How My Goal to Spend Less than $3,000 on Food Last Year Actually Turned Out — The Financial Diet

March 6, 2018

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In 2017, I’d originally planned to spend about $217 a month on groceries and $33 a month on restaurants, coffee, and alcohol so that my food spending for the year would come out to just under $3,000. My chief concern was making sure my restaurant spending stayed under control.

Let’s cut right to the chase: Technically, I failed. I’d like to think my failure came down to a single store run for snacks. I had an introvert’s New Year’s Eve planned: me, a video game, and food. In theory, it was a cheap way to spend the night, but I decided to go to a specialty grocery store and buy all of the small packages of savory and sugary treats my heart desired. I knew I was close to my goal of spending under $3,000 on food, but when the total rang up and pushed me over the line, I was stubborn and decided not to put anything back. I had a lovely New Year’s Eve, even though that snack run made me fail my goal.

Well, kind of.

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