We don’t have a budget.

We both have jobs. Don’t have kids (cats don’t count). Have a mortgage payment, but otherwise few other bills.

But, my spending at grocery stores is simply out of control. The last few months haven’t been too bad, but there are times when I can drop some cash at Whole Foods with little to show for it.

I think it is hereditary. My father also loves grocery shopping.

We’ve decided to implement the Envelope Method of saving money.

My wife has set the limit of grocery shopping and eating out at $350 $450 a month. September will be our first month to try it out.

Basically, I’m going to put an equal amount of cash in envelopes for each week for both of us. So, approximately $56.25 a piece per week.

I get the feeling that isn’t going to go very far at Whole Foods. I already see myself stealing from asking my wife for money to go grocery shopping.

Looks like it is back to Giant. I’m not even sure the money will last at Trader Joe’s either.

Let’s not forget, this is only a test. It might fail after the first week. We’ll see how it goes.