Sticking to a budget

Is really tough. So far this month, I have already gone through 25% of my food budget and 15% of my "discretionary" budget.

Food has mainly just composed of going out to eat, while discretionary budget has been spent mainly on expensive bars / paying for parking.

I expect even more expenses this weekend, as I have my fun night in NYC planned, plus someone's birthday on Saturday.

With all of these unexpected expenses occurring, my budgeting is all out of whack. Maybe I'll only eat and have fun for the first two weeks of the month, and turn into a monk for the last two weeks.