Average Budget For A Single Woman
How to Build and Track Your Personal Budget Budgeting: we all know it’s important but most of us dread having to do it. Let’s face it, spending money is much easier without having to think about where it’s going or having to acknowledge that we spend that much on happy hours with the girls. At the same time, spending money without direction can leave us feeling a bit anxious. Have you ever found yourself wondering if you’ll be able to pay the next credit card bill or nervous that the last check you wrote is going to bounce? Not knowing where out money is going can leave us feeling out of control. When approached with the right attitude, keeping track of your budget can actually be a liberating exercise. When you know you’ve got your expenses covered and have dedicated specific amounts of money to clothes, dinners out, etc., you lose the guilt of spending the money.
The average food budget for a single person is about $302 per month, according to LowerYourSpending.com. Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, LowerYourSpending.com notes that grocery spending within USDA guidelines ranges from about $198 to about $450 depending on the person's age and other factors. Reevaluate budget if you are not reaching goals. If your rent or electric rates raised, change this in your budget. If your budget is unrealistic to your spending, readjust it the best you can.
You’ll even find that your money starts to stretch further because you’re in control of where it’s going. When I graduated from college my parents gifted me with a financial planning course—a set of books on tape and a workbook to teach me how to spend my new paycheck wisely. Though not as glamorous as a new car or exotic trip, it was one of the best gifts I received. Taking the self-guided course taught me the fundamentals of creating and tracking a budget. Using the basic principles the course taught, I established a system that worked best for me. Being able to manage your personal budget is a skill I strongly believe every Single Girl should be equipped with.
For that reason, I’m sharing with you my personal budgeting process and budgeting template. If you haven’t already found a system that works for you, give this a try!
Step 1: Assess your monthly income You’ll want to take account of how much money you are bringing in from various income streams. Start by knowing how much you currently have in your checking account. Add in your monthly paycheck from your day job as well as an income you generate on the side (babysitting, freelance work, or birthday money). Lastly, take stock of any cash you have in your wallet. This will give you the full picture of how much you have to spend and save for the month. INCOME Beginning of Month Checking Account Balance $ 1,000.00 Monthly Paycheck $ 3,750.00 Additional Income Source $ 2,00.00 Cash on Hand $ 50.00 TOTAL $5,000.00.Example. Step 2: Assess your savings & investments Identify any savings or investments you have and what their current balances are.
Don’t have any savings? Eventually we will set goals for how and how big we want these to grow but for now just figure out what you’re working with.
SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS Beginning of Month Savings Account Balance $2,000.00 401(K) $7,000.00 Mutual Fund $1,000.00 TOTAL $10,000.00.Example. Step 3: Identify fixed monthly expense Every month there are a few expenses that are guaranteed to hit your wallet. These are most likely made up of your monthly rent and utilities as well as any car payments you have. Determine everything that falls into this list and how much each item will cost you per month. This will let you know how much you need to protect for before you can allocate money to additional expenses. FIXED EXPENSES% TOTAL INCOME: 30% Rent $1,100.00 Utilities $50.00 Car Payment $250.00 Car Insurance $100.00 TOTAL $1,500.00.Example. Step 4: Identify variable expenses & Target%s Once you have identified your fixed cost, you can begin to layer in additional expenses that will vary from month to month.
I start by identifying categories like food, entertainment, and shopping then leave room to add specific line items. Because these costs can vary, it’s a good idea to set a budget for each line item.
For items like gas and groceries I set my budget based on the amount I historically have spent on these items. For things like shopping and eating out I determine what percent of my income I want to allocate to each.
Do you ever feel like you’re spending way too much on groceries? Today, I’m helping you answer the question, How much should I spend on groceries? With a detailed grocery budget guideline for 2018. I never appreciated how controversial the subject of grocery budgets could be until I shared. In it, I reflected on the experience of telling my son I didn’t have any bananas or peanut butter to give him.
As I noted in the post, of course I provided him with a variety of other healthy foods, but I also didn’t run out to the store to restock on his favorites in an effort to keep our grocery budget down. MY LATEST VIDEOS All of a sudden I was no longer just a mom trying to to. In a moment, there were two camps of Facebookers entrenched on either side of my parenting decision. On one side were those aghast that I would dare to deny my toddler a simple banana when he asked for one. One commenter put it something like this, she should go get a second job instead of making her child suffer for her irresponsible spending and debt. On the other side were those who thought even my $170 grocery budget wasn’t low enough. Well, they said I feed my family of ten on less than that!” (Ok, I may be exaggerating just a little.) And on and on it went.
Luckily, my husband happened to be home sick the day the post went live, so it was much easier to stay lighthearted about it all. What I learned from the whole experience was what an emotionally charged subject our finances, and especially our grocery budgets can be. I believe the reason for the controversy is that deep down each of us moms desperately wants to feed our family’s the healthiest food possible, but for the most part, we feel completely unequipped to do it on our real-life budgets.
Today I simply want to start by answering the question, How Much Should You Spend on Groceries? How much should I spend on groceries? Each month the USDA puts out a report about the cost of groceries, so I use this as my starting point. In the table below, you can see grocery costs calculated for a range of family sizes and make-ups for the Thrifty Plan. This number is essentially the average minimum for grocery spending in the continental United States. There is also a I’ve also included a low-cost, moderate-cost, and liberal plan, each costing progressively more than the thrifty plan. Keep in mind this chart is an average grocery bill, and of course, prices will vary depending on your location and which stores are available to you.
This table has been updated based on the data for 2018. Prices have been creeping up this year, but only $2 to $10 per month for most families However, I find that my students can often feed their families a very healthy, even pastured and organically grown diet, on the Thrifty Plan listed below. The table is calculated assuming adults are 19-50 years old living in a two-parent household. The variation of grocery costs is due to a range of ages and genders of children.
In theory, at least, older children eat more than younger children, and boys eat more than girls. Use the lower end of the range if you have young children, and the higher end if you’re feeding hungry teenage boys. I usually spend about $120/week at the grocery store for our family of 3 humans (adult female/adult male/5 year old boy). That also includes pet supplies (1 small dog/1 cat) and our paper goods, some personal care products. I also budget $20/week for a fruit and vegetable co-op (Bountiful Baskets). So approximately $560 a month which is right on the high end of the thrifty budget for a family of 3.
