{"id":2466,"date":"2014-09-27T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2014-09-27T09:15:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:15:15","slug":"low-spending-week-3-september-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=2466","title":{"rendered":"Low Spending Week #3 September 27th."},"content":{"rendered":"

We are officially in our third week of attempting to find extra money in our budget for a trip. Find out the initial details here.<\/a> Last week we did awesome <\/a>and to be honest it was much easier as it was not a pay week and we really had no\u00a0 spending other than a quick trip to the CVS.\u00a0 This week was a little more difficulty.<\/p>\n

First the good news, I did stop in at Aldi to pick up salsa and lettuce. The total cost of the trip was $3.44. That keeps me under our $600 grocery budget by $2.66. I will most likely stop at Aldi either today or tomorrow to spend this on a dozen eggs and a 2L Diet Coke.\u00a0 Both of the cars needed gas this week but\u00a0 with the cost of gas Slowly going down we still have $54 left for the month of September. I am anticipating that this too will be used prior to Wednesday for the van but\u00a0 even so we have managed to stay on track for the month in both these areas!!\u00a0 I was also able to purchase Amanda’s birthday present and stayed under budget.<\/p>\n

Now the not so great news, we are going to be purchasing cheerleading uniforms for both the girls this week. This is not an unexpected expense but it is one that I will have to incorporate and for the short time it will move some money that I had hoped to place in the trip fund.<\/p>\n

October starts on Wednesday, I am definitely going to plan on it being a low spend\/no spend month. I may even join a couple of challenges on other blogs to help keep me motivated. I had originally plan to spend $100 or less on groceries for October, however because of a mistake at Costco, I will need to increase this to $200 or less. I will have to pay our yearly membership fee of $110 out of this amount. So $90 or less will be the challenge.\u00a0 I am going to be honest and say upfront this amount may need to be increased to $300 for the month or $190 after membership. We are continuing to try and clean out our pantries and freezers. I am actually starting to see a change in these. We have empty spaces in both the bathroom closet and the kitchen pantry.\u00a0I am down to 2 bottles of Diet Coke and Matt just told me that he\u00a0has less than a months supply of\u00a0K cups. I will watch for sales on both these items in October but that will also mean some additional shopping as well. \u00a0We are planning a trip to Costco next Saturday and this will be probably the most difficult part of the challenge at least for me. Costco is a place that you always see a good deal and we have always grabbed a couple of extra items that are on sale just because we can. I have already started a list and hopefully this will make it easier to stick to the must be out of it to purchase rule but we shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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