I haven't tracked my budget in a long time, but I know a lot of it is on rent and eating. Alcohol was up there, but I haven't been drinking much of late.

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According to statistics culled from the Department of Labor, Americans, on average, spend $8,758 annually on transportation-related expenses, $2,698 on entertainment, and $6,133 on food. (Alcohol expenditures clocked in at $457.) Perhaps not surprisingly, most of our pay—$16,920 of it— goes into our homes.

 

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Rent, bills, food, rent, bills, rent, bills. Do you guys try to allot a certain amount each month as your spending money? Like after you figure how much goes into rent, do you budget yourself? Never seems to work for me and I end up living for like a week on like those $30 I get in available credit after I pay my ridiculous CC bills.

As of late,  i've been paying bills and rent.

That's about it.

i've been trying to get my credit up into the 800s so i've been paying my bills more than ever (sometimes double pmts each month).  Another year or so and I should be in the 800's.

this is my life.

so sad.

I will say this...it feels damn good to open up a cell phone bill and electric bill in the same month and seeing a credit balance.

Oh, and I decided a couple months ago to get a best buy card just for the hell of it.

I got a 2k limit so I decided to get some really nice Bose speakers for my pc.

I have two years to pay it off (they cost $400) with a pretty low interest rate. I couldn't resist.