Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Budget question mostly for moms.....or really any one who wants to answer!!!

I'm another of the broke college students, mostly broke because of all my medical bills from being tested for IBS, etc this past fall. I completely support myself, get nothing from my parents except that I'm on my dad's health insurance. I usually spend about $30 a week on groceries, unless there's something expensive I need to get that week (like last week I needed replacement filters for my Brita filter, Philly water is nasty!). What I've noticed saves a lot is I have a bread machine, so I make my own bread, and I don't eat meat, which saves some money too. Anything other than food or paying bills or doing laundry, I only spend money on if I absolutely need it. My best friend helps out some, and buys me dinner if he happens to be ordering in and I'm with him (which is a lot lately). I do not eat out myself much, maybe two times a month tops, but being a vegetarian who can't have dairy limits what I can eat, so it's usually not too expensive.

Good luck, seems like you've got lots of good suggestions. My parents, when I lived at home, spent about $100/week on groceries. There were 5 of us, my mom, my dad, my two teenage brothers, and myself. My brothers and I almost never ate out, though my parents would several times a month. The funny thing is that their food bill didn't go down when I moved out, in fact me moving out didn't really save them any money at all.

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Melissa
Friendship is thicker than blood. ~Rent

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