Happy new year! I’m excited to share the year-end results! In addition to the usual detailed breakdown, I have included an annual summary by category. I’m paying my 2021 property taxes in January 2022 instead of my original plan of paying for two years this year. Since I only have five years left on my mortgage, the interest plus two years of property taxes would be too low to itemize on my 2021 tax return. I’m getting really excited about being so close to paying off my mortgage and saving $8,950 per year!
I had my vehicle’s annual oil change, and I had a vehicle repair that I delayed for two years. The repair wasn’t necessary at that time, and I wasn’t informed that the broken parts would cause other parts to break. Fortunately, the chain reaction of broken parts didn’t progress too much. Hopefully, I won’t have any major vehicle or house repairs in 2022. My bulk spending included twelve bottles of wine. I had already decided to drink less in 2022 compared to 2021. After seeing this chart and comparing it to 2020, I definitely need to reduce my alcohol spending. If you tracked your expenses, how do yours compare to mine?
December 2021 Total % of Total
- Alcohol 38.32 411.94 1.69%
- Automobile: fuel 44.43 246.54 1.01%
- Automobile: insurance – 683.00 2.80%
- Automobile: maint & repairs 487.98 487.98 2.00%
- Automobile: regist & inspec – 93.25 0.38%
- Bacon – 8.97 0.04%
- Batteries – 25.79 0.11%
- Beans (canned) – 7.79 0.03%
- Beans, baked (canned) – 5.94 0.02%
- Bread 0.85 13.12 0.05%
- Butter – 2.46 0.01%
- Carrots – 5.12 0.02%
- Cereal 1.15 8.84 0.04%
- Cereal (dessert) – 6.93 0.03%
- Charity 100.00 100.00 0.41%
- Chicken (canned) – 29.92 0.12%
- Chili (canned) – 4.45 0.02%
- Chips (pretzels) 0.82 7.07 0.03%
- Cookies 0.99 1.97 0.01%
- Corned beef (canned) – 5.78 0.02%
- Crackers (saltine) 0.75 9.75 0.04%
- Dentist – 95.00 0.39%
- Eggs 0.79 7.21 0.03%
- Emergency supplies – 2.17 0.01%
- Fast food 4.10 4.10 0.02%
- Feminine products – 6.35 0.03%
- Fruit (bananas, grapes, etc.) 3.64 68.22 0.28%
- Gambling – lottery 14.00 32.00 0.13%
- Gifts – 116.00 0.48%
- Greeting cards – 1.94 0.01%
- Grits – 1.68 0.01%
- Home: HOA dues – 413.91 1.70%
- Home: insurance (flood) – 493.00 2.02%
- Home: insurance (standard) – 494.40 2.03%
- Home: insurance (windstorm) – 623.00 2.55%
- Home: lawn supplies – 122.38 0.50%
- Home: maintenance & repairs 5.27 3,152.41 12.92%
- Home: mortgage 745.83 8,949.96 36.68%
- Home: property taxes – 5,122.43 20.99%
- Hummus – 2.98 0.01%
- Ice cream (incl. fruit bars) – 5.08 0.02%
- Lettuce & tomato 3.64 49.64 0.20%
- Medical supplies & OTC meds – 5.48 0.02%
- Milk – 12.45 0.05%
- Milk (chocolate) – 0.99 0.00%
- Mustard – 1.10 0.00%
- Nuts 18.58 28.62 0.12%
- Olive oil (for salad dressing) – 8.12 0.03%
- Pasta/Rice sides – 23.08 0.09%
- Peanut butter 2.59 12.01 0.05%
- Pizza (frozen) – 7.96 0.03%
- Popcorn (kernels) – 23.56 0.10%
- Postage stamps – 11.60 0.05%
- Potato flakes – 3.75 0.02%
- Potatoes (5 lb) – 2.37 0.01%
- Protein powder – 19.99 0.08%
- Rice (3 lb) – 1.89 0.01%
- Salad dressing mix – 17.48 0.07%
- Shampoo & conditioner – 4.20 0.02%
- Shaving cream – 1.06 0.00%
- Soap (body wash) – 6.21 0.03%
- Soap (hand) – 3.76 0.02%
- Software – 37.87 0.16%
- Spices – 0.98 0.00%
- Toilet paper – 50.42 0.21%
- TV dinners – 28.10 0.12%
- Utilities: cell phone 15.54 183.39 0.75%
- Utilities: electricity 31.56 562.16 2.30%
- Utilities: internet 45.24 556.87 2.28%
- Utilities: natural gas 19.73 270.05 1.11%
- Utilities: water/trash 44.74 536.44 2.20%
- Vegetables (canned) – 3.80 0.02%
- Vegetables (frozen) 0.89 16.87 0.07%
- Vinegar (for salad dressing) – 1.99 0.01%
- Vitamins – 25.37 0.10%
Total $1,631.43 $24,400.46 100.00%
2021 Total % of Total
- Alcohol 411.94 1.69%
- Automotive 1,510.77 6.19%
- Charity 100.00 0.41%
- Electronics 25.79 0.11%
- Fast food 4.10 0.02%
- Gambling 32.00 0.13%
- Gifts 117.94 0.48%
- Groceries 374.81 1.54%
- Housing 19,373.66 79.40%
- Hygiene 72.00 0.30%
- Medical 145.84 0.60%
- Office 49.47 0.20%
- Snacks 73.23 0.30%
- Utilities 2,108.91 8.64%
Total $24,400.46 100.00%
Linda 🙂
Monthly breakdown: January 2021 / February 2021 / March 2021 / April 2021 / May 2021 / June 2021 / July 2021 / August 2021 / September 2021 / October 2021 / November 2021
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