Just realized the 'cash envelope' thing actually works for me

Was totally skeptical, thought it was just for extreme coupon types. Tried it for groceries last month, put $300 cash in an envelope. Stuck to it, had $12 left over. Anyone else try this and find it clicked for them?

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ray1891mo ago

Wait you only spent $288 on groceries for a whole month? That's the part that blows my mind. My family burns through that in like a week and a half. What are you even buying, just rice and beans? The envelope thing is cool but the real magic is your shopping list.

perez.patricia1mo ago

Honestly saw a video about meal planning around cheap staples like lentils and oats. It really cuts costs when you stop buying so much packaged stuff. The envelope system just forces you to stick to that simple list.

taylor_hayes2529d ago

And the funny thing is, that's how people used to eat all the time before everything got processed and packaged. My grandma raised five kids on a farm and she'd buy a 50lb bag of potatoes, a sack of flour, some dried beans, and whatever was in season. No boxes, no frozen meals, no snacks in individual wrappers. Her grocery bill adjusted for inflation would probably be like $150 a month for a family of seven. We've just gotten used to paying for convenience and advertising, not actual food. So yeah, the envelope system works because it forces you back to that old school way of thinking, the one that doesn't assume you need a different snack box for every day of the week.