For those renting

[Sara516]

Re: For those renting

@automne77

So how do you come up.with a dollar figure for grocery?
And what about eating out and entertainment ?

It has been 10 months since we moved and it just feels like money is pouring out of our hands. And I can’t seem to.understand what is going on.

Both hubby and me are not spendthrifts by any means , maybe there is less barakah in the money earned here.

Whaaa? haram ka paisa hai kya?

Well, I’m not sure how we came up our figure but we decided that $$ amount was it, and it hasn’t changed since then (has been 4 years). Personally I think our amount is good for us, but probably wouldn’t be enough if we had kids.

Eating out/entertainment comes from the joint account, since it’s not a fixed cost..

if you want to figure out a grocery budget, why don’t you look at your statements? take a look at how much was spent at each grocery store, and set that as an amount.