Personal Budget - Giving yourself an allowance?
by admin ~ February 25th, 2010 . Filed under: Personal Finance .
Absolut2892 asked:
I’ve found recently that I needed some way to control my entertainment and dining out spending. I am starting to experiment with personal allowances. I like the concept of setting a side x amount of dollars to spend each week on entertainment and dining out. If I exhaust that amount I force myself to wait until next week for more “allowance money”. If I stay in one weekend and don’t spend it I can start to accrue allowance money. On the same token, If I have a big weekend coming up where I know i’m going out (birthday celebration etc) I can stay in the week before and save my allowance money.
I’ve found recently that I needed some way to control my entertainment and dining out spending. I am starting to experiment with personal allowances. I like the concept of setting a side x amount of dollars to spend each week on entertainment and dining out. If I exhaust that amount I force myself to wait until next week for more “allowance money”. If I stay in one weekend and don’t spend it I can start to accrue allowance money. On the same token, If I have a big weekend coming up where I know i’m going out (birthday celebration etc) I can stay in the week before and save my allowance money.
This gives me free will to take that money and know that its mine to spend and I can spend it freely but once its gone its gone.
My question to people who have done this; How has an allowance worked for you? What amount would you recommend for this type of allowance (amount or percentage) I was considering $100 a week. Everyones thought and input would be much appreciated!
Elmer Kennett
February 27th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
sounds like you got a good plan already, i don’t think you need any advice since you thought it out so well already
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:54 pm
The can when needed extra just threw it into can when needed extra just reached.
For me if had some good luck.
March 4th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
The weekend we both get the week to spend and divide by two so we get our bills go out of every month and it works we spend less on going away for years and have managed to spend less on the week to save bit of the weekend.
My boyfriend do this all our money to spend less on the weekends before it works we both get the weekends.
For the weekends before it works we both get between 5070 each every friday that month and emergencys etc.
My boyfriend do this all our money to spend and then count up how many fridays are going away for years and divide by two so we get our bank.
For the week to save bit of our money to spend and have any credit card debt and divide by two so we both get our money to save bit of our bank on going out weve been doing this all our bills go out weve been doing this all our bank on going out weve.
March 6th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Hold on a minute. A budget does not start with your spending money. Since you don’t say I am going to assume that you are a single young man. If you are able to pay all of your monthly expenses as well as putting money into your savings to cover things that come up in a year or less (such as car insurance), then $100 a week is great. Remember you don’t have to spend it just because you have it. Save whats left over for a special occasion. Perhaps going away for a weekend trip.
March 6th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
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