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Closing out our calendar year 2020 household budget, ended up with some surprising figures

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jan 11 '21, 09:46

Food: 30.6% over budget
Entertainment: 16.1% under
Household expenses: 7.9% over
Utilities: 4.3% under
Travel: 4.5% under
Medical: 31.7% under
Media: 200.0% over
Car: 73.1% under
Clothes: 37% under
Classes: 41% over
Gift: 26% under
Donations: 10% under

Overall: 7.8% under

Still can't figure why we were so far over on food. And I'm really surprised that we were under on utilities, considering we were home 24/7 for most of the year.

Responses:

Utilities down because the gas price is down and that usually trends electric and natural gas down too -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 11, 10:15
(____!____) -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 09:56
for me "dining out" down 52% and "groceries" up 22%. does "entertainment" count dining out? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 09:55 6
- we usually count dining out in Food -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 09:57 5
  - I have a category for Dining which is generally very little. This year under my weekly "support local business" plan, it's huge. -- nm - Meg Jan 11, 10:00
  - I'm more granular than are you, appar. (I have a separate category for books too bc I know I tend to overspend there.) -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 09:58 3
    - "Boots (Regular)" "Boots (Sweater)" -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 10:00 2
      - I don't even have a "shoes" line. isn't that nuts? I've been spending so little on clothes and shoes that... it would be overkill to sort sep. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 10:12 1
        
        I do have "liquor" "beer" and "drinks out." so.... -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 10:12
that Media % though -- nm - decline Jan 11, 09:49 5
- They have an ungodly jigsaw puzzle addiction that must be fed. -- nm - David Jan 11, 10:06 1
  - this is true -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 10:21
- that kept surprising me throughout the year - it ended up mainly being books my wife bought -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 09:50 2
  - who the heck reads books anymore? -- nm - decline Jan 11, 09:52 1
    - She's just in it for the gold leaf. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 09:53

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