I tried to save $40 a month by switching to a cash envelope system for groceries in March.

I ended up spending $60 more because I kept forgetting the envelopes at home and had to use my card for overpriced convenience store runs, so has anyone found a good way to make a cash system actually stick?

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the_cameron14d ago

My buddy keeps his envelope clipped to his sun visor. That way it's always in the car.

viola_henderson14d ago

An envelope just flapping in the breeze up there?

josephf101d ago

Yeah, my friend had the same problem. She tried the envelope thing but kept leaving it on the kitchen counter. She ended up doing what @the_cameron said, clipping it to the visor, but she took it further. She put a bright orange sticker on her steering wheel that just said "ENVELOPE?" so she'd see it before she even got out of the car. It looked silly but she stopped forgetting it. She also started keeping a five dollar bill in her glove box for real emergencies, so she wouldn't blow the whole budget if she did forget.

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