Pro tip: that $50 cash back card perk cost me $180 in 6 weeks
I switched my grocery runs to a 5% cash back card thinking that was free money, but I started buying extra stuff just to "max out" the reward each trip. Six weeks in I checked my spending and I was up $180 at Kroger on stuff we never ate, all for maybe $50 back. So how do you all keep rewards cards from quietly turning into a spending excuse?