I stopped buying lunch at the deli near my office in Cincinnati 3 months ago and I'm up $460
I used to grab a $9 turkey wrap and a drink at the place on Vine Street pretty much every workday. Three months back I started packing leftovers instead, mostly rice and whatever protein we had the night before. I did the math last night on my bank app and it came out to $460 saved. Not the fancy apps or coupons, just leftovers in a $12 container from the hardware store.
Now here's my hot take: the people who say budgeting is too hard are usually just not tracking the small stuff. That wrap was not a big deal on any single day. It was a huge deal across 60 of them.
What's the dumb little purchase you cut that ended up adding up way faster than you thought?