The Husband and I went grocery shopping last night, and I
feel like it was a huge success!
We planned our meals for the month of September last week
and we tried to use as much food out of our freezer and pantry as possible
while we were planning. The only meat we needed to buy was chicken and
pancetta. The chicken I actually bought last week at Costco and we did buy the
pancetta last night during our shopping trip.
As we shopped, we did buy some items that weren’t on our
list because we realized we were low on them or they were a good price. These
included things like barbecue sauce, fruit, olives, and mushrooms, among other
things.
Of our $400 grocery budget for the month, we spent…. $51.61.
We still have $348.39. We will probably need milk, bread, and eggs before too
long; and we need fruit every week, but I am feeling optimistic about our
chances of staying within our budgetary constraints.
In our freezer we had a roast, shrimp, breakfast sausages,
pork loins and pork chops, several pounds of ground turkey, and chopped pork. I
did buy chicken but we tried to plan our meals around what we had instead of buying
stuff. We also had the makings for a frittata, some left over steaks that we
are going to use for Philly cheese steaks, and various other odds and ends that
we were able to tie together to make some meals. Our pantry was pretty well
stocked as well so we didn’t need to buy a ton.
As far as our dinners go, we only need to buy the perishable
items we need each week now, and we are set on breakfasts for the month.
(Actually, we have cereal coming out our ears! Last time I went shopping I
bought 3 Costco boxes, so 6 really, of cereal; and when I got home, I found 5
boxes… preparation FAIL!) We also have plenty of cheese and lunch meat for
lunches for the month and tons of snacks so we should be good there, too.
We are almost one week into our No Spend month and I am
hopeful we will make good progress towards paying off our debt this month!
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