We are really struggling after Christmas so I'm going to have to sit down when the kids are in bed tonight and search through and preen out budget again to see if I can get it down some more. Groceries are my killer so that is my goal for this month. I'm going to go searching for the thread on here about shopping cheaper and cutting down the budget tips. It is so much help to talk to people going through the same. This is the first time we have struggled in years and years so we have been incredibly lucky but I'm having so much trouble getting DH to understand how we don't have enough money to pay our bills and need him to stop spending/wasting money.