May Budget & Goals, and Where'd My Money Go?!

I finally done it- I've created a monthly budget! Let's see if this keeps me on track better! I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out, being that I've never officially created one before!

Bills
Rent: $834.00
Cable: $211.11
Phone: $84.00
Transportation: $300
Loan Repayment: $310.00
Groceries: $400
Netflix: $5.34

Savings: $400.00 (If I can do this, I will be a mere $250 away from being able to afford the flight to India for my bff's wedding...eeeeee!!)


Other
Wedding Gifts: $200 (2 weddings)
Other Gifts: $150.00 (5 presents, Mother's Day and 2 birthdays)
Wedding Attire: $150.00
Dentist: $5.00
Hotel in Florida: $220
Spending Money for Florida: $150
Miscellany: $150.00

Total: $3559.45
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Week of 4/25

Bills
$834 - rent
$300 - transportation
$15 - Credit Report (seriously need to cancel this- arrgghh!)
Total: $1233.00

Entertainment
$64.50 - went to dinner/drinks with a friend I haven't seen on awhile

Shopping
$140 - bought my sari for May 31 wedding! (temporary- my mom is giving me back this money as she wants to buy the sari for me. Thanks mom!

Other
$6.50 - Metrocard: went to see mom for sari window shopping, and going on Friday night after dinner
$5.00 - Burger King
Total: $215.00

Grand Total: $1365.00

Being that this was mostly spent on bills, I think I did pretty well!