Because I work full-time, we eat more convenience foods than I’d like to admit and I don’t shop multiple stores. I have one list, one store, and shop once a week. I understand how you feel being judged by others, when it’s not really their business, “friends” make comments to me all the time about our lifestyle (we are debt-free, except house) and it makes me feel terrible for how much I spend on groceries!! We are a family of 7- Dad, Mom, 4 Boys(13-6) and a 3 y.o. We spend about $1100/mo, though that is in the Thrifty Budget I feel it is too much! I love to cook, so I make a lot of “gourmet’ type dishes for dinners, but also have a busy family and we eat frozen pizza once a week and Chick-fil-a once a week, too. I am just not sure on how to pack school lunchesI feel my boys are spoiled with what they get.
I go to Sam’s Club and purchase the bulk snack items, i.e.: Cheez-Its, Goldfish, Fruit cups, Cheese Stix, Granola bars and fresh fruit and veggies and they only drink water. They have PB& J sandwich, 3 dry snack and 2 fresh (1 is for snack time)snacks Is this excessive? A few of my good acquaintances have mentioned they think my kids are sort of spoiled. We do not want to raise them to be that way. Though we can afford to spend more on groceries, I just want to make sure we are not “spoiled”.
Thanks for your advice and direction!! We have a family of 8. Hubs, Wife, Girls 8,7,5-1/2,4,and 1, Boy is almost 3. We used to spend close to $1000. But have recently got it down to $500-$600 bc of couponing. I too love to cook and will frequently make “gourmet” type meals.
I see some people cook spaghetti and use jarred sauce with meat in it! Hey thats fine. If youre family enjoys that, then good for you! I really struggle with the way “friends” demonize each other over these things! It goes way beyond groceries. It trickles into the way we dress, how our homes look etc.
Your real friends are the ones who stop by for a visit when your ill and you dont care that you haven’t picked one crayon or sock up off the floor in 3 days. To the poster above about being spoiled. I feel sometimes that the term “spoiled” has taken on a new meaning to those who can not give all that we can! We too are out of debt. We just finished building our own house (literally my husband did it himself) on 31 acres, we own 3 vehicles, no credit card debt. I do super couponing, to SAVE!, we spend no more than $25 for our cell phones. Thats combined.
After Taxes friends! We have just built a greenhouse and are getting some hydroponcs growing and have planted a bunch of fruit trees. My husband works incredibly hard (I have really never seen anyone work like he does, not just saying so bc he’s my husband) as an asphalt roofer here in Southern Kentucky. It is possible. Food is our most expensive bill every month, because we choose it to be;oP. In my opinion “spoiled” isn’t only about what we give our children.
It’s more about the behaviors and attitudes towards society that we try to instill in them. When they (or we, because we are all still learning everyday) begin to feel entitled or ungrateful is when I feel a someone is spoiled. Two privileged children from separate families could have exactly the same food and materialistic items and one could be spoiled and selfish while the other could be grateful and generous (when I say generous I don’t necessarily mean materiealisticit could be love, kindness or helping others, for example). If you are concerned enough to post online about not wanting your kids to be spoiled, then I would wager that you are doing a great job helping them to appreciate what they have and be kind to those not as financially fortunate. They probably do not exhibit spoiled behaviors. That’s almost twice my rent.:) I think it’s awesome to prioritize spending money on healthy food for your family, but I’m going to challenge you a little bit. Are you debt free and have a substantial emergency fund?
I used to spend a lot of money on great quality groceries before I realized I was putting my family’s long-term financial well-being at stake. Now that we’ve checked those two financial milestones off the list, we have gone back to spending a little more, but you really can eat well even on a tight budget.
Just a thought.:). I recently challenged my husband and I to budget 200.00 a month on food for 2 of us. Which I admit is challenging. We tend to end up at 240.00 a month. I was happy to see we under thrifty. I bogo shop like crazy. We always have oatmeal, cereal, ramen, popcorn, and fresh vegetables.
I manage to keep a little meat in the house but we focus on salads to stay healthy. The challenge is he’s a chef and likes fresh ingredients, but we compromise well, I even bake regularly.
I’d like to get tighter if anyone has ideas. We do keep staples like rice, fruit, and pancake mix. I believe it’s poosible to budget and eat healthy. If it’s something you want to do regularly, you probably will just need to budget for it. I had a similar situation when having people over for dinner weekly and making meals for sick friends was busting the budget. We finally made a separate budget category specifically for purchasing extra food to share with others. You could take a little from other budget categories and start putting more towards your general food budget or make a separate “Food for Grandsons” category.
Shannon has some great ideas on how to inexpensively feed your family healthy foods that could also apply to food you would buy for your grandsons!:). Have you looked into things like wholesale foodshares? It may not help the issue with the grandsonsbut may free up a little money for goodies here and there. When I say wholesale foods are I’m talking about programs where they buy in bulk at low cost and people in the community buy in at low cost. The one I use regularly is 25 for what I would say is 75 dollars or more in food. Mostly fresh too.
I usually split the cost/food with a friend because it is a lot. They usually go through a local church or community center if you need ideas on where to look.
You don’t have to qualify at all, it is open to anyone. Have them join you to shop (on a fixed budget) for and make foods they like. Bean and rice burritos can be made ahead and frozen.
Tacos are inexpensive. Vegetarian Indian food with chickpeas and sweet potatoes served with brown rice. Healthy soups, like minestrone are filling, reasonably priced and freeze well. Vegetarian chili is filling and lower in cost than beef chili. Allrecipes has the “best vegetarian chili” recipe. Make it and freeze some. Oat bran muffins are great and can be frozen.
I would look for recipes that freeze well. Pancakes can be made ahead and frozen. They can be heated in the toaster. Boys eat a lot!
I have two and the are a bottomless pit. Veggie burgers take five minutes to make. I would make cookies from scratch and freeze some. Hot Oat Bran Cereal is filling. The box cereals leave you hungry and the don’t fuel energy in the body. Healthy, filling foods will satisfy their hunger.
I read the post that you are referencing. I remember thinking, finally!
I’m not the only one! It never ceases to amaze me how judging people can be. So what if it was cookies that your toddler was asking for that you said no to?
Would people still be judging you? Or still saying how dare you make your toddler go without!! Children are way too sppiled these days, getting everything they want and never hearing no. How does this help them for when they are on their own?? I spend $300-450/month on our family of 6.
This includes toiletries and pet food (3 dogs and numerous cats). Now the difference for me is that I raise 100% of the meat we eat in this house and my next goal is dairy. Maybe I’m the exception to the rule, but I aim to be almost completely self sufficient.
