https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 02:57:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886530 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:33:34 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 886530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a hard time budgeting "fun" money. So, as painful as it sounds, we would budget your "fun" categories into separate sections (i.e. clothing, toys, drinks/bars, entertainment) each month. Then we have $10 a week ($5 each unless we decided to put it together) "do anything" money and that's our only area that is up in the air.</p> <p>As far as the food budget. We probably buy too much organic, free-range, "clean" stuff but we meal plan to try to keep costs down. We spend anywhere from $90-$130 a week for the two of us. (Adults, no kids). We also eat out about once a week and that is not in our grocery budget. We budget about $30 for eating out each week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886486 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:20:58 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 886486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $125/week on groceries, but we also eat out a lot, so your budget could be doable. As far as the "fun" budget, you don't need a lot of toys for your LO (they play w/ the boxes more anyway, right?), and I try to limit my clothes budget to no more than $35/mo, which is enough to get me at least one new shirt (I'll save up for several months if I want something bigger). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886463 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:13:35 +0000 Bookish 886463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our food + fun budget is about 200$/ week. We usually spend 80-90$ on groceries (we don't eat organic, so your budget is probably right on for y'all!) and then the leftover, usually around 100$, is our 'fun' money. It's usually enough for a dinner and a lunch out, plus whatever we need for us or the house that week. When LO get's here we are bumping the fun budget down to 80$ and adding in a separate 'miscellaneous baby' budget of about 75$ a month for diapers, toys, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886408 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:02:06 +0000 Raindrop 886408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have any data from past months that you are working with?</p> <p>If you are normally at 125/wk than it's do-able. :)</p> <p>If you don't have any past data... I highly suggest you start tracking your spending and see where you naturallly budget your money. It was a real eye opener for us when we did that. </p> <p>Good Luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886298 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:33:50 +0000 regberadaisy 886298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MungBean: this might help for the grocery budget<br /> <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-per-week-on-groceries" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-per-week-on-groceries</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886288 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:29:50 +0000 regberadaisy 886288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get $40 a month and DH gets $80 (his includes booze and he works many nights). We also allocate $50/month for LO; some months we might not buy anything for her and some months more.</p> <p>This is our first month and so far the $ has been reasonable and very do-able. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886277 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:28:33 +0000 ShootingStar 886277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think $125/week sounds low, especially if that includes eating out. We easily spend $50+ at just an average meal out on the weekend, which would mean groceries need to come in under $75. With organic produce and meat, that would be even more difficult. At least with grocery prices around here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-and-fun-money#post-886265 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:24:16 +0000 pinkcupcake 886265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Working through our budget and trying to find some ways to cut back on our spending... I think our food and "fun" money allocations are prob the only places we can cut. </p> <p>For our family of 3, I'm thinking $500/month or $125/wk on food ? We try to eat organically as possible and only eat out like once a week or so. Do you think that's a reasonable amount?</p> <p>I'm having a harder time with "fun" money. This includes things like clothes, toys for LO, movie, hair cut, etc. What do you think is a reasonable amount per month? </p>