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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.

@MungBean: this might help for the grocery budget
http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-spend-per-week-on-groceries

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.

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.

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.