After looking at the cash remaining in the money jar, I quickly reached the conclusion that we spent WAAYYY too much money this weekend on food. We had $100 for the week, and that included the $5 bill I found on the spare bedroom bed. $50 of that was for transportation, clothing, and entertainment. So really I had $50 to buy groceries for the week with. I always work better with the week of money starting on Friday instead of monday, as we spend most of the grocery money on the weekend, as well as entertainment money ect. So my challenge this morning was to buy $50 worth of groceries to last until Friday. To challenge myself even more, I decided to host a Mommy Meetup on Wed.
And so I went to the grocery store, with calculator in hand and I did it!!! Not a single cent left, but I should have enough food to last us until Friday.
The menu is as follows:
Mon - Sandwichs (Hubby is away mon evenings for band practice so it's just the kids and I)
Tues - I forget the name of it Dal
Wed - Pork souvlaki with rice and asparagus
Thurs - stirfry
The one way I got the budget to work was I bought whole wheat flour and made bread instead of buying it. The bread is now rising in the oven (hopefully). So that should do us for breakfasts and lunchs.
I will make a rhubarb cake, and puffed wheat squares for my meetup on wed.
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Way to be on budget at the store and the menu looks yummy! How about a hook up on the pork recipe :)
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