Knowing how you spend? Priceless

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Where does the money go? Here’s what the typical American house¬hold spends annually on necessities and luxuries, according to the U.S. Department of Labor figures for 2007:

$10,023 . . . Housing costs such as mortgage or rent
$3,456 . . . Meals eaten at home
$3,477 . . . Utilities
$2,698 . . . Health care
$2, 698 . . . Entertainment (which includes an average of $987 on consumer electronics)
$2,384 . . . Gasoline and motor oil
$1,881 . . . Clothing
$538 . . . Public transportation
$457 . . . Alcoholic beverages
$446 . . . Furniture
$327 . . . Shoes
$323 . . . Tobacco
$140 . . . Laundry supplies