{"id":11231,"date":"2026-01-17T20:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=11231"},"modified":"2026-01-17T20:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:59:49","slug":"saving-on-saturday-pantry-challenge-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=11231","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday- Pantry Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am proud to say that I have not been inside a grocery store for three weeks. I will admit that I did send Zach to grab some sour cream on Thursday.\u00a0 \u00a0My rule for the pantry challenge is that we only buy items we are totally out of.<\/p>\n

Sour cream was the exception or maybe it actually qualified. We had two containers in the fridge.\u00a0 Unfortunately both were moldy.\u00a0 \u00a0Zach spent $1.83 for the sour cream.<\/p>\n

We actually ran out of rice on Thursday. I usually purchase large bags of rice at Costco in March but this year we used more than expected.\u00a0 At Walmart today, I really debated if I wanted to grab a small bag and wait to get at Costco. However the price difference was over three cent an ounce, so I just could not justify. We ended up with a 20 lb bag which only filled one bucket about 3\/4 the way. I will still plan to grab another bag from Costco when we go.\u00a0 As we were walking through Walmart, I found split wings that we will use for Junk Food Sunday. They were reduced to $19.84 for 8 pounds so we purchased 16 pounds. We have opened and used most of a carton of shelf stable milk so I grabbed a gallon of milk as well.\u00a0 \u00a0We have been attempting to use up all the meat and chicken from our freezer.\u00a0 I have used up all the shredded chicken, and all the canned chicken. I wanted to make Chicken stew tomorrow so I went ahead and purchased a whole chicken. I normally would not have purchased but I decided to go ahead because we were out.<\/p>\n

Now for the splurge, I grabbled a bunch of bananas and a loaf of bread.\u00a0 We experienced a MAJOR life change last weekend. I am going to hopefully post about it soon but these were things to make my life easier.\u00a0 I ended up spending $51 at Walmart today. This means that I have spent $291.57 in total for the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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