Hi... Sorry I fell off the face of the Earth for a couple of weeks, but life got crazy!
Alright, I'll start with the bad news.
We did not stay within our No Spend month grocery budget. We were doing so well and then the last week of September hit us like a ton of bricks. I went to Costco and spent $130, which was the remainder of our money. I got milk, fruit, and a ton of snacks for lunches: granola bars (X2), granola cookie things, peanutes, almonds, trail mix, Pirates Booty (X2), pringles snack packs, and cornnut snack packs. I was doing well. Then a couple days later, The Husband went to Safeway and bought some groceries, to the tune of $40, then we ran out of stuff at home, etc, etc, etc. Anyway, we stayed in our normal $500, but blew our $400 budget out of the water.
It was not a proud momemt.
There were some bonuses of our No Spend month. We did put a considerable dent in our debt and that was fully due to the fact of the money we saved because of our No Spend month. We were also very mindful of our spending and, because we spend so much time at home, it gave us a lof of time to work on our current home improvement project.
I'm not happy about our grocery budget, though. And I am going to do everything in my power next year, to see that we meet our goals... all of them!
