And in my budget, I am noticing that I spent around $35,000 net this year, give or take a couple hundred.
This is not all money that has left my fingers forever, because I do count savings as an expense in my budget.
I do this because I assume that I am not spending it, and my net worth is really what shows the balance between Assets and Liabilities.
I try to keep to a personal budget of around $1000 – $1500, but the $35,000 includes my business expenses in here, as I am a freelancer.
When you look at someone’s trend of spending, you can see where they put their priorities.
I will post the specific numbers later but these are my top 5 categories of spending so far:
- Retirement Savings
- Rent
- Travel
- Groceries
- Wardrobe (Heh heh.)
Mine don’t seem so out of place, and I have a wardrobe ban on myself until December 2010.
More as a challenge than anything else, really.
Travel was high but we did a lot of traveling on the cheap this year, including going to Portugal for 3 weeks, and I traveled quite a bit for work as well.
Can’t wait to look at my year-end numbers for 2010.
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
I cleared $60,000 in 18 months earning $65,000 gross/year.
Now I am self-employed, and you can read more about 
