Not sticking to the grocery list!

Today I did my weekly grocery shopping trip and bought a few items that were not on my list. THe effect of that was that I spent almost $6 more than my weekly budget of $60. To be fair the additional items that I bought were food items that I needed and I did miscalculate how much I thought I was spending. In my head I keep a rounded running tally of my total less the tax. If an item cost $1.23 I round down to $1 and I round up to $2 for items costing $1.59. Keeping a running total in my head keeps me from having to use a calculator on my shopping trips. I also forgot to take my coupons with me but I don’t think I bought anything that I had a coupon for. I do try to take advantage of store specials whenever I can.