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Pro tip: my sister asked me one question at a barbecue in Reno that cut my grocery bill from $740 to $480
She wasn't even trying to help me. We were standing by the grill and I mentioned money was tight, and she just asked "what's actually in your cart every week?" I couldn't answer her. That bugged me for days.
So the next Sunday I kept every receipt and wrote it all down on the back of an envelope. Turned out $90 a month was just snacks I grabbed while hungry, and another $60 was stuff I already had in the pantry. I was buying rice three times because I never checked.
Now I do a 10 minute walk through the kitchen before I shop and I plan 5 dinners, not 12. The $480 number is real, I've hit it three months running.
Has anyone else had someone ask them a dumb simple question that ended up saving them real money? What was the question?
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anthonymiller16d ago
Man that receipt trick hits home. I did the same thing with an envelope last year and found out I was buying olive oil like every single trip when I had three bottles at home already. It's wild how much we just grab stuff on autopilot without checking.
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