unfortunately

here's a list of things that got in the way of me following my budget last week:

• PTO book fair
• PTO tshirt sale (x2)
• union dinner
• donuts for work breakfast party
• kids' dental appointments
• one night where everyone was really tired and we just wanted mcdonalds

I know I should budget for these things, but seriously- other than the dental appointments, how regular are any of these things? Is it better to budget $100 a month or whatever for incidentals (which will then give you the feeling that you HAVE $100 to spend on incidentals) or to budget for nothing and then move $100 from debt payoff to spending money if need be?

Psychologically, I know I spend less with the latter scenario. There's something about "planning" to spend extra money that makes me spend it two or three times over!