May Review and June Budget

Bills (rent, cable, cell, loan repayments, etc) Budget: $1,605

Total: $1,650

Difference: -$45 

Grocery Budget: $200

Total: $134.00 

Difference: +$66

Eating out/Entertainment: $300

Total: $182.16

Difference: +$117.84

Shopping Budget: $100

Total:$115

Difference: -$15

Gifts Budget: $150

Total: $222.34

Difference: -$72.34 (forgot about my great Aunt's birthday, and my mom went WAY overboard on presents, and wanted me to put in half. Not cool.)

Medical Budget: $25

Total: $25

Difference: 0

Travel: $100

Actually Spent: $100

Difference: 0

JUNE BUDGET

• Rent:$857

• Transportation:$299

• Comcast (Internet+Cable): $238

• Phone: $100

• Loans: $165

• Credit Report: $17

• Netflix:$5

• Groceries: $200 

• Eating out/Entertainment: $150

• **Medical: $55

• **Travel: $50

• ** Shopping: $50

• ** Gifts: $100

• ** Misc: $50

All of the "**" are new categories. Well, new for me. For some reason I didn't include them in my previous budgets (see, I AM learning something by tracking and trying to budget, regardless of my success rate!). 

Some other changes:
Cut Entertainment/Eating Out in Half.

Cut Shopping in half. 

Cut travel in half. 

Cut Gifts by $50. 

I've decided to try to cut spending this month. We already have a lot of activities this month, between friends and Groupons to use. I went shopping pretty hard in May, and the only thing I really wanted this month was a VS bathing suit (ya know, for some extra "Ummpphh") but it's really not necessary. I want to throw all extra money into paying off student loans, or one in particular, so I need to cut back.