tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758851042380938768.post6130690751894550950..comments2023-05-23T03:13:52.590-07:00Comments on Momma and the Misters: Spend Less days 3, 4, and 5...the weekendKS Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267595490312075430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758851042380938768.post-90980531209935895712011-02-08T09:46:23.085-08:002011-02-08T09:46:23.085-08:00Sorry to be such a bother... but also thinking of ...Sorry to be such a bother... but also thinking of it as "I have this much I can spend each day" puts the thought in your mind that you CAN spend that money and makes it easier to spend that money. Maybe you should look at it as "each day I have this much i can SAVE for...... later." Just a thought. :)123123https://www.blogger.com/profile/01950056761139872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758851042380938768.post-1080615178031566502011-02-08T09:42:52.784-08:002011-02-08T09:42:52.784-08:00I don't know if this will help, but reading th...I don't know if this will help, but reading through your spending habits, it seems you run to the store almost every day for little things you need as you need them. I've made up a spreadsheet that I update each month with where our money needs to go. Once it's gone... we have to just stay home, no if, ands or but's about it. It has a list of Costco items we need for the month, plus a list of things we need from Walmart. I don't include groceries because of EBT (and once that's gone, we live on what we have). It has everything we could possibly need for the month(soap, stamps, car maintenance, literally EVERYTHING) and we make one shopping trip to Costco and one trip to Walmart for hygiene stuff. I limit myself to one grocery shopping trip a week and if I forget something, it has to wait until the next week when I go and I keep a running list. If you want, I can make you a copy of this spreadsheet and email it to ya and you can put in all your expenses and see just where the money should be going. It really helps us as we have a very limited amount we can spend each month. If we have anything left over, it goes into savings to be pulled out only when needed. It's taken a while to put together because I have to think of what we need and then check the prices at the store and input all that info. Let me know either by FB or txting me and I'll get it to ya if you want.123123https://www.blogger.com/profile/01950056761139872634noreply@blogger.com