Track EVERYTHING I spend over the next month

But valuable work. I was pretty shocked how much I spent on clothes (although I secretly knew) and I spent almost as much on drinks as I did on groceries! That will change…guaranteed.

I feel like I have a solid basis for my budget now.

Since I am a complete Excel geek, I felt a need to create a couple of spreadsheets to help me with this. The first page is where I detail out everything I spend and place it into categories, and the second sheet summarizes everything that I’ve spent. So I can see at a glance how much I’ve spent on eating out, clothes (that number is going to scare me, I just know it), rental movies, etc. I think after doing this for a month I’ll be on the road to reaching two other goals; sticking to a budget and paying off one of my credit cards.