retire48in2018
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Mar 12, 2008
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We spend $225/month grocery/household for 3 of last 4 years.
Eating out $500/month. Eating out usually includes paying for some others on some of those meals - usually 4 additional people about 1/3 of those meals
We cook from scratch a lot and always look for bargains to buy that week - and buy to a menu for week.
In last year, we are spending $600/month (grocery & household supplies) - for 6. The additional amount is for daughter & her family who are somewhat foodies - but love to cook from scratch as well. I don’t know how much the other 4 spend per month on eating out.
For about 8 years (2001-2009) - we averaged about $100/month for 4 of us - but we were in a coupon nirvana area. Additionally, donated about several hundreds dollars per month (value) from that $100/month. DW was in a documentary then. Frequently triple coupon from 3 different competitor chains.
We are not in a good coupon area, and don’t spend the time necessary to do that any more.
Eating out $500/month. Eating out usually includes paying for some others on some of those meals - usually 4 additional people about 1/3 of those meals
We cook from scratch a lot and always look for bargains to buy that week - and buy to a menu for week.
In last year, we are spending $600/month (grocery & household supplies) - for 6. The additional amount is for daughter & her family who are somewhat foodies - but love to cook from scratch as well. I don’t know how much the other 4 spend per month on eating out.
For about 8 years (2001-2009) - we averaged about $100/month for 4 of us - but we were in a coupon nirvana area. Additionally, donated about several hundreds dollars per month (value) from that $100/month. DW was in a documentary then. Frequently triple coupon from 3 different competitor chains.
We are not in a good coupon area, and don’t spend the time necessary to do that any more.