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Household category?

June 15th, 2013 at 07:52 pm

Today I was thinking about my grocery budget. I include all things household in this. Now I'm thinking it's time to budget specifically for household items, rather than including it in my food shop? I'm thinking maybe £20 or so for household items would be reasonable. I'll add it to my budget next month and see. Of course, now I will actually be paying attention to what I'm spending on these items whereas normally I would just count them as "food". Hope this makes sense.

I've had a chance to think about our meals for the week too. I'll make sausage casserole, pork with potatoes and veg and baked potatoes with beans. I'm expecting leftovers.

2 Responses to “Household category?”

  1. snafu Says:
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    I too agree its smart to make a meal plan to take the pressure off meal preparation and to ensure I have what's needed. It also avoids having food go past it's expiry date. It's fun to keep a list of ideas for 'plan-overs,' new dinners that could easily be created from leftovers. For example, left-over sausage, potato and veggies easily become stew or hearty soup or frittata or even bubble & squeak.

    We add the cost of any meals eaten out to grocery expenses to work out how much was spent on the food category. None food items like cleaning supplies, laundry products, paper products, zip bags, foil, cooking parchment and kitchen tools etc. are a separate line item. I do my best to buy those at discount stores that are part of my regular route. If they're on-sale for a better price at the grocery, I hold them back until all the edibles have been tallied and ask the clerk to subtotal before adding non-edibles. We buy dog food at a processor and all pet stuff goes on a separate category. This summer I've trying to keep 'junk food' in a sub category because the chips, finger foods and crackers that are in the pantry. We're having folks for dinner tomorrow and have had overnight guests but just realized we're back buying junk.

  2. Kiki Says:
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    I budget $20 a month to needed household items: cleaning supplies, garbage bags, dish soap, etc. Most months I don't use it but if I needed something during a month I know I have it set aside.

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