It was a cold Saturday afternoon earlier this year as I was unpacking our weekly haul of groceries. My husband, the keeper of our finances, was analyzing our spending habits from the past month.
“Do you realize how much we’ve spent on groceries the past four weeks?” he asked me.
I hadn’t, but was shocked to hear that the amount had exceeded our budget by a significant amount.
I quickly scanned our budgeting app and saw for myself how much we had spent. I realized that as a family of five on a single-income with financial goals to meet, our spending on groceries had to change….