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    Posted: 01 November 2010 at 11:40am
I am in the process of making a budget and don't really want to leave anything out. So what do you budget for and how much (if you don't mind sharing). I'm a bit lost on how much to budget for...

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I'm happy to email you mine if you want but basically I've written down all our bills, like literally all of them and their cost per month. Mine are:

Mortgage
Electricity / Gas (estimate of monthly amount)
Phone / Internet
Sky
Car Registration
WOF & Maintence
Insurance - Life
H's phone
Rates
Insurance - Car
Insurance - Health
Insurance - Home & contents
Petrol
Food
Cellphone - me
Wheelie bin

I think that is all. They are all actual costs apart from electricity that I budget at $180 per month.
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I used this worksheet from NZ Federation of Family Budgeting Services.

http://www.familybudgeting.org.nz/documents/Budget%20Worksheet.xls

Here's a link to their site too, there's some good info http://www.familybudgeting.org.nz/

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This is our budget breakdown. I think everyone would be different in terms of numbers eg we both work and have no kids so so there probably isn't much point giving you ours......

Mortgage
Groceries
Petrol
Pocket Money
Pets
Cars
Gifts
General Insurance
Medical Insurance
Hobbies
Power
Phone
Sky
Rates
Mobile Phone
Alcohol
Takeaways
Restaurants
Clothes
Haircut
Health/Beauty
DVD Hire/Movies
Bank Fees
Misc
Holidays

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Ooo yours is good little red. I'm a single Mum and still have one more year of study before I've finished my degree so things are pretty tight. I just got snapped out needing a new rego and no money to pay it so I really need to get tough on money. Thanks for the websites Jo they are really helpful and thanks Clover I've pretty much copied yours!

Ive had a few more accounts added to my internet banking so I can hopefully follow it quite easily!
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My weekly budget basically includes

Rent
Groceries
Petrol
Personal loan
Bills- what I have done with this is I worked out what bills are due each week of the month and how much they cost. at a maximum. Then I put aside an amount each week which covers that and some more. I put this money into a separate account and that surplus helps to cover bills that are not as regular like car registration/warrant etc so I don't get caught out. For me, I put aside $200 a week and some weeks that only covers what bills I have but other weeks there's a surplus, which I leave there for a surprise bill or if I put too much on the credit card.

The other way to do it is to work out what all your bills are in a year and work out how much they cost you in a week and put aside an amount each week so there'll always be enough there, but I tried that before and it didn't really work for me as amounts are so variable. But it could work for you.

Hope that helps you

Whatever is leftover after these essential costs, I use for things like entertainment or clothes or whatever. I have made my grocery shopping budget higher so that it can incorporate beauty items or cleaning items that I need, otherwise I found those things would consistently bring me over budget... it's working much better just to have a bigger budget for it in the long run (only talking say $10 extra week).

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Me 28, DH 29
DS born 20 Nov 2010 (4 years old)
#2 due October 7
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Hi i have just been reading this and how do you decide how much to put in each like clothes, presents, takeaway ect i was just trying to start a budget for next year and i cant decide what to do.
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We have an amount fortnightly that we put into a separate account. Covers all the usual as above but also servicing & tyres for our car. Kids activities.

It is extremely reassuring to see that money sitting there for my bills. Way less stress
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