9/10
Well, we are only a third of the way into the month
and I have already spent about half of my grocery budget… EEEEK!
Yesterday I went to both Costco and Winco. I had already spent $46.50 at the Farmer’s
Market this past weekend, leaving $353.50. At Costco I spent $116.83, all on
food, leaving $236.67. Next, I went to Winco and spent another $22.79, leaving
me with just $213.88 for the rest of the month!
At Costco, I only bought food, however, for half of my shopping trip I
had some boots in my cart I was going to buy for The Girl, but then it occurred
to me that it was No-spend September so I took them out of my cart and
continued on my merry way. At Costco, I bought a case of canned green beans (12
cans), 2 packages of bread (2 loaves each), 8 gallons of milk, 8 pounds of
butter, 2 boxes of yogurt, a bag of clementine oranges, baby-bel cheese,
Cheeze-Its, trail mix, Pirates Booty, and Pub Mix. Other than perishables, we
shouldn’t have to go grocery shopping for the next two weeks or so, so I hope
our budget makes it!
I only had to buy a few things at Winco. I bought 4 boxes of tea, 2 for
school and 2 for home, hamburger buns, Ritz crackers, bananas, and 4 boxes of
Lil’ Debbie Nutty Bars.
We were running low on snacks that could be used for school lunches so
that’s where a lot of the money went.
Snacks aren’t cheap. Because
Costco now takes Visa, I charged our purchase there for points and then took
the money and put it in a jar to use to pay off the credit card bill when it
comes due. Winco only accepts cash or
debit so I paid cash there.
Yesterday I also had to give The Boy $15 out of our house “petty cash”
to pay for a Leadership shirt for school. He is in Leadership and expected to
participate in all of the activities so we needed to buy the shirt.
Unfortunately, our school budget envelope is currently depleted so I had to
take that money from somewhere else. (I
also have to pay $60 for a field trip for The Boy, $40 for him, $20 for a parent
chaperone, and I’m not quite sure where that money is going to come from.)
I’m a little nervous… only $213 to last over 3 weeks. That leaves me
with about $71 per week. I need to get
to Walmart and buy The Girl conditioner. She is all out. She has 3 bottles of
shampoo yet so at one point I must have bought 4 shampoos instead of 2 and 2
like I had intended. Normally, this would come out of our essentials envelope,
but in September we pay for toiletries with our grocery budget. Other than
that, I can’t think of too much more I would need to buy that isn’t food
related. I should be able to stretch
$71… wish me luck.
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