Budget Check 1/10/14

For at least the first couple of months, I am planning to do a weekly check up on my budget progress to ensure I am on-target to be with-in my means for the month.

Category	Monthly Total	Spent as of 1-10-2014	Remaining
Giving	$10.00	$10.00	-
Saving	$50.00	$50.00	-
Mortgage	$755.00		$755.00
House Repairs	$25.00		$25.00
City Bill	$125.00	$99.43	$25.57
Gas	$50.00	$56.00	-$6.00
Cable	$78.00		$78.00
Internet	$52.00	$51.87	$0.13
Phone	$95.00	$138.90	-$43.90
Food	$160.00	$35.73	$124.27
Transportation – Gas	$90.00		$90.00
Car Repairs	$15.00		$15.00
Car Insurance	$93.00		$93.00
Clothes and Hair	$25.00		$25.00
Pets	$25.00		$25.00
Household	$15.00		$15.00
Personal	$20.00	$6.46	$13.54
Crossfit	$80.00	$80.00	-
Cleaning	$72.00	$36.00	$36.00
Debt	$633.30	$291.00	$342.30
TOTAL	$2468.30	$855.39	$1,612.91

As you can see, I am over in a couple of categories. The phone bill was more this month as I just switched carriers and it is for a month and a half. Next month, this bill should be close to the budgeted amount. The gas bill for my heater was more than expected, but the city bill was less than projected, so those off-set each other. So far, so good with staying on track with my budget (for the most part). Hopefully it will still be a successful month!