I remember when I was first learning how to stay within a grocery budget. A good friend of mine took me grocery shopping with her. She had a large family and was very good at staying within her budget. What a fun time we had, and I learned a foolproof way to stay within your grocery budget. Pay for your groceries with cash!

My First Piggy Bank

If you only have a certain amount of cash with you there is no way your going to get to the checkout and over-spend! There are several ways to keep track of the money you are spending as you shop. Keep a small calculator with you and add up the groceries as you go along.

Calculator to add as you go along.

Perhaps you are very good with numbers and can do this in your head. I can’t keep numbers in my head so I need a piece of paper.

Pen and Paper

What I do as I go along is round up the price so instead of writing down $1.99 I round it up to $2.00. For some reason this makes it easier for me as I shop.

Now this is not something I really like to do but I guarantee if you try this method you will stay within your budget and think twice about everything you put into your cart!

grocery carts

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