On Friday, July 11, 2014 9:12:30 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> Haven't looked at the comments yet, but the author already has
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> and she listed which tips she's going to use.
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> I have to admit, unless you live in the sticks and/or need to
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> lose weight anyway, it WOULD be pretty difficult to feed 4
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> Lenona.
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> http://www.cafemom.com/group/115189/...s_imp ossible
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> "On average, we spend about $850 a month at the grocery store
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> (includes non-food items like diapers, toiletries, and cleaning
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> products...but honestly, most of that IS food).
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> "We do not go to restaurants more than 1-2 times a month (and
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> that's usually only a $30-$50 bill at a place like Stevie B's),
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> we always eat our leftovers the following day, and we make 98%
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> of our food from scratch (the best we can...we don't have an
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> oven or a stove--just the microwave, a grill, and an electric
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> "If I'm going to be a responsible budgeter...I need to get that
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> number down to $200 a month. I've seen other posts and perused
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> blogs that boast they made this happen, but I'm struggling to
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> believe it. Unless you get food stamps and don't count those,
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> or you spent $1200 the month before...I just don't think it's
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> really possible to spend so little on food every month. So just
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> tell me...if you're not a big fat liar...do you really spend
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> $2400 or less on food a year?? And if so...HOW?! Do you skip
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Have been looking at this and am amazed that most of you seem to know what you all spend on food! There are just the two of us, retired, we put things we need on a list, then everyonce in awhile , one of us will go to HEB , buy the things on the list and what ever else looks good. I do not spend a fortune, but I buy pretty much what I want. We also buy cat food, dog food and deer pellets. Birds seed too ! Sometimes we will go into S A and got to TJs, love that store, always find some goodies there. Bottom line, I really don't know what we spend on food each month, but think it would almost impossible to live on spending less than 200 a month.