https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:25:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-781150 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:29:12 +0000 Ash 781150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: We barely ever ate out but now that I'm pregnant, I never want to cook and we get takeout a LOT!</p> <p>I said over $2000... but that's because we live off of DH's paycheck and mine pays my car payment and groceries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-781145 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:25:27 +0000 avivoca 781145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: And, on the plus side, depending on the roads, you may have the option to run to/from work. I miss that the most. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-781103 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:09:18 +0000 mlm2934 781103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: that's what I most am looking forward to!!! The place I'm talking to about a job is less than 5min away! So instead of commuting 5 hrs a week, it would be 50min a week! I feel so rested and energetic just thinking about it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-781056 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:56:08 +0000 avivoca 781056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: Part of me misses having limited options for eating out, plus living only 5 minutes from my job, as opposed to the 30-40 minute evening commute I have now. Ick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-781047 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:54:06 +0000 mlm2934 781047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: @evansjamie: way too much of our leftover money goes to eating out, and we won't be doing much of that when we move since such a smaller town - hoping to be pleasantly surprised by how far our money goes when the eating out temptation is gone :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780991 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:36:38 +0000 Chillybear 780991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay ourselves about $100 a week each and thats to cover our personal expenses clothes, gifts, meals out, etc. And we've been trying to put $300 a month into savings. this will change once we need to pay daycare </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780976 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:28:36 +0000 DillonLion 780976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 1k but we send a large majority of that towards our student loans, so we are pretty paycheck-paycheck...but if we weren't trying to pay down our student loans ASAP, we'd be a lot more flush each month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780964 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:24:06 +0000 avivoca 780964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: Oh man, we are so, so bad about eating out. Especially now that I'm pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780946 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:18:12 +0000 googly-eyes 780946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After groceries and gas too about a thousand but that money goes quickly on trips to visit family which is really important to us and this past year on baby gear. And we are really bad about eating out a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780943 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:14:54 +0000 Bao 780943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$200-$300 on a good month. Things are tight around here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780936 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:12:59 +0000 HLK208 780936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After savings, bills, gas and groceries, we are at $1500-2000 a month which is without any extra's. It will be more comfortable when I start to work again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780895 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:54:20 +0000 IRunForFun 780895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, we should have roughly $3,500 left a month to put into savings, but that's after strictly "necessary" expenses (rent, electric bill, cable bill, cell phone bill, groceries, and gas.) It doesn't count things that pop up, like car repairs, buying gifts, or eating out. </p> <p>However, we're definitely not *actually* saving that much, we're probably closer to $2,500. </p> <p>This will change in a few months when we move into a new, pricier apartment, and SO goes down to part-time work hours while going back to school full-time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780882 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:48:22 +0000 Bookish 780882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before savings, but after bills (we put about 300$/month in savings, plus 401k, plus some into an HSA acct) we have about 400-500$ leftover for *fun* money. It varies week to week depending on how much the bills are, and how much we spend on groceries. </p> <p>After LO gets here, that's going down to zero. I've budgeted about 200$ a month for fun, but I really doubt we well find the space for even that. :/ No fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780874 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:44:57 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 780874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$800-$900.</p> <p>A bit too tight. :/</p> <p>Eta: That is with me working part time. If I worked full time, our number would be a lot higher!!! (2000+) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780872 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:44:39 +0000 Alivoo01 780872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We strictly live off of my paycheck so after all the expenses are taken out, we're pretty darn low. However, we save all of the hubby's earnings, or use very minimal of it, if possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780856 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:39:19 +0000 avivoca 780856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For just me, I have around $500, but that doesn't count the cushion built up in my checking account. For both of us it's around $1000, but again, it doesn't count the cushion or savings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-left-after-expenses-each-month#post-780815 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:25:31 +0000 mlm2934 780815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There have been similar polls, but posting again :) How much do you have left after expenses but before regular savings (401k counts as expense)?</p> <p>We have two weeks left til we move then it will be just DH salary until I get a job. Leftover money is a MUCH smaller number than we are used to (from over $2500 to around $500) and I'm a little nervous even though extra spending will be less too. I have a good job lead, so I'm hoping until to be one salary for one-two months, but looking for some reassurance if it turns out to take a little longer for a job. :) </p>