Now I have all these neat categories but sometimes it is not clear where a particular expense should be recorded.
For example, when we are eating out and order drinks with dinner, should it go under "alcohol" or under "eating out"? I am putting it under eating out, because it is simpler than trying to separate it, even though it could constitute 1/3 or more of the meal cost.
But if we are eating out because we are on a 4 day ski weekend in VT, does it go under eating out or under skiing? And should the hotel room go under "vacation" or "weekends away" or "skiing". If it not for skiing we would not be in that hotel room or eating that meal out.
I went to Papyrus and got gorgeous christmas wrapping paper and some other holiday stuff at 70% off - to use for next year. (They have really nice stuff that is too expensive at a regular price but perfect at 70% off) Under which category do I write this down?
Maybe I am obsessing about it too much Just want to do it right.
Having trouble classifying my expenses
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Maybe not very efficient but that's how I roll.
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I personally would not separate out at alcohol. (Just too much work).
BUT for us, because we spend so little on eating out (ideally anyway) and eating out is usually our biggest expense on vacation, I usually put all eating out while we are on a trip to "vacation." I probably wouldn't otherwise, but it just skews our normal budget so much and really becomes an inherent expense of vacation.
January 15th, 2009 at 10:46 pm 1232059613
I just have a category under FOOD and have a subcategory such as groceries, eating out. If you want to break down the bill in different areas, you could. Most realize how expensive drinks are compared to the meal itself. It all depends on how much information you want. You might want to just keep a booklet listing certain things separately.