. The average drink at Starbucks is more than $5 for Melissa. The key thing to see is if we can brew our own coffee with an insert I just ordered.

I’ll try to do a better job next week, it is a New Year after all.

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A day late… and changes on their way

rsterbal — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:33:57 +0000

I’m late this week with the Christmas rush. I got a new scanner this week so I’m going to try to upload my receipts rather than type them in… next week

I’ve finally decided on a budget as a percentage of income. We both make about 50K, and the average American spends 15 to 20% of their budget on food (Source: Gary Foreman, a former financial planner who operates the Web site The Dollar Stretcher, suggested the typical family likely puts between 15 percent and 20 percent of overall spending toward food, including both groceries and restaurant meals. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681240/ns/business-retail/t/how-much-should-you-spend-groceries/#.TvU4IVayVA4
)

I’ll get to more numbers next week

The Week 11 Participating Blogs:

Spending for the week 12/5 to 12/11

rsterbal — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:46:04 +0000

http://emilylevenson.com/custom-made-blog/project-food-budget/details

Spending for the week 12/5 to 12/11

food:   69.65 - STARBUCKS CORP00007609
food:   11.76 - KENNYWOOD/STRATWOOD
food:   86.11 - GIANT-EAGLE #0004
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food: $167.52  Total 

dining:   21.39 - UNOCHICAGOGRILL#843  - 12/05
dining:   8.71 - WENDYS #2354 Q25
dining:   8.33 - KENNYWOOD/STRATWOOD
dining:   12.29 - KENNYWOOD/STRATWOOD
dining:   21.35 - STARBUCKS CORP00079038
dining:   31.62 - STARBUCKS CORP00079038
dining:   22.87 - PANERA BREAD #3488
dining:   34.21 - RED ONIO HOGIES AN BETHEL PARK PA
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dining: $160.77 Total

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Coming next week

rsterbal — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:16:42 +0000

I finally logged in to my credit card, and I’m looking forward to publishing data next week about my spending.

Here is the list of the other bloggers:

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Late Post week 7

rsterbal — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:57:51 +0000

I still don’t have my new crerdit card or online access… Hard to keep track…. Typically I I do my budgeting on Monday, to check the damage from the previous weekend…. Here is the spending I did track….

Aldi Nov 11, 2011, 18.92 in food
  0.99 Pumpkin
  0.99 Pumpkin
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  -.-- Autumn Tableware
  2.49 Pumpkin Pie Bars
  -.-- Oven Glove
  -.-- Oven Mitt
  -.-- Baby Doll
  4.49 Cashews
  0.99 Pumpkin
  2.99 Meat Sticks
  2.99 Meat Sticks
  2.99 Meat Sticks
  -.-- Thomas Train Toy
  -.-- Fisher Price Train Toy
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Sam's Nov 12, 2011, 78.86 in food
  4.88 Strawberries
  -.-- Hybridlilies
  6.98 String Cheese
  8.98 Canadian Bacon
  4.28 Sausage Links
 18.98 Coffee
 18.98 Coffee
  -.-- Hand Cream
  -.-- Benefiber
 15.78 Walnuts
  -.-- Health Aides
  -.-- Cake
  -.-- V-8 Juice
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Giant Eagle Nov 14, 2011, 8.81 in food
  -.-- DVD
  -.-- Kleenex
  -.-- Slow Cooker Liners
  -.-- Slow Cooker Liners
  -.-- Tape
  3.39 Mac n Cheese
  -.-- Containers
  3.94 Milk
  -.-- DVD
  1.48 Bulk Candy
  -.-- DVD
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Aldi Nov 13, 2011, 2.58 in food
  1.29 Beef Broth
  1.29 Beef Broth

Below is a list of the participating blogs:The official details:

http://emilylevenson.com/custom-made-blog/project-food-budget/details

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