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[quote=Anonymous]Threads like this are always interesting to me.  I don't understand why people say "our budget is $500" but we also eat out, drink beer, etc. etc.  You don't get to say you are only spending $500 (for example) when you are actually eating another $200 a month in other things.  I think if you give a number, it should include EVERYTHING the entire family consumes in a month.

That said, all I know for my family is that it is way, way too much and I would love to get the budget under control.  I shop at Whole Foods, Harris Teeter, Trader Joes, Safeway; but whenever I go to Whole Foods I wind up buying some very expensive specialty items (like salt for $12/bag) or some great simmering sauce for $7 that I wind up throwing half away.  Plus DH eats every lunch out.  Plus kids and I always go out for afternoon "treats".  Plus we all go out to eat once or twice a week.  Plus DH and I love good beer and wine.  I would guess that our food expenditure per month is somewhere in the $1500 to $2000 range.  RIDICULOUS.  And, we are fat, lol.

Are there any resources out there that offer a meal plan for the week along with the shopping list for that week?  I am so bad at meal planning and shopping that yes, I would pay for such a service.

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