My point is, people need to stop judging. You are (were) doing your best to feed your child healthfully while paying off debt. Kudos to you! Wow Stephanie$300-$450 a good budget for a family of 6! We spend $400-$450 a month on groceries including toiletries, etc for a family of 4. The fact that my husband hunts does help pad things a bit. Plus we have chickens so that saves us on eggsalthough we obviously have to feed them as well.
My husband also gets a free lunch at work, which helps me save on packing him lunch. I do cook from scratch most of the time. If I didn’t have to buy lactaid milk for my kids, that would save a good chunk as well.:).
For 2 adults and 7 kids ages 9 months-13 years we spend about $200 a week. That includes raising our own beef. We eat mostly whole foods and organic when it’s affordable. If we eat bread or cookies, I bake them. We don’t eat a lot of snacks but when we do it’s usually apples and cheese. The kids have learned if the fruit is gone by Wednesday, they have to wait until Friday to have more. But they don’t go hungry and they know how to ration.
Otherwise the entire budget would go towards fruit! Debt or no debt, kids should understand these basic skills.
I appreciate this post and your approach. We have a family of six and I spend $120 per week at regular grocery stores and $135 per month at my buying club or Costco. So approx $650 per month. I did part of your grocery savings course, and realized there wasn’t much else I could do to save, other than sacrificing nutrition. I wish there was something we could do, as our exoenses are going up drastically right now. We just started weekly therapy for our deaf toddler, which includes driving 3 hours per week.
We also live in Canada where food costs more than most places in the US. We are a family of two with one currently on the way, my husband is a chef so he often gets to eat 2 of his meals at work everyday. Unfortunately we probably spend way to much on going out likely around 200 or 300 a month (I wish we could stop this cycle we do well some months, but others are just so busy it can’t be helped most of the time).
Our monthly grocery budget isn’t too bad we go grocery shopping at least twice a month and sometimes we will make small shopping trips in between We probably spend about $300 a month at the grocery store and that includes toiletries, and the other items that you have to replace every two or three months or so. We buy a few things like paper towels and toilet paper in bulk so it doesn’t eat up our budget a whole lot.
Any health food store should be able to order the large bags of oats, or any other grain, for that matter. Seriously, Shannon, running out of bananas and/or peanut butter is not a crisis, nor will a child “suffer” for it. I raised 5 children, now in their 40’s, and I don’t think any of them believe they were deprived because we sometimes ran out of certain foods. We lived 12 miles from the grocery and I did not make special trips to the store. As long as there is other nutritious food in the house, all is well. Boy, people can be harsh sometimes! I don’t even use Facebook anymore for that reason.
I’ve found that the connections/information/etc. I was getting on there weren’t worth the negative junk that went with them. I understand that you need to be on there though to support your site. It’s hard to let that stuff roll off, but I try to remember when people make insensitive comments, it is likely because they feel self-conscious about how they are raising their own children. If someone can feel like they are doing it better than someone else, it can be soothing (even though it’s a false sense of comfort and just plain mean sometimes). On the grocery front, we live in rural upstate NY (way upstate, like near Canada), and fresh produce is pricey here in the off-season.
We were spending over $1000/month for our family of 4. I know this sounds insane, but we weren’t eating a crazy amount of food or anything and nothing processed.
We have company often and I bake to give to others a couple of times a week, so it adds up quickly as baking ingredients (especially natural/organic ones) are expensive! We also eat gluten-free (I have an autoimmune thyroid condition) and mostly dairy free (just butter) as my husband and kids don’t tolerate it well. I took your grocery savings course and made some big cuts and we joined a CSA that provides meat, veggies (seasonal, right now it’s a lot of carrots, potatoes and cabbage), and eggs. That’s $610/month, and then I allow myself another $190 for the things I can’t get there like olive oil, coconut oil, honey, fruit, coconut milk, baking ingredients, etc. I’ve had to be brutal in my budget cuts, and summer will be easier when there are more fresh vegetables available. It blows my mind that people are swinging it on SO much less. My hats off to you!
Believe me, I know that we are incredibly blessed to have the resources to spend on food. We make cuts elsewhere so we can spend this way. We don’t have a TV and therefore no cable, no cell phones etc. I’m sure there are plenty of people that would say I’m depriving my kids, right?;) I know it would probably take a lot of time, but I would love to see an itemized list of what someone is buying in a month that has a lower budget.
Do you know of any websites that have that? I would love to spend less if I could figure it out. Thanks for reading my novel! Great article.
This is very timely. I just finished up sharing “What Groceries We Buy for $400 a month” on my blog. For a family of 4, I thought this was very doable (although I’d love to spend more), but I cannot believe those statistics about the “thrifty” budget for groceries. I consider myself pretty average when it comes to grocery shoppingI simply shop sales and at affordable storesno coupons, but maybe once or twice a month. Blown away at those stats.
I could probably spend even less, but it’s what works for this season of our lives. We spent about $180 on eating out this month as wellwe eat out a lot:). I am so shocked to see what the thrifty and low cost monthly budget for a family of 2 is. I have always been so concerned that we spend waaaay too much on food each month. My husband is the only one that works, so we budget $330 a month, but truly spend probably about $350-$400 a month ($400 on a particularly bad budget month haha).
This doesn’t include our household supplies though. Does the USDA food plan account for household supplies in its numbers?
I’m also curious if they base this on a two income household? Thanks for the chart. We are a family of 5 who homeschools and hubby takes lunch leftovers every day. We are just outside of NYC and food can be expensive. We eat mostly organic whole foods and we are at the low end of the chart budget for family of 5. It so helped when we cut out all the processed food and misc snacks.
Being home all day with the kids, lots of field trips (packing lunches) sure helps going thru the food quickly! Always looking for great crockpot recipes! Thanks again for the encouragement! It is just my husband and I, but we spend way more than this due to the area that we live (we’re in Seattle and are shocked when we travel the country and see how low groceries are elsewhere), as well as the fact that I have Celiac Disease and medically require all food to be certified gluten free and only made in a gluten free facility. I get extremely sick with even a tiny cross contamination of gluten. This means we can’t eat a lot of the cheap foods that many families rely on to stay on a lower budget.
We also cook every. Of our meals due to the Celiac again and not being able to eat out.
