Hellobee Boards Topic: Where do you need to trim your spending?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Where do you need to trim your spending? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 20:56:49 +0000 Me3 on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299117 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:12:58 +0000 Me3 2299117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bananapancakes I have the same frustration! I cook almost every meal at home. It's not like I'm making steak and Cornish game hens every night, so why is it so hard to keep my home and grocery expenses under $1,000? Last week I read a blog post about a woman who feeds her whole family for $75 a week and I was just like whaaaaat? Seriously does not compute. hellobeeboston on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299092 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:57:03 +0000 hellobeeboston 2299092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I need to meal plan and grocery shop better. I spend WAY too much at the grocery store monthly. FaithFertility on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299064 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:41:35 +0000 FaithFertility 2299064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Food, we don't really meal plan, I try buy I feel like if we did we would definitely save! As for eating out we might 1-2 times a week, but we are OK with that Mrs Panda on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299044 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:30:34 +0000 Mrs Panda 2299044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @autumnlove: me exactly. (Though I'm not pregnant so I don't have that excuse!) leighleigh on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299043 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:29:56 +0000 leighleigh 2299043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ eating out, taking cabs (we live in NYC) & Starbucks. We're moving to the suburbs soon so I anticipate the eating out and taking cabs will be easy to lessen. Starbucks will be hard for me to give up, as my office is right next door to one. Weekends will be coffee at home. Hopefully once we move I can get my grocery shopping tendencies under control and definitely do some meal planning. sometimesshesings on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2299013 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:06:29 +0000 sometimesshesings 2299013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: but their clothes are so cute and inspiring for the rest of us. Maybe you could write them off as a work expense! :-) I need to cut back on eating out at work. It's hard to get a good lunch out for under $12, and that adds up. snowjewelz on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2298974 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:38:28 +0000 snowjewelz 2298974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Food, for sure. We don't really have a grocery budget, mainly b/c DH does all the grocery shopping and cooking so it's hard for me to impose a budget into him, and this is also one area that I just never really know what we need to spend! Plus we eat out probably 1-2 times a week, depending what we are doing on the weekends. LuLu Mom on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2298961 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:21:56 +0000 LuLu Mom 2298961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Eating out (we've cut down a lot but could still do better) & clothes. ms.jellen on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2298850 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 01:08:26 +0000 ms.jellen 2298850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Furniture and home decor! We just moved into our new home a little over a month ago and I feel like everything we have goes into furnishing our home! That should stop soon though or at least not such big expensive pieces! mrscobee on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186778 Fri, 22 May 2015 07:37:48 +0000 mrscobee 2186778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Food!!!!! Mrs. Bee on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186775 Fri, 22 May 2015 07:32:47 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2186775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ kids' clothes and food. food is tough because everything is so pricey here, but if i planned better, froze more, batch cooked more, i could save more money. clothes i have no excuse! looch on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186758 Fri, 22 May 2015 07:04:48 +0000 looch 2186758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Transportation. We're considering going back down to one car. mrschickpea on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186523 Thu, 21 May 2015 20:50:56 +0000 mrschickpea 2186523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Eating out and Starbucks :bummed: Mrs. Pen on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186493 Thu, 21 May 2015 20:28:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2186493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Astro Bee: I bought some clothes this week too and immediately started to feel guilty. But I actually did need a few items for summer- why do we let ourselves feel guilty over spending money on ourselves even if it's needed?! Coffee- ha. I've been going out for coffee too much instead of making my own. BananaPancakes on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186479 Thu, 21 May 2015 20:22:48 +0000 BananaPancakes 2186479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Food! I have no idea how to fix this. I read all these posts about living off of $100 a week for a family of 4 and I literally don't understand it. I make lunches and drink coffee at home. I cook almost all dinners, buy virtually no snacks and can't figure out how not to spend $1000/month. namaste on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186307 Thu, 21 May 2015 17:05:40 +0000 namaste 2186307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @autumnlove: SAME. This week we got back into cooking and we've saved so much money. When I was pregnant, I cooked only a handful of times. I had really bad MS but no excuses now 4 months after DD is here... kristinleigh on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2186075 Thu, 21 May 2015 14:08:56 +0000 kristinleigh 2186075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Online shopping.. especially now for maternity clothes, lol. I'm a sucker for coupon codes and sales :\ I need to stop!! PinkElephant on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185898 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:55:43 +0000 PinkElephant 2185898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @twodoghouse: This. I'm awful with buying kids clothes. Really just awful. I need to stop. Astro Bee on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185892 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:52:02 +0000 Astro Bee 2185892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Youboots: @HLK208: I spent $500 on nursing friendly clothes just this week. Plus another $100 in bras. First splurge since the baby was born, and my pre-prego summer clothes don't fit me yet, so it was needed. I wouldn't call it unneccessary spending. I do need to curb my grocery habits, however. Whenever I end up shopping, I pick up way too many sweets and snacks that we don't need. Which doesn't help DH and I lose weight either. Synchronicity on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185872 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:42:17 +0000 Synchronicity 2185872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Groceries could always be trimmed back. The weeks that I make a solid meal plan, we spend less and have better meals and more food to go around. Winging it at the grocery store is not good for our budget! DH spends a good chunk of money on coffee and lunches out, but I'm OK with that because he works his ass off and it isn't breaking the bank. lamariniere on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185866 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:38:35 +0000 lamariniere 2185866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HLK208: omg yes! I will easily open up my wallet to buy for the LOs, but I have such a hard shopping for myself! I think groceries. If I meal planned better, we would waste less money on food. Anagram on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185864 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:38:06 +0000 Anagram 2185864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Groceries I guess. I'm not good at shopping sales or using coupons. 2littlepumpkins on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185862 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:37:24 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2185862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Food. I am so embarrassed at how much I think we've spent for May. edelweiss on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185858 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:36:07 +0000 edelweiss 2185858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ our grocery bills and lunch spending. you'd think with the high grocery bills that i would be making enough to take leftovers to lunch, but nope! i've managed to somehow combine both as high costs. .twist. on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185851 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:32:05 +0000 .twist. 2185851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Take out and groceries are a big one. We're just about to switch providers and cut our cable package to something more basic (we don't watch TV so why pay for a bunch of extra channel packages?!). We will hopefully be saving $80/month by doing this. Mrs. Champagne on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185849 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:31:41 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2185849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @autumnlove: same as you. I hate cooking and grocery shopping! Truth Bombs on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185846 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:30:04 +0000 Truth Bombs 2185846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @dc yoga bee: I've still got 28 weeks to go :bummed: ValentineMommy on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185832 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:19:04 +0000 ValentineMommy 2185832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely too much on take-out/eating out. dc yoga bee on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185815 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:13:21 +0000 dc yoga bee 2185815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Truth Bombs: Ditto. We have to be really flexible with dinner due to me having hyperemesis and constant nausea. Thankfully, I have 15 days left until my due date. hotchildinthecity on "Where do you need to trim your spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-need-to-trim-your-spending#post-2185800 Thu, 21 May 2015 12:08:54 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2185800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our grocery bill was getting a little out of control so I've been working on that.