My original spending/saving plan has several numbers (and high hopes) for items I haven't yet tracked. But I'm tracking my groceries and household spending fairly well. I realized I need to increase my yearly projected spending in this area for 2009 from $3,200 this year to $3,600. This is more realistic when I look at last year. I'll still shoot for spending less...

To make it easier, I have two cash envelopes, one for Groceries and one for Household, but because I buy a lot of household stuff at the grocery store and a lot of grocery stuff at CVS, Walgreens and the dollar stores, I've combined the tracking of the expenditures into one big category and list what I spend at each store per pay period, then total it.

2009 Planned spending for Groceries and
Household Supplies/Toiletries: $3,600

Spending through Feb 09: $624.01

Percentage spent: 17% of total Grocery/Household budget