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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am wondering whether it is possible to get through a day without spending on anything that is not necessary.  So, apart from spending a metro fare to and from work (or gas) is it possible to spend nothing else?  I am asking because in trying to get a handle on the family budget, after the mortgage, the biggest category of expenditures falls into "Other" - about $3,000 per month.  About half of that includes discretionary expenditures made for: travel, eating out, "general merchandise (wife's little shopping trips)" and gas for her car (I take metro, she is SAHM).  I feel a bit frustrated sometimes b/c I feel that I am doing my best to be frugal, and almost every day DW seems to drop $50 - $100 on anything ranging from groceries, to clothing to the aformentioned "general merchandise."  I am being unreasonable thinking she can get through a day without spending something? [/quote]

Your budget needs more categories - why not separate Other into grocery&household (toilet paper, cleaning products....), transportation, travel, eating out, clothing, and Other. You might be less frustrated once you know exactly where the money went. And it it easier to discuss saving strategies with your DW when you can talk about particulars instead of all $3000.[/quote]

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