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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not so much spending on groceries, per se.  Why not do the grocery shopping once a week with a list?  It seems DW spends more when she "pops in" for a $2.95 gallon of milk and walks out the $75 in groceries.  That might not seem like much, but then do that 3 - 4  times per week and that starts to be real money.  Ditto on the trips to the thrift shop - $80 once a week, not so bad.  But $80 3 - 4 times per week starts to add up.  The latter seems to more "shop" therapy than buying things actually needed.   [/quote]

If I go once a week I spend $200-$250 at the grocery store.  If I go twice a week it is $100-$150.  So, three times $80 sounds about right.  We have tow teenage boy and two adults that mostly eat the food I buy.  DH and I eat leftovers or sandwiches for lunch most days.  We each eat out for lunch once or twice a week and go out for dinner once a week.  ONce a month ot Target for the consumables we get there.

Other shopping is more seasonal.  I have gone weeks not spending anything but gas and groceries (and the above mentioned lunch/dinners).  But then, I don't like to shop.  At all.

You can get alot of stuff at a thrift store for $80, if she is going several times a week that can add up (stuff not just $$$$)[/quote]

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