Update: $hopping in the Big Apple

I'm back from New York City and am pretty proud of myself. I limited my shopping, ate cheaply, and only took three cab rides. Below is the budget I set up before the trip and in bold is what I actually spent. Did I come in under my estimated $317.50?

+Weekly subway pass: $25. Actual: $25

+Hands free device so I don't get a ticket when the new CA law takes effect July 1: $6. Actual: $0 (didn't buy one)

+Ticket to the Museum of Modern Art: $20. Actual: $0 (didn't go)

+Shoes (just in case I spot an awesome pair): $60. Actual: $0 (bought clothes instead, see below).

+Meals out: $75. Actual: $60 for seven meals

+Presents for friends who let us crash on their floor: $50 Actual: $65.
+Lunch at Ibby's Falafel in Jersey City: $5. Actual: $6

+Bus fare to wedding: $26.50 Actual: $19

+Drinks with friends (multiple nights): $50 Actual: $52

+Run around Central Park Loop: free! Actual: free!

Plus all the expenses I forgot to budget.
+Cab rides: $10
+NY Post: $.50
+Purse for $13 and khaki's for $10 at Goodwill
+Chinatown bakery sweets: $1.70
+Train ride back to the city after the wedding: $14
+CT Advocate newspaper: $.50
+Summer top for $15, plaid shorts for $10 and Calvin Klein bra for $17
+Picture of the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset on my cell phone was free!

Grand total: $299.70!!! Not too shabby. Making a budget definitely helped because I knew going in where I wanted to spend my money and I was conscious of my spending while I was there.