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Originally Posted by Lasereth
From what I've read, the 4-5 trips to target and home depot seem to be the huge problem. Cigarettes are expensive but I'm guessing it's nothing compared to a target or home depot trip, much less 4-5 a week. Zero in on that. Tell him to simply stop going. I bet your house is filled with gadgets and "doodads" from target and home depot that you never use yet he keeps going and buying "projects" that seem like a good idea until you get back home. That's like $150 a week for those trips. Ouch!@!
BTW I didn't see if you mentioned what you ate everyday, but you might want to try eating an offbrand lean cuisine for lunch if you don't. Eating out for either breakfast, lunch, or even supper is a complete and total waste of money. You leave the place bloated and miserable from eating so much, plus you're out of $20.
I don't eat breakfast most days, and I eat a Michelina's lunch everyday at work. Guess how much they cost? $.77. Yes, seventy seven cents. I take 2 drinks with me to work, so my lunch costs approximately $0.90 per day. If I eat one for supper, I've eaten for the entire day for $1.80. Most people at my job eat out for lunch and supper. $10 for lunch, $10 for supper (counting tips). That's $20, which means they're paying 1000% more than me to eat FOOD that makes you feel miserable and regretful when you're done. Eat these meals for a whole week and you've already saved a hundred dollars.
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I've been buying Banquet frozen dinners at the dollar store to bring to work and I buy bottled water by the case, also for work.
I've instructed the spouse that there is food in the freezer-use it when I'm at work. I was kind of impressed when I got home last night-I'd given him $60 for the week and there was $52 still on the table
He gets a coffee and a newspaper every morning on the way to work-his lunches are either leftovers or sandwiches he makes at home.
On my days off, sometimes I will go and get lunch, that's about $5 so maybe $15 a week for that and I'm cutting back there as well.
Another thing he did was to actually balance the checkbook himself this morning-since I haven't used it, he could see that a full page of debiting was his. Hopefully, it was an eye opener.