My budget of $123 per week times 3 weeks means I had $369 to spend – so I came out ahead by $69.19 for those three weeks and $186.36 for the month. <\/p>\n
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\n$500 minus $186.36 for August = $313.64
\n$313.64 divided by 43 weeks from September 2018 to June 2019 = $7.29\/week
\n$123 minus $7.29 = $115 (always round to allow yourself the most wiggle room – in this case, down)<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nShopping was weird this week because we traveled up to Lincoln on Sunday to get our beef and came back down to Wichita on Labor Day – which meant I was in no state to do a grocery pickup order for Tuesday morning. So Wednesday it was.<\/p>\n
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