We are at $800/ month for our grocery budget, which includes everything you would buy at a grocery store in addition to food (detergent, toiletries, toilet paper, dog food, etc.). The kid is a TODDLER. Her job is to PROVIDE FOR THAT TODDLER. I don’t care if buying an extra jar of peanut butter and a banana bunch will blow her Mastercard payment.her debt load is not the kids fault. The child has the rest of his childhood to be taught responsibility and consequences and how to reason and work things out. A TODDLER does not need to learn how to ration their food-but they SHOULD be able to depend on their PARENT to provide what they need. I can’t believe you parents are up on your high horses supporting that ridiculous notion.
My kid gets the healthy food he needsand if something of mine has to suffer for it, then so be it. Or so it was.he is now twenty years old, and is doing well mentally, physically, emotionally.BECAUSE I PUT HIM FIRST. Regarding the budget, I live in Canada. We can occasionally be guilty of too much processed food, or when we are busy, too much fast food. I spent $260.00 today, and spent about the same when I last shopped two weeks ago.
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We eat well, and I make alot of my own treats-muffins, cookies, nuts n bolt mix, popcorn.there is not alot of junk in my house as a rule-we eat meat approx 3 times a week, pasta once a week, egg dishes once a week, soup and sandwiches or buns once a week, and the rest of the time its leftovers or fend-for-yourself night. It balances out. If a spend a fair amount with planning some meals and following a list, there is no need to blow money on processed or fast food between shopping trips.
I was unaware you could be a bad parent all because your toddler didn’t have a banana to eat that day. You did notice she said, “As I noted in the post, of course I provided him with a variety of other healthy foods” But how dare her run out of bananas though right?! That poor neglected child isn’t being provided for. The kid can wait for the damn banana till her next grocery trip, in the meantime he can enjoy other fruits. Or would that be the end of the world too? We are a family of 7 (2 adults, 2 teens, 1 preteen, 2 little kids) and I average about $200 a week for food, pet food, and other kitchen needs (plastic wrap, plastic baggies, etc).
We don’t drink sodas or juices because they are all mainly sugar and extra calories (and carbs). We make our desserts at home if we get a sweet tooth. We get at least two deer processed in the fall from a family friend and use that as our ground beef for the year, with a few chuck steaks.
I also do a lot of casseroles to make our other meat go further and buy the reduced thighs and legs when I want to do a main meat dish. I love soups in the fall and winter and tend to do more beans then in my soups.
I also add a can of beans to taco meat and chili mac to sneak in more fiber and lower meat used. I usually shop only two main stores, as I find adding more stores than that, is just too much for my weekly shopping. I do love Kroger’s app for coupons that are downloaded right to your card, so you don’t forget to use them!:). This was very interesting to me. I have been under the impression that I was spending a huge amount of money on groceries each month for just the 2 of us. I target for about $400 and that includes all the toiletries, paper goods, food for 2 smaller dogs. I have felt so bad for spending “so much.” I see all the posts on Facebook, Pinterest and the like where others are apparently “feeding a family of 6 for $200 a month” (I actually just went to Pinterest and found that Pin) and I have wondered how on Earth they could be doing that?
Or conversely, what am I doing wrong? I do OAMC, I freeze ahead, I use the other portions for my husband’s lunches and we rarely go out to eat. Now that I have read your post, I feel so much better. Now I can focus on maybe resourcing better meats or joining a Co-Op or container gardening on my deck. Thank you for the post! I have been struggling with a food budget for my large and growing family. We have some food allergies that play a significant roll in cost.
We have two kids with Celiacs, as well as kids with soy and nut allergies. I found that simply going gluten free almost doubled our food costs. I try to buy bulk when and where I can. We also buy all of our grass fed organic meat directly from the farmer, in bulk. We are struggling with an average food budget of almost $2K a month to feed my family of 9!! When your food budget is equal to your mortgage that creates allot of financial difficulties.
Do you have any suggestions specifically for gluten free families? My husband budgets $1200 for me to spend for our family of 8.
About $100 of it goes to feed the van:-) This money covers not just groceries, but cleaning supplies, light bulbs, toiletries, and things of that nature as well. Also I have celiac disease so where some can spend 89 cents on a box of pasta, I pay about double that for gluten free pasta.
Same goes for breakfast cereal. I also have to buy GF flours for baking.
I do try to stick with naturally gluten free meals, but sometimes I just need to mix it up and I love to bake! Leftovers in the grocery budget get used for my mad money. (shhh, don’t tell my hubby! First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time to do the research nessesary to produce such an informative blog. I appreciate your openness and honesty that you share with the readers.
I find it amazing that people stand and ridicule and judge others as you expressed you had received from you previous post. You are an amazing mom, woman and blogger. Thank you for taking time out of your precious life to share you heart and findings with the rest of us. Dismiss all the negative feed back. I wonder how perfect they really are? Or is it simply the critical voice that yells at them that they are casting out to others. You are amazing.
Most months I spend between 500-600 per month for a family of 5; 2 adults, twin 17 year old boys, and an 8 year old (all of them have a healthy appetite). We live in a small town with hardly any competition. So, I try to do most of my grocery shopping in a city about 30 minutes from us since they have 2 main grocery stores (with good sales), Aldi’s, and Walmart. I try to go twice per month and then just buy our milk and bread locally.
I easily save 100-200 by doing it this way. I coupon some as well to help save money.
My husband is changing jobs though and will take an overall cut in pay (however it will be a steady, once a month, income). I am hoping to cut my grocery budget down by at least another 100-200 dollars. I used to make more things from scratch, so I am going to go back to that again. I am also going to try to incorporate more beans and rice into meals and start cutting down on the amount of meat each meal (my family loves meat and having meatless meals are not really an option).
Great to see a rule of thumb for grocery budget, as I’m in Canada I believe it’s probably a little more. Just over a year ago, I was spending $350 – $400 a week for groceries, with three adults, two young teens. Add to that one dog, one cat, three lizards and a large fish! I’m quite happy to report that for the last two months, I’m only spending $250 a week, a huge difference! It hasn’t been easy, it takes about 5 hours a week with my routine. The routine includes a lot of planning with flyers and flip app, and learning to say no! To things that aren’t on sale this week.
