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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your grocery/food budget is the most obvious issue to me.  $1000 a month, but not including eating out, entertaining, or normal household supplies??  That's crazy!  I have an 18 month old and spend about $750 a month on all of those items combined. I buy my lunch about half of the week, and eat out for dinner once or twice a week.  I don't even try to use coupons or read sales newspapers, but if I did I'm sure I could save another $100.  But your hellofresh delivery on hold and evaluate the rest of your food shopping habits.  Does your nanny cook or can she follow recipes?  Try having her prep your dinners once a week.  Or make casseroles and ask her to put them in the oven before you get home.

The rest of your budget is a little troubling, but this is the easiest place to cut back.[/quote]

Groceries are not out of whack by much. We spend about $850 ourselves although there are 4 of us (and two teens!)[/quote]

But that doesn't include the eating out or the household supplies.

In reality OP is saying that they spend over $2k (1000 groceries, 150 lunches out, 500 eating out, 650 household items).   :shock:

Generally food/household items comes in around 10-11% of take home.  Maybe 12% max.  They are spending 16%.  [/quote]

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