Originally posted by james.hendrickson
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Also, apparently I'm the only one that makes that happen. If my wife does the shopping it never works. She has admitted that she can't do the groceries like I can. Usually it isn't a matter of overspending, but rather she over buys. She simply buys more food than we really need.(I think that is what most do when they say they spend too much on food) You go shopping when you still have a lot of food in the freezer, cabinets, etc, just not complete meals or preferred meals. I have asked my wife why did we spend more than I budgeted because we needed it, yet we have food left over when I go shopping?
Also, I have found you need to leave a couple meals out of your plans and you need to leave 30-40$ in the account to cover those nights things don't go according to plan. If you spend all your money in the first day, you will overspend before you replenish your money. You also can't just go buying random food or you will come home with a ton of stuff that doesn't make meals, which makes you go back to the store. What I do is make a two week meal plan3 meals a day, then make a food list to that meal plan to buy what is needed, and put in prices. if it is too much, I adjust. If I don't do this, it never works out.
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