I also analyze my spending and use Mighty Grocery to see what price I’ve paid in the past on my cell phone. I’ve been doing a lot of couponing, price comparing in store, shopping in more than one store now, looking for the reduced produce and meat first. I use a credit card that I pay off when I get home (never a balance!) for rewards, and the online apps like Checkout 51. The rewards from Shoppers Drug Mart here in Canada are fabulous and many of their food items are cheaper if you know what to buy when on sale. I also stockpile items on sale, (check expiry dates!!) and re-learned how to make many of our treats like cookies and banana bread. I’m cooking on weekends as my weekdays are 12 hours everyday with travel time.
My oldest daughter is severely autistic so there are additional responsibilities there. I appreciate the encouragement I gain from reading the comments and your posts, as it’s hard to keep up the work you need to do for savings if you’re in a vacuum.
I think my best advice is track your savings after you get home to give yourself the motivation to continue, even when you don’t feel like it after working and commuting. I can show myself that my monthly savings have gone from $400 per month to $1200 per month in nine months! I’m getting better at it. On weekends now, my mother and step-father and my (out-of-home) daughter join me at the stores and everyone benefits! I’m the “Lead Lemming”.
Blessings to all Anne. I am a social worker at an elementary school in the U.S. Many people simply cannot provide adequate healthy food on their budget. There is no shame in visiting a food pantry or applying for SNAP (formerly called food stamps). The idea is that you won’t always need the extra help and will be able to give back later. That’s why they are there – to provide temporary emergency food for people who need it to meet their basic needs.
Children truly need adequate nutrition and the free and reduced priced lunches in public schools are there for that reason. Don’t be afraid to access the services that are put into place for families whose income cannot meet their nutritional needs. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
So many people think that if kids are receiving the free or reduced lunches at school, their parents’ are “working they system”(said in a derogatory tone) or that they aren’t trying hard enough. I can’t remember the exact statistic(upwards of 60%, i think), but a majority of the children in Florida Public Schools are receiving free or reduced lunches. A friend of mine teaches at a Title I school and 100% of her students are beneficiaries of the program.
MANY of those children get their only healthy food from those lunches. The community that her school is in, most of the families are extremely poor, the area itself, although just outside the Orlando Metro area, is a very small, rural area & most of the adults are agricultural( dairy, citrus, etc) or other blue collar(construction, roofing, landscape, etc) workers.
I remember as a kid(1980’s) in elementary school, we only had a few kids in my grade that received reduced lunch(including myself at times) and both the adults and children would treat those kids like they were “less than” because they were getting their lunches for $0.42 instead of $1.20(or something like that). I’m glad for all the kids that need it, that the program is much more expanded and available these days. Hi Dawn, I suggest a lot of brown rice and beans. It’s cheap and healthy. I like black beans and will add some spices or salsa to a can of them and just heat them up. This meal is great with fresh spinach salad and some italian or light dressing. Also, I eat a lot of apples and bananas because these tend to be the cheapest fruits.
Carrots sticks are a great cheap vegetable. Sweet potatoes are fairly cheap and much healthier than regular potatoes. I often make a meal out of sweet potato, a bit of butter, and a side of veggies.
Bags of spinach are pretty cheap at Aldis and you can add tuna out of the can or some leftover chicken etc. For a healthy easy meal. Steel cut or regular oatmeal in the morning costs like 10 cents a serving and is healthy. Hard boiled eggs are packed with protein, filling, and often less than a dime. Hope that helps! With 2 children with life threat food allergies to penuts, tree nuts eggs and milk going to the grocery story and trying to live on a budget of less then $800 to $1000 bucks is a joke.
I buy meat, veggies,fruit and a few convence things such as cereal and such. We dont make any cassroles since they all require lots of cheese.I usually cook for dinner meat and then a few sides of veggies and maybe rice or potatoes. Just buying a butter replacement “butter” soy butter cost me $5 bucks for a very small container. I do use coupons and shop sales. Everytime I roll up to Kroger I feel like I should have a parkig spot with my name on it with my own personalized shopping kart with a Starbucks Coffee for me. I feed a family of 5 on 800.00 a month including toiletries and cleaning stuff.- 4 adults and 1 teenage girl with a healthy appetite.
We do organic carrot juice and I buy organic fruits and veggies in season when possible. I’ve found that just a small garden can shave my food bill between $ 20.00-40.00 a month. I don’t buy cereal- kids won’t eat it.
We eat eggs 4-5 times/week and bacon/ sausage a couple times a week and oatmeal to fill in. Chips and ice cream are bought for special occasions only. No soda or juice. We drink water and almond milk.
I plan a months menu for meals around food in freezer and fridge. We eat beans once a week.
I do one monthly haul for meat, dry and canned goods and fill in twice monthly fresh food. We’re not bread eaters- I’m allergic to wheat. We do eat brown rice and quinoa.
I would like to shave more off but don’t want to sacrifice our health. Anything sweet is homemade.
No prepackaged food. If you shop the outside walls of the grocery you’ll save a bunch of $. The expensive stuff is in the center isles and isn’t usually that good for you. Budget 101 website has a bunch of mock recipes that save you money. They have a recipe for that $4.00/ bottle stuff and you can tailor to food allergies.
I also make my own laundry and dishwasher soap(.02/load). We are a family of 3 + 2 small dogs and a fat cat. We eat organic, grass-fed meats whenever possible, cook at home and our dogs eat human food (raw diet). We eat like Kings every day and never sacrifice. Having fresh nutritious organic fruit daily if we want, shrimp, raw milk fresh from someone’s cow/goat. I also buy raw local bee pollen for added Nutrition.
Our Food Budget per month is $1200,- to $ 1240. Which is $ 40,- a day to feed all of us like Kings including all the pets. Now this seems like a LOT, but this food budget includes gas for the car, toiletries, cleaning supplies, detergents and personal hygiene (shaving included). Because of the way we eat, we have reversed my husbands diabetes and liver disease has been completely cured. I had severe allergies, rheumatoid arthritis and IBS. The meds alone in 1 month used to be $350,- just for me.
I no longer am sick in any way and have absolutely no health problems at this time. So if you consider paying 600,- a month on wheat, preservative and nutrition-void foods that make you ill to the point of having medical bills, and then add the vet bills for your pets being fed kibblein the end, it pays to be healthy, to have all your teeth and loved ones (including the pets) that live to a ripe old age without complaints:) Your health is the #1 investment everyone should make. We are a family of 5 (children- 7,8, and 10 months), and our monthly food budget is $250. This includes toiletries, dog food, and cleaning/ house hold supplies. I make our bread, dough, cookies, and granola bars from scratch.
