Money Diary Series

How a 58 Year-Old Divorced
Mother of Five Spent Her Week

 
Selling things that I
don’t need on
Facebook is so easy!

I’m a 58 year-old mother of five, and grandmother of five! Two of my children are away at college and three are older. I’m divorced and work full-time.

Monday
Spent: $19.5

I like to prepare healthy meals on Sundays that I can take to work the first few days of the week. I always bring a lunch to work.

Coffee: Had a networking meeting $2.50

Dinner: Had a networking meeting $17

Tuesday

Spent: $5

Paid bills. Sold a rug on Facebook!

Tea at Starbucks—networking meeting in the evening

Wednesday

Spent: $15

Cycle Class: $15

Thursday

Spent: $32

Bought present for grandson: $25

Made cookies for a college student (ingredients.): $7

Friday

Spent: $45

Gas for the drive to an upcoming weekend in Wisconsin: $45

Saturday

Spent: $75

Took grandchildren to the movies: $75

Sunday

Spent: $170

Gas for drive home from Wisconsin: $45

Weekly groceries. $125

Spent: $361.5

Reflections on keeping a money diary

This was a good week! Networking costs are well worth it, especially when they are small. Selling things that I don’t need on Facebook is so easy!