I'm not going to tell you what I have down so that doesn't influence your answer
This cash only, not eating out, and being reasonable as opposed to bare bones is certainly a learning process! All I know is I'm spending a LOT more than I thought I would, and we STILL don't have enough food!!
Family of 6 in Michigan. Two adults, one teen boy, and 3 younger children (but no diapers). No pets. Laundry is separated out per attorney, and is at 15 per month, but no other categories like school, work lunches or anything. So that means right now stuff like TP and dishwasher soap are in there...if they don't go there I have no idea where they're accounted for.
No special dietary requirements beyond trying to keep enough food in the house for the teen to maintain his weight
How much per month SHOULD I be spending, making sure it covers 4.35 weeks per month (meaning not a weekly amount times 4, or there'll be 4 weeks we go without food per year)
TIA
This cash only, not eating out, and being reasonable as opposed to bare bones is certainly a learning process! All I know is I'm spending a LOT more than I thought I would, and we STILL don't have enough food!!
Family of 6 in Michigan. Two adults, one teen boy, and 3 younger children (but no diapers). No pets. Laundry is separated out per attorney, and is at 15 per month, but no other categories like school, work lunches or anything. So that means right now stuff like TP and dishwasher soap are in there...if they don't go there I have no idea where they're accounted for.
No special dietary requirements beyond trying to keep enough food in the house for the teen to maintain his weight
How much per month SHOULD I be spending, making sure it covers 4.35 weeks per month (meaning not a weekly amount times 4, or there'll be 4 weeks we go without food per year)
TIA
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