Week 7 summary

New format, same concept.

Total spending this week: $106.77 – just a tiny bit up from last week, and a reasonable $68.32 of that went towards actual groceries.

“Whoa” moments:
-Nearly 80% of the “grocery” spending actually went towards a big ol’ vino restock ($53.96)…turns out the bulk shopping in April and May paid off in terms of incremental supplementation.
-The adage, “what’s measured is managed” is no joke. Even without paying close attention to the actual “budget” when I shop, just *thinking* about my spending has kept me pretty well in line with my goals over the past few weeks.

Regarding my goal of tracking Amazon spending more closely – the idea now is to tally up Amazon receipts monthly, so for June any grocery items purchased through Amazon will be tacked onto the final numbers for the month and measured against my ~$100/week goal.