First Challenge

So last month we fell off our budget, and consequently spent a lot of money, so our challenge for the month of June is to only spend $600. All bills have already been paid, so the $600 is only for food, gas, entertainment, ect. We live off cash as per Gail Vaz-Oxlade's method of budgeting, so once the cash is gone, we can't spend anymore.
So basically we have $150 per week, $100 of it on food, $20 for transportation costs, $20 for entertainment and $10 for clothing and gifts. Though I have already had to alter that a bit for this week, as we spent $25 for just food for Friday's meal. So it is $5 for transportation and $115 for food. Hubby went out today with Miss Muffet (daughter #2) with $90 and a list of food we need for this week's menu plan, he came back successful and $20 left. Starting out strong on the challenge!

Menu Plan for the week
Sun - vegetarian spagetti
Mon - bbq chicken with aspargus and couscous
Tues - Ratatouille
Wed - Spanish Tortilla
Thurs - Stirfried Japanese noodles
Fri - Spinach gnocchi with tomato basil sauce
Sat - stir fry

Hubby will be making all his own lunches, and the girls and I will eat leftovers or canned soup or sandwiches. My plan for snacks are to make cookies and rhurbarb muffins or cake, apples, and frozen fruit, and of course POPCORN!!

The Beginning

In the beginning a sperm met an egg, and so started my journey into the world of motherhood. 9 months later our first daughter was born, 16 months later our second daughter was born, and then 23 months after that our son was born, completing our little family. Since my husband was first a student and then a teacher and we had decided I was going to be a stay-at-home mom, I had to learn how to budget on tight budget. It is an ever learning process, but I have loved learning how to have a good life on little money. My husband suggested that I share my knowledge of money skills as well as my passion for trying to be environmentally friendly and eating as locally as possible, in a blog.
** disclaimer I try to be environmentally friendly and be a locavore, but I often fail so I'm hoping that by being more accountable to the outside world I will become better at it. **