Our goal is to have $160 each week for groceries. I got behind on tracking our personal finances after Week 6, but I got caught up this weekend, so here is a rundown for Weeks 7 through 10. Y’all are probably getting sick of hearing about how we did every single solitary week, so after this catchup post I’ll go to a monthly update.

Week 7 : Monday October 19th … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries – Weeks 7 through 10

Week 6 : Monday October 13th to Sunday October 18th
We are supposed to have $160 each week for groceries.  We overspent last week, so we were supposed to stick to the amount remaining, which was $82.

We were unable to do that, and ended up spending $166.

Here’s how we did:

I didn’t add any new categories to track this week.

I suggested to Mr. A that we forego buying groceries this week to … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries – Week 6

Week 5 : Monday October 5th to Sunday October 12
We start out each Monday with $160 in cash for groceries.

This week was a little funky and Mr. A totally blew the budget due in part to finding a great deal on lunchmeat and had to stock up.  16 ounces of sliced ham, which regularly runs $5.99 a package, and occasionally goes on sale for $2.99, marked down to $1.49.  He … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries – Week 5

Week 4 : Monday September 28 to Sunday October 4

We start out each Monday with $160 in cash for groceries.

I’m beginning to wonder if Mr. A is not giving me all the receipts, lol.  It is just amazing to me that we are doing so well on limiting our grocery budget. For this week we spent only $141.06.  Mr. A is out of money, so he did spent the … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 4

Week 3: Monday September 21 to Sunday September 27

Last week we borrowed from this week’s grocery budget and were left with $140.30 for the week.

I was actually a little anxious sitting here entering the receipts, hoping we met our goal to stay under the budget amount.  Mr. A is the one buying the groceries and trying to stay under budget. I’m just reporting the facts.

Here’s how we did:

Whoo!!  We … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 3

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Week 2: Monday September 14th to Sunday September 20th

Every Monday we start out the week with $160 for groceries.

This is the update for week 2 of using the cash system for … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 2

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Our first week of using the cash system for groceries was Monday September 7th to Sunday the 13th was a great success! Mr. A held onto the cash for groceries and he ended up spending $158.00. Our goal was … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 1

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Happy Labor Day!

I’m off today, but working just the same. I’ve already reconciled one credit card account for July and August, and our main checking account for August.

I thought I ought to let y’all know we’re going to try the cash … click here to continue reading Trying the Cash Method Again