Right?? It's amazing to me how easily money slipped through my fingers when I was in my first years of college, before I learned a lot of this. I feel like many haven't grown out of that mentality.

We did calculations before we bought/moved to the homestead to figure out how much we "need" every month, and it really isn't a lot. And this is with still buying a lot of organic food! I think you and your husband have a lot of wisdom to be able to see this.