Money Diary: Philly & the burbs

[olivesyou]

Married living in the suburbs outside Philadelphia.  Work in 2 locations, alternating between commuting into the city and to another suburb.  2 kids, both in full time daycare.  H also works full time

Monthly income: ~9k

Monthly bills:
Mortgage - 2600
Daycare - 2130
utilities/bills/savings - 1000 (car lease, cable, internet, cell phone, electricity, life insurance, 529 contributions)

Sunday - Breakfast at home.  My nieces birthday party is in the afternoon, so we have pizza at the party.  Come home and everyone naps (PRAISE THE LORD!).  I am not hungry for dinner when we wake up, but H is, so he takes the boys to taco bell for a late dinner: $10.  
Day total: $10

Monday - Breakfast at home.  Head to work in the burbs.  I pack my lunch, but go to Chipotle with a coworker $8.  Dinner is at home, then my mom comes over to watch the boys while H and I drop off stuff at the big consignment sale going on.  That takes 2 hours.  Come home exhausted.
Day total: $8

Tuesday - grab dunkin breakfast on the way to the train station for work in Philly.  Train pass comes out of my paycheck each month.  Pay dunkin with my perks $4.00.  Eat my packed lunch from yesterday.  Call to close out my HSA account bc since I am no longer contributing to it they are charging me $4 a month!  I only have $45 left in there, so I spend the $45 at the HSA store on sun screen and band aids.  Dinner is at home.  Run to walgreens after the kids are in bed to get makeup removing wipes and night light bulbs, but once there decide to buy all the Easter candy: $45
Day total: $94

Wednesday - breakfast at work (free this week, we all take turns buying).  Lunch out in Philly with coworkers $20.  On the way home I finish my book, so I order another one on the kindle for $8.  Dinner is at home.  After the boys are in bed I head to the consignment pre-sale, spend $35 on some clothes and books that will come from the Easter bunny in their baskets
Day total: $55

Thursday - working from home today, so drop the kids off at school and run to Giant for some necessities (milk, bread, eggs, lunch meat, fruit.) $36.  Eat breakfast at home.  Get a call that my youngest threw up at school, so go pick him up.  Learn that 8 of the 15 babies have been sent home from school today, we have been hit with the stomach bug.  =(  Lunch is rice soup at home, dinner is leftovers (more rice soup for sick LO).  H picks up whiskey on the way home from work $35.  I fall in love with a LuLaRoe outfit (why does this happen every thursday!) and buy it for $64
Day total: $135

Friday - Baby is still sick, so I work from home again.  Breakfast and lunch are at home, in between massive loads of laundry from the baby getting sick everywhere.  We can't risk going out for dinner, so I order Panera online and have H pick it up on the way home. 2 adult meals and 1 kids meal: $23. While at work H orders tickets for Sundays Phillies game, 3 of the cheap seats: $93
Day total: $116

Saturday - Baby is feeling better, but we skip swim lessons, bc that would be a disaster if he had an accident in the pool!  Its the older ones first tball game, so we stop at dunking ($5 on perks) and head to the game.  After the game come home for a quick PB&J lunch before heading to a birthday party for a cousin.  After the party put the baby in for a nap and I head to Ulta for an eye brow pencil and dry shampoo $20.  When the baby wakes up we are a little hungry, so call my brother to meet us at a local restaurant.  End up waiting 45 minutes for a table that was supposed to be ready in 10, so we leave and order a pizza.  Brother picks up wine, I pick up the pizza $30.  Feed the kids, put them to bed, hang with H and my brother.  Then I go to bed, H & brother head out to a bar where H spends $18.
Day total: $73

Week total spent: $491
Food (including grocery) - $135
Shopping (not including grocery) - $209
alcohol/bars - $53
Phillies tickets - $93

[daisypaloma]

Thanks! You're pulling some superwoman stuff right here. You have 2 kids and you commute to 2 places, one in an one out of the city. And your weekly spending is very good for a family of 4 IMO.