<prompt> Human: It took me a long time to control my food spending and figure out how to bring down the cost of my food expenditures.Cooking at home is skill.Deal finding is a skill.Planning properly is a skill.Also, a lot of it is about habit.I also used rmealprepsunday and reatcheapandhealthy, that helped out with what I just mentioned. work paid for food those two off-months :-DIts a bit spartan right now because I refuse to eat out until I find out how little I can actually spend on food but Im still spending 30-50mo on coffee but I refuse to make it in the office because I like the walk to the store and the people that work there.I also wish I had tricks for getting free stuff.  <response>: My partner is extremely frugal sometimes to a fault, but weve lived together for so long that many of the behaviors I thought of as silly are now normal to me e.g. washingreusing ziploc bags, cutting open toothpaste tubes to get another 2 days worth of toothpaste, etc..Over several years, these habits have not only taken hold of me, but they have influenced the way I think of other things. The result is less waste, more savings, and an overall feeling of being more connected to the world and not viewing everything as consumable and disposable. Nice work! 