I also stick to a general meal plan- so every Monday we have pasta, Tuesdays are burritos, etc. I vary it when something goes on sale (like Eggplant or Spaghetti Squash!). I do a lot of price comparing, and I coupon a little when it meets our needs. I buy rice, flour, sugar, oats, and coffee in bulk at Costco. I also shop discount stores like Aldi (where a large portion of my monthly staples come from), Fresh to Frozen, and Save-a-lot. What I can’t find there I pick up at Kroger, and I occasionally make a trip to Walmart.
I have one big shopping day a month, and then pick up my discount fruit weekly from either Kroger or Fresh to Frozen. We also invested in a deep freezer so I can pick up great deals on chicken and other items when I see them! We also don;t do a lot of snacking (we would like to, but it’s not in the budget). I am working on being even more efficient, but it’s a work in progress! Well there are many great apps out there for saving money on groceries. I’m still learning and I don’t know how much I spend a month on groceries but I know this: I spend way too much! We have 5 children from 6 months to 8 years old.
I use the walmart app.savings catcherit takes your receipt and compares prices with stores around the area, matches those prices and gives you money back! I’m a failure at coupons! Most coupons I see are for junk food or things I never buy (which would not make sense to buy if I don’t use it regularly and I would not be saving $)! I am a single mom of three who, since the divorce, must work full time. Grocery budgeting is honestly the hardest part of money management for me — I don’t spend lots of money on clothes or fancy things etc. I worry a lot about health and am a sucker for holistic healthcare and high quality food, although I feel like I am failing at both currently. I am literally running everywhere, and feel like I do not have one moment left in my days / weeks to meal plan anymore or shop properly my big pit fall is stopping by the grocery store on the way home from work after picking up all the kids for exactly those items bananas and peanut butter!
And blueberries and Popsicles. Just bc I am exhausted and want everyone to be happy for a moment, do you know what I mean? If I could get a handle on this I would be thrilled but I keep trying and failing. I’m curious to know if “groceries” means to include all household items such as laundry detergent, cleaners, toilet paper, etc.
If so, where are these people all shopping that it only costs for example, “$75 for 2 adults every 2 weeks”?! I only feed my family organics, including my dog, and with all necessary items, shampoo, cleaners, etc, that actually work I might add, not dollar store watered down versions, we are spending $260 every 7-9 days. That doesn’t even include extras such as dinner Guest meals, or a bottle of wine here n there.
We are a family of 5: 2 parents, 1 diabetic 20 year old son, 1 17 year old boy with Celiac, and 1 17 year old boy with no special eating needs. We live in a very expensive area with no Aldi (I have big time Aldi envy). We spend around $250/week on food. We do a lot of cooking-from-scratch to avoid problems for my 2 special needs eaters, and to save money. I have tried to bring our costs down, but it’s really difficult to do without spending more on gas to get to less expensive stores. We’re within the guidelines, but it’s a real struggle.
Thanks for your tips here; I’m going to try to implement some of them and see if it helps. This post makes me feel great about what I thought was a really high grocery budget we have, lol. We are a family of 8, soon to be 9, and we spend an average of $150/week with a bulk shopping trip of $300/month at the start. So that comes out to around $900/month and includes all groceries, cleaning supplies, paper products, diapers, formula, etc. We’re on a tight single income while I’m in grad school, so every penny is stretched to the fullest extent possible.
We do meticulous meal planning and it has worked really well for us. We don’t have the ability to raise our own food (meat-wise, we’re within city limits and ordinances) and my attempt at growing our own produce has not fared well–I just don’t have the time to devote to it that I need. I spend 80-100 dollars a week for a family of 2.5 Our daughter is 2.5 so she doesn’t eat enough for a full person. A good tip for healthy eating, is shop the perimeter. Your grocer may set up a bit different but it’s generally similar. We hit the produce, buying organic with the dirty dozen and buying norm from the clean 15. I get 3-4 types of fruits (o-bananas, o-apples, o-strawberries, avocados, o-grapes), 5-7 vegetables (o-carrots, o-broccoli, cabbage, o-bell peppers, onions, garlic, o-lettuce), I go to seafood and get shrimp or wild caught salmon.
It depends if I need to restock on staples, like organic brown rice, milk, eggs etc. I get no preservative, no hormone, deli meat, fresh baked sourdough, grassfed ground beef, no hormone/no antibiotic meats, chicken 4 pack, 2 packs of pork. I only go into a few dry food aisles, organic pasta sauce, o-pasta, o- brown rice, o- beans, oatmeal.
I get organic cheese slices and parmesan cheese. Bacon, pasture raised organic eggs, organic milk, organic butter, grass fed organic yogurt. I don’t always have to buy brown rice, or oils and spices. So usually it’s around 80 bucks. My meals I cook use half a chicken package, or one pork or one beef.
I have left overs so husband has lunch and so do I for work. We have fruit and oatmeal for breakfast and I pack my daughters fruit, yogurt, and cheese for day care. They provide her meals but I often bring her the organic staples already prepared. I’ve eliminated going down most dry aisles, I do occasionally have to restock on organic sugars, organic flours, organic spices or baking goods. It’s only a few times and even then it evens out over the month that each week’s average is 100, sometimes I spend 80, and sometimes it’s 120. If you have a weekly pay period I’d get it as close to 100 by adding the dry ingredients you’ll soon need to restock on, rice, pasta, beans. So you’re buying something that won’t go bad.
While helpful, and the author’s authenticity is appreciated, the article is pretty unrealistic because it does not mention that the cost of groceries can be 40% to 50% higher in major cities like NY, SF, DC, Boston, etc. Where a large% of the US population live. The FDA SNAP budgets mentioned are based on best case scenario in small town Midwest where comparison shopping and bulk purchases are easy or feasible. The author may not be aware of the realities of large-city living faced by millions of Americans.
Most people in large cities trying to live on food stamp budget end up relying on food banks to make up the difference. As is often the case in these cities, there is often only 1 grocery store within a 30-45 minute commute (other options often 1 hour away due to traffic gridlock or public transit times) comparison shopping is greatly limited or not possible, and if everyone in the household works full-time (typically needed to pay rent), the need to carry groceries on the bus and or (often) one does not have much space for storing bulk purchases, it is further challenging. I want to shop where Msfpier does, I have not seen prices like that since the ’70’s!
