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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]$1500 - food/gas/misc. household expenses 
$200 - personal expenses (hair cuts, clothes, etc.) [/b]

This is why you have no money.  [/quote]

$1500 is not a lot to spend on the combination of food, gas, AND household items. In any case, OP is about to owe another $1,800, so starving her family to death won't solve the shortfall anyhow.[/quote]

She doesn't say how many people in her family, but for comparison, for my family of 2 adults and a 4 year old child, we have a weekly grocery store budget of $150. We don't go over, and we tend to spend an extra $100/month on dinner or brunch out. That's $700 in food. I have Amazon Prime delivering things like laundry detergent and dishwasher pellets and paper products. That costs about $100/month overall (some things are on a 3 month cycle, some aren't).

Food: $700
Household supplies: $100
Gas: $50

OP's budget for those things would give me an extra $650 a month to put toward other things.[/quote]

How do you feed your family of 4 for only $150/week. Tell me![/quote]

Not PP, but I do it easily with 2 adults 2 kids under 5, buy organic for meat, dairy and dirty dozen. Mine is usually less than $150. Only buy what you need. Plan meals ahead. Buy what is on sale. Stock up when things go on sale. Use sales flyer coupons (not full blown couponing, just the store flyer when you walk in the door). [/quote]

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