01-05-2007, 11:24 AM
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Re: Do You Budget?
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Originally Posted by disneysteve
I've wondered about that too. I think a key to keeping the food spending under control is buying in bulk and taking advantage of good sales on non-perishable items. So, for example, if OJ goes on sale really cheap, I'll buy 6 or 8 half gallons and freeze them, but that makes that shopping trip more costly than usual. If I was using an envelope system or some other tight budget, how would that work?
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keep last month's surplus in the 'envelope' available for this month's shopping. |