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Grocery and Household Spending Thru Sep 2009

October 8th, 2009 at 11:46 pm

I tallied up the grocery receipts (all stacked up in a shoebox since my last calculation in May.)

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

Spending through Sep 30, 2009: $3,119.62

Yikes. Looks like we're going to be over budget by the end of the year. Averaging $345 per month so far. (The plan was to average out at $300 a month.)

Bummer!

My estimate for planned spending was either a little low considering the kid is at home and not away at college or I got WAY too excited in the grocery aisles when I thought everything was ok.

We have a rotating dinner menu (6 weeks of meal ideas taped inside our cabinet door), but I notice I tend to over-buy breakfast, lunch and snack items for all three of us to get through the week. Something to work on.

I'll still challenge myself to see how LITTLE I can go over-budget by the end of the year. I can't give up trying.

Posted in Cash Management/Budget | 1 Comments »

1 Responses to “Grocery and Household Spending Thru Sep 2009”

  1. Jerry Says:
    October 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm 1255125643
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    I think that the last sentence of your post leads to hope... you can't give up trying! It's not easy to manage a budget, especially in these financial times, but it is only the continuing efforts that gives any insurance of an eventual victory. Don't quit, you can make progress on this! Good luck with everything.
    Jerry

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