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[lizbeth_r9]

I've started keeping track of everything I spend and budgeting. It really takes the fun out of eating junk food :(

Good news for me though- I went to the dentists this morning for the first time in at least a decade, and he said my teeth were fine :) I had some concerns that there would be problems that I should have dealt with years ago.

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[egrek]

interesting, how do you keep track of it all?

(I'm a friend of friend randomly found you by your NODDSOC post before getting scared! ;D)

Just I've never met anyone else who tracekd things on a budget! (I blame me travelling!)

[lizbeth_r9]

Simply...

Bored at work + access to excel + way too much debt.

I have a table for my direct debits, and a table for my regular out goings (linked to pivot tables so I can be more precise than I want to than the broad labels like ‘food’ that I have in there).

I get a salary and keep track of what I can claim back from work (travel expenses for meetings etc). Having budgeted for my 'regular out goings', I can see how much I could save each month- and how much I have so far.

This is my first month, but I really need to stick to it. I end up travelling a lot too- it's shocking how much you end up spending on things like taxis (too tired after the train) and satisfying the travel munchies!

Can I ask where you got your lj name from?

[egrek]

So do you work out what you get.
What you SHOULD spend it on (and what should be saved)
And then what you do spend it on?

I have a record of my spendings, but the budget idea was lost a good 8 months back! :)

And if not for mad weekends of mass spending, I'd try doing it again...
It's always nice to knwo how much money I have, had and the difference a little care can make!

for me, drinks, meals and friends are the big spenders, at least a 1/3 my salary a month!

My name I made up many a yoor ago.

[lizbeth_r9]

One week in and so far I think I’ll make it under budget! Especially if it stays too cold to go out L

Your name was making me think of a letter from the French alphabet and a sound that the pipes make on Red Dwarf. But I’m still sure it was a characters name in a book I’ve read at some point- but then I suppose most name like sounds have been used for a character in a book at some point.

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