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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My weekly budget right now is $500. DH overseas, DS in college so it is just teen DD and I most of the time. But, that includes all toiletries and cleaning supplies as needed. I often go and see DS on the weekend for his college sports and give him between $100 and 150(from the 500) and I will pay for a nice dinner and for gas for his car when there. Often that $500 includes 100 for DD's math tutor if she is having one on Sunday. They were regular but now on and off. That includes money I give dd for the week too and gas for her car, and movies and gas for my car, we pay cash for gas and everything. That includes copay for prescription meds when we need refills. Hence I have no idea how much really goes on actual food. I shop at Wegmans, Aldi and Costco. Even at H-mart, so I am not at expensive stores either. DD and I love good fish and veggies, so if I just went to HT, that would add up really fast. Clearly I don't need 500 per week just for groceries, but with other expenses mentioned I try to stick with 500 per week for all the weekly expenses. I am utterly confused to hear that a family of four spends 100-120 per week and that they considered that crazy too much![/quote]

Few weeks ago we decided to take out some cash and see how long it will last us. We took out $700 and it lasted us a little less than two weeks. That included everything without gas.[/quote]
Did you like using just cash? If I am running low on cash, then that's it, I don't use more unless there is a medical emergency, just cook with essentials I have at home. That might mean tacos for dinner as opposed to some fancy salmon dish. I really like not having constant CC or debit card charges. While I admit it sounds a lot, I find I spend less this way than charging things all the time.[/quote]

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