Granted I live in a suburb of Los Angeles, everything is expensive here – even Costoco and Sam’s Club. I do make the rounds of smaller independent makets and you need to know your prices and have the luxury of time to hop from market to market, which most people don’t. I do not eat bread, rice, potatoes or pasta and very little meat, (except for meat I buy for the dogs), and still spend over $500 a month for myself and 2 dogs (dogs are well fed and get home cooked food due to all the recalls on petfood.) I want one of the super savers to come shop my markets, put decent nutritious food on the table for less.
Who is up for the challenge??? I laughed and then felt bad while reading about how tore you down in the comments section.
Hey, guess what? It’s your money and you can spend it however you please. I have a family of 4 and occasionally I feel guilty when I talk to my coworkers about our grocery habits and someone new finds out I go to the grocery store 4 nights out of the week. But that’s how I was raised. I text my husband with dinner choices, we figure out what sounds good, and then I go and shop. It also means I spend a lot of money doing it this waya lot!
And then, my husband and I usually do takeout on Friday, date night on Saturday, and we might do one of the two again on Sunday. It’s a lot of money that gets spent the.wrong. way according to certain friends and family. But again, we have earned our money, we can afford a certain lifestyle, I won’t apologize for it, and neither should anyone else. I commend anyone who can set a budget and stick to it or anyone who shops once a week, that’s amazing in my book!
I think it is VERY reasonable to spend this amount on groceries, but the real reason I’m commenting is that I really hate that you got assaulted for sharing your opinion. I agree with your stance about the banana. I have an extremely picky 5yo who constantly refuses to eat the healthy meals I make for him.
It is him that is making the choices not to try something and therefore not to eat. I AM providing fresh and nourishing food, just maybe not the ones that are his favoriteusually JUNK he gets from family’s homes. I LOVE your vibe! Thanks for sharing!!
Here is my strugglewe have a family of 5 (soon to be 6) with 3 boys (7,5,4). I spend somewhere between $800-$1000/month on groceries and it’s our biggest budget hit. Becauseof my youngest son’s compromised immune system, and the benefits we’ve seen for all of us including little to no healthcare costs, we use recipes ranging from paleo, to GAPS, to nourishing traditions. I have started making as much as i know how to at home (almond milk and flour, sourdough bread, applesauce, etc etc) but the boys are eating me out of the house! They get enough to eat, but could eat more. I struggle most with finding affordable “snack” items for lunches and occasional grazing. Eating sprouted grain cereals and granola, beef sticks that are nitrate and sugar free/grass fed, chips not made in canola or with any chemical additives is SO expensive.
We do “splurge” on quality dairy from local farms that include raw cow and goat products as well as pastured soy free eggs. Due to respiratory issues in my youngest I don’t feel i can budge in this arena. All this to say, I’m at a loss. First off, Tera, it sounds like you’re doing really well at offering your family healthy food and staying mindful of your budget. I know that’s hard work. How wonderful it is that it’s paying off with improved healthy and reduced healthcare expenses.
Hurray!:) It sounds like the one place you have left to possible save would be in the snack category that you mentioned. You’re right, all of those pre-packaged snacks will kill your grocery budget fast. For healthy natural snacks, could you do something like a boiled egg, carrot sticks, fresh fruit, or make your own granola?
I would guess you could consistently get down to $800 per month at least. I looked through many of the comments trying to find some insight/help. We’re a family of 10, 4 girls and 4 boys. I have three challenges with budget. One, celiac disease, so no wheat barley or rye–and oats, even gluten free, have to be in limited quantity because some are sensitive to a similar protein in them. Second, I home school, so my time available for cooking and food prep can’t run my day, or I struggle to get other things done.
Third, we’re in a small town without Costco or Aldi type stores (unless I drove 1.5 hours or more). If you are a restaurant business owner or if you know someone like it, you can arrange a Restaurant Depot store card, at restaurant depot, 12-14 piece good size whole chicken only cost 15$. Frozen and fresh fish is also available at low cost.
As well as rice, cheese, vegetables, fruits, all the condiments are cheap here. Only down side is you have to have the store card and all the things come as huge bulk. I go there every two months and I have few friends, we divide everything among us.
Some vegetables and condiments are costly at regular American stores, you can try some subcontinental stores like Indian or pakistani stores to compare if the prices are low or not.
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It was that sinking feeling I had when I got home and actually read the papers. That deal I thought I had negotiated was not at all what was on the purchase contract. I consider myself a savvy consumer, but I’d let my guard down just long enough to let an unscrupulous car dealer make me feel like a complete idiot. I’d just been had to the tune of five thousand dollars, and there wasn’t anything I could do about it.
I tell the story below. Certainly, not all car dealers or private sellers are crooks. But there are enough out there who are lacking in morals that you have to be prepared, stay alert, and double check everything. Or risk losing a lot of your hard-earned money.
Here are the essential things to be aware of to protect yourself. Single Women Buying a Car are Targets Let’s face it, most of us are not well versed in all the aspects of buying a car. What’s a good price? Should I lease, buy, or pay cash if possible? Do I need mechanical insurance? What’s my current car worth in trade? There’s a lot to know, and a single woman is usually seen as an easy target for manipulation.
As in any unfamiliar situation, it’s best to have someone with you who will watch your back, so if at all possible, take a relative or friend with you If that’s not possible, consider putting off shopping until you can arrange it. If you’re in a situation where you must get a deal done immediately, go slow, double check everything, and do your homework before you step onto the dealers lot.
If you are ambitious, you can also consider from someone else 1. Determine Values There are several online sources of car values. For estimates of what you should be paying for a new car, try.
Both offer insights as to what a specific model is actually selling for locally, as opposed to the list or “sticker” price. With that as a starting point, be prepared to ask for an even lower price. What’s the least you’d feel comfortable offering?
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Okay, offer a little less than that. Better to have the money in your pocket than theirs.
If you have a trade, there’s also the matter of how much you should reasonably be getting for it. Warning: it’s going to be less than you think. Dealers make huge margins on used cars, usually much more than on new ones. They’ll try to get your car for peanuts and potentially make thousands on it. According to the National Auto Dealers Association, nearly 26% of the dealers profits come from used car sales. And surprisingly, the largest percentage isn’t from new cars sales.
