- Housing – $3,600 (condo mortgage, apartment rent, condo assessment)
- Utilities – $161 (cell phone, electric, Internet – lower this month since I changed to cheaper cell phone plan that took effect on 11/11. Will be even lower next month.)
- Transportation – $156 (car share, monthly transit pass, plane tickets, and cabs)
- Education – $2,055 (a$1,990 tuition payment for this semester, this could also be considered debt because it’s on my credit card until the rent check comes to take care of most of it; $55 is for printing and binding of my dissertation proposal, well worth the expense)
- Personal Upkeep – $70 ($60 hair cut + $10 tip)
- Food – $797 (dining out, groceries, coffee, and the bar)
- Medical – $45 (insurance co-pays, birth control, and vitamins)
- Outsourced services - $226 (this month, $42 laundry and $184 for a furnace repair, including handyman)
- Miscellaneous - $483 (gifts, clothing, shoes, toiletries and cosmetics, concerts and movies, yoga and ballet classes, books – much better than that $1,700+ in August). Here’s the breakdown:
- Gifts – $117
- Clothes – $166
- Product (makeup and potions) – $173
- Books – $27
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