Friday, November 30, 2007

So, where did my money go?

Here's a breakdown for the month:

$ 568.72 Animal Medical Center
$ 13.07 Arby's
$ 19.17 Arnie's
$ 11.27 Barnes & Noble
$ 10.60 Bath & Body Works
$ 22.40 Big Lots
$ 24.68 Birthday Direct
$ 44.73 Bob's Butcher Block
$ 10.60 Bono's
$ 1.79 Butternut Bread Store
$ 14.83 Cascarelli's
$ 140.00 Cash (Husband's Withdrawals)
$ 49.00 Celebration Cinema
$ 12.69 Circuit City
$ 250.00 Citibank
$1,782.86 Countrywide
$ 3.78 D&W
$ 8.00 Dale & Thomas
$ 27.50 Dollar Tree
$ 49.28 Family Fare
$ 10.00 Grand Rapids Children's Museum
$ 70.13 Hobby Lobby
$ 22.95 Home Depot
$ 0.82 KB Toys
$ 10.75 Kent District Library
$ 9.95 Little Cesears
$ 7.50 Long John Silver
$ 10.09 McDonald's
$ 17.19 Mr. Burger
$ 221.19 Meijer
$ 15.84 Michael's
$ 5.83 Old Navy
$ 31.21 Pizza Hut
$ 14.57 Red Robin
$ 20.12 Rio Grande
$ 15.27 Rite Aid
$ 19.95 Savings Angel
$ 53.43 Sears
$ 91.12 Speedway
$ 51.90 Staples
$ 10.50 Swiss Colony
$ 10.47 TGIFriday's
$ 8.03 Taco Bell
$ 139.47 Target
$ 8.26 Villa Pizza
$ 10.44 VistaPrint
$ 85.72 Walgreens
$ 68.43 WalMart
$ 85.80 Younker's

Typing out this list made me want to throw up. I actually feel nauseous. I'm not working. I was let go from my job almost a month ago and I'm collecting severance. I'm not paying a babysitter $180/week and I'm not filling up my car almost twice a week. I've never tracked my spending like this before and this a month where I know I've spent less than I usually do. The hard part is that Christmas is coming, I'm behind on my bills (obviously, you don't see many things were paid this month...yet I still seem to be spending) and it's hard to sit home all day with my kids and not think about going out, which leads to spending money.

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