Help?

Friends, fans and blog creepers...

I have a confession... I can't budget. I mean I guess I CAN, but I really don't know how. I am actually blogging right now to ask for your help. Admitting to you all that I have a problem is the first step... so I'll explain a little...

We'll start off with my morning... which was a success...

1. I went to Starbucks to meet A... I resisted a skinny latte and went for a grande cup of coffee instead... WELL... since I had done so well and only spent $2 on a cup of coffee, I decided it would be acceptable to order a muffin... which brought my total to $5 something or another... could have ordered the latte after all... oh well...

2. I head to the cleaners to pick up clothes... $45 later, I am all set for pants for the week... for my husband... only... BUT they do SUCH a good job... AND they are just down the street! AND I tried one of those $2.99 cleaners once when I was trying to cool the spending... dealing with lost items and the fear I had while trying to pick up the lost items was just not worth it... AND they did not offer same day service...

3. I go to the library thinking I would check out some fun chick lit for the week... decided I would get all the books in a certain series... I had read the first one, but they only had number 3 in the series...

What do you think I did, fans? Do you think I put down numero tres in les series and helped myself to one of the other BAZILLION books in the library? NO! Of course not. I checked out #3 and headed to BAM to buy #2...and another book that looked cute... What can I say? Undercover Blogger wants what she wants...

4. I've had a long and busy day, and I just want to read #2 tomorrow. I decide to go to the grocery store so I can veg ALL day on Sunday... I purchase only enough items for my lunches, breakfasts, snacks, and ONE dinner for me and Darling Husband... the results were disappointing. I barely had ANY groceries... but somehow I spent $80.86. How?

So how do you people do it? HOW do you budget? How do you STICK to your budgets?

Please email me with helpful tips. Shopping at Wal-Mart and clipping coupons are not welcome suggestions. I know that sounds bad, but it's true. Wal-Mart is so far away, and coupons only apply to canned items and baby things.

These are my normal meals:

Breakfast: 1/4 cup of bluberries/1 container of yogurt/one slice of toast
Lunch: Lean cuisine/Kashi meal/Smartones meal (depending on what is on sale)
Snack: 1 bunch of grapes/Publix String cheese
Dinner: Boar's Head turkey or ham sandwich (common people deli meat upsets my delicate digestive system) /carrots/celery/cookieS/or a meal cooked with sale items from Publix/OR we eat out, but never anywhere that special.

I only buy the cheapest bottled water, I usually wait until I get to work to have coffee (this is not for cheap person reasons, I simply do not have time to make coffee for myself in the morning), I only buy like ONE bottle of wine per week and maybe a case of MGD 64 for my sweetie -he's trying to lose weight... we don't usually allow chips or crackers in our home...

I DOOOOOOO have to keep nice juices on hand for the hubs... and I will NOT buy juice with added sugar... so that adds up a little I guess... but who needs the extra calories?!?!

SO HELP? What do I do? Where am I going wrong? I plan my meals, I shop the circulars... I NEEDED those books... and I LIKE sitting outside at Starbucks...

Help me, fans... get me through a Saturday without decimating our checking account!

Anxiously awaiting your help,
Undercover Blogger