Thirty-seven percent comes from finance and insurance products it sells you after you’ve made a deal on the car. You can go to either TrueCar or Edmunds, mentioned above, or or and get rough ideas what your car is worth. But be forewarned: The numbers are extremely easy to manipulate. And the difference between trade-in versus retail value is huge. As an example, a 2008 Toyota Corolla LE with average mileage of 102,000 has a retail value (what YOU would pay on the lot) of $8056, while it has a low trade-in value of only $3776. Yes, do the math. Over $4,000 difference.
And even if you come in prepared with printouts of the values, they’ll have excuses as to why they’re not valid. They’ll try to get your car for even less. Negotiate for all you can get.
Be prepared to walk away. Or consider selling your old car yourself if possible. Don’t Fall For the “Difference” Trick If you’re trading in your old car, you’re actually doing two separate transactions. You’re selling the dealer yours. The dealer is selling you his. Very often, the dealer will try to focus you on how much difference you have to give.
That’s the price of their car less the amount they are offering for yours. Don’t negotiate this way.
Work out a price on the car you want first. When that’s settled, then work out an agreeable trade-in value for yours. Don’t Discuss Down Payment or Payment Determine ahead of time what you can afford. Use a financial calculator such as and determine what you can afford. If your budget will buy a Honda Accord, there’s no point in looking at that fancy Lexus. If the salesman asks you what payment you can afford, be evasive and just say “I know what my budget is, and I’m looking for a (name of car) because it fits.” Stay focused on the price of the new car and the amount being offered for yours. They’ll usually do their best to get you to view the transaction from what monthly payment or down payment you can afford.
If you fall into that trap, you’re very unlikely to get a good deal. Leave those discussions for the “F and I” (finance and insurance) man, who will be your last hurdle. Finance and Insurance Pitfalls Remember the number I quoted on this?
The dealer makes 37% of their profit in the little office you will be herded into after you breathe a sigh of relief thinking the worst is over. Turns out, buying a car isn’t just buying a car. The F and I man is usually a very seasoned salesman. He’ll print up the actual purchase and finance agreements. And he intends to make money on you.
He’s paid on commission, just like the salesperson. He’ll also try to sell you, among other items, upholstery protection, undercoating, serial number etching, paint protection, extended warranty protection, rust proofing and various other items of.
Sometimes, they’ll automatically include them on the contract without even asking. If you don’t object, you’re making the deal much less favorable to you.
This was the area where I got had. Having followed my own rules, I’d negotiated separately on purchase and trade. I didn’t buy a payment or a down payment. I was happy with the deal I thought I had. But because I let my guard down and stopped paying attention, the actual contract was written up on a “deal sheet” that was in the first round of negotiations. Once the contract was signed, it was too late. Dealers virtually NEVER undo deals.
Be Mechanically Aware If you’re buying new, there’s little to worry about. You’ll get, at minimum, the new car warranty. But if you’re buying a re-sale vehicle from either a dealer or private party, some mechanical knowledge is essential.
If you don’t have it, as most of us don’t, ask for an before you make a deal. Alternatively, bring someone with you who has a decent understanding of auto mechanics. A second facet to this is your trade-in. Some dealers may try to claim your car needs repairs and use that as justification for a very low value. If you know your car is a POS, that’s fine. But if it’s just time for a new ride, be able to challenge dealer claims of needed repairs. Buying a Car Can Be a Good Experience, IF.
You prepare ahead of shopping time. You stay focused on each part of the transaction separately.
You avoid F and I add-ons of little or no value. You negotiate each part of the deal and are prepared to walk away if it doesn’t feel or sound right. Buying a car, especially a brand new car, can be a fun experience.
Not all dealers are unscrupulous, but most use aggressive sales tactics. Remember that despite what they may try to tell you, they’re not on your side.
It’s up to you to be able to wake up the next morning feeling happy about that shiny new payment parked in the garage.Values calculated April, 2016, at www.KBB.com Images Main Shady Salesman Deal Making.
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When is it appropriate for a married woman to use Ms? Should Ms be used without a dot, since it´s not an abbreviation. How about the use of capital letters (Mr in the middle of a sentence)? This may all seem trivial and I have not given the use of Miss.
Much thought until I got married. Before that I used Ms, but was shocked to find out that the use of Ms is not accepted in all societies. Hopefully I will earn a Ph.D. Soon so that I can start using Dr., a whole lot less trouble. I don't know if it's the case in most languages and cultures but this whole question is quite a delicate one: miss means you're unmarried, but that generally means you're young so it's kind of embarrassing for some ladies to stay miss into their old age, just because they've never married. Don't forget that for centuries getting married and having a family was practically a sign of succeeding in life for many women! Ms is relatively recent and is used to avoid giving detail on your marital status.
You can be a ' Ms' at any age, even if you're married.
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I hope you don't take this the wrong way but you are taking a bit of a risk asking for rooms to rent in what seems to be private houses? With people you don't know - and who don't know you. There are plenty of other options for women on their own which needn't be expensive. Some small units to let on the main road (Petkhasem Rd) very close to town, opposite Sois 78/80. I don't know how much they are but Richard on here might be able to give more information.
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Also there are often small apartments available in the Condo Chain and Sport Villa which are a bit further out of town, but you would have facilites to be self catering to some extent, plus have shops/restaurants on site. The only problem is that one month is a relatively short term let so there are some guest houses which cost very little more for a month - especially if you pay in full in advance.
OK you would be paying for meals out all the time, but that can also be very cheap. I use the Subhamitra in the centre of town. It is surprisingly quiet, with very nice staff, a restaurant, pool and 24 hour security. On last years prices that would be about 25 thousand baht for one month. Prices for small apartments in the Condo Chain for comparison can be 15 to 18 thousand or more. Depends really where you want to be. Most privately owned houses large enough to have a spare room could be in areas which are less convenient for transport.
The Subhamitra is close to the Night Market - but certainly not close enough for there to be any disturbance at all. Intocartoon pro edition keys. In fact the market isn't really noisy IMO. The difficult thing to explain about Thailand in general is that the noise just becomes a way of life. In any town - HuaHin included - the main roads are noisy all day, and a lot of the night. The markets make very little difference, and in fact HuaHin night market can be quieter than the main road is during the day! But it is of course bustling, colourful, and a very good place to eat. Most markets are closed by about midnight anyway.
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I've used the Subhamitra last year and the year before, but also knew it from when I lived in HuaHin. It is about as quiet as you will get, and not anywhere near a bar area. But you must accept that in HuaHin - as in the rest of Thailand - life in general is pretty much 24/7 for Thai people.
