My sister called my weekly budget a fantasy, she was right about the numbers

I used to do this thing where I rounded every expense down to the nearest $5 to make my spreadsheet look cleaner. Last month my sister saw my numbers and said "those grocery totals are a fairy tale, look at your actual receipts." So I checked. I was off by about $28 every single week, that's $112 a month I thought I had but didn't. I started tracking to the exact cent for 30 days, no rounding. It was annoying at first but now my savings goal actually matches my bank account. Has anyone else discovered their budget was built on fake math?

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