My grocery budget broke after I switched to a cash envelope, and I only found out at the register

William Mitchell · 2026-09-23T14:10:04.391627+00:00

I started pulling $120 in cash every Friday for groceries, thinking it would stop me from swiping my card on stuff I did not need. On week three I got to the checkout at Aldi with a full cart, handed over my last $18, and had to put back milk, eggs, and a bag of rice while six people waited behind me. Has anyone else had a cash system blow up like this, or am I just bad at guessing what a week of food costs?

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