Budgeting

I'm still working on really adhering well to budgeted categories, even though we did pretty well with our spending this month. It's so easy to go shopping and find things that are good deals but not on my list...which is why all the budgeting advice says stick to your list (or don't go shopping)!

I think part of it is that I have a hard time working with numbers. So i just made myself of a graph of how to divide the money each week for the grocery budget. Of course I don't have to stick to this, but I think it'll help a lot to visualize how my money should be spent. If I think "I have X $ for produce this week," then it's easier not to get too crazy. Of course, if I find an awesome deal on ground beef, I'm going to buy a ton of it - but then I don't need to spend much on meat the next week. We'll see if it works....