1. Food - mostly bother by waste (as in I don't always take my own advice and I have to dispose of squishy brown things that used to be produce).
Improvement: reduced eating out, especially breakfast/lunch at work, been packing my food for work for about a month. I've always shopped for items on sale, unprocessed ingredients, store perimeter. But there are some convenience items we buy, like deli lunch meat, artisan/good bread, coffee, baking supplies
2. Pets - expensive dog food (after melamine scare several years ago), dog toys, dog treats, damage to house
Improvement: likely none, I consider the fur kids family, and part of my 'medical' expenses for reduced stressed unconditional love. And they are funny little bastards, so entertainment too.
3. Not yet automating more personal saving/investing
Improvement: opened personal Vanguard accounts and did some manual investments. Trying to learn more about my work benefits and options (e.g. HSA, 401k allocations, 401k is maxed the f*out and has been for many years, but I used to just select a 'mix' product, now I have selected specific indexes to make my own 'mix'). My saving/ investing is automatic at work, but it should set up an automated investment for personal account(s) too. I am currently tracking all my spending to get a better sense of cash flow, and I can leverage that info for auto-investing ( $/month)