Your Food Spending Happy Hour Style

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It's the last Friday of the month so that means it's happy hour on my podcast. This month we are talking about our food spending. As a personal finance blogger, food spending is a big hot button issue and rightfully so because after your home expenses, your second largest monthly expense is typically food. People ask me all the time where they can make the biggest change in their spending, and I always share that I see the biggest results from clients who change their food spending ways. So we each share what we spend on food and ways that we help control our food spending.

What Are We Drinking:

A few weeks ago, Mrs. Frugalwoods shared that she is expecting a baby, which is why she has been drinking seltzer water the last few months during happy hour. In a show of solidarity, we all drank water with Mrs. Frugalwoods, but plan to go back to our normal drinking next month. :-)Melanie from Dear Debt - Portland's FinestTonya from Budget and the Beach - Brita waterMrs. Frugalwoods from Frugalwoods - Homemade SeltzerShannon - New York's Finest

Podcast Notes

  • Each of us reveals our monthly food budget as well as the number of people in our home

  • Since Tonya had the highest monthly budget with the lowest number of people, she defended her spending, even though we told her it was a judgment free zone

  • Mrs. Frugalwoods shares how their family budget and her eating has changed since getting pregnant with Babywoods (with a minor cameo from Mr. Frugalwoods sharing the details)

  • We talk about what inexpensive meals we like to make at home

  • Melanie loves to mix chickpeas, avocado and lime for a cheap, easy salad

  • We all disclose our past behaviors and how we have made improvements in our eating and spending habits

  • Melanie likes the blog site Oh She Glows for vegan recipes

  • We all share our best tips for saving money on food

  • We each share our most expensive dinner and whether or not it was worth the cost

What is your monthly food budget? Did it used to be higher? What is your food budget weakness?