Our largest category of spending is Groceries.\u00a0 I budget $600 a month to go toward this but for this year so far I am averaging over this amount by $14.\u00a0 I often plan and set a goal to reduce this category but it is the most difficulty one for me to control or at least that is what it feels like. If you read my July update, you probably are aware that I plan to save at least $250 of this months grocery budget to use as fun money at the beach.<\/p>\n
Every time I make such a plan, things seem to come up and usually I tend to cave and just buy what we “need”. This month, as usual, already we are starting to run out or run low on a number of items. However, I have not caved to the pressure, simply because of the motivation to have the extra money to use at the beach.\u00a0 I will say that this is becoming harder by the day and we still have 2 week prior to leaving for our trip.<\/p>\n
One of the items that we are running out of currently are spices. I have just started a list on the back of the monthly calendar so that when we do head out to shop, I can be assured that we are not forgetting anything. We are starting to run low on several items that I would usually plan a trip to Costco just to pick up such as milk and eggs. We brought up from the freezer, our last gallon of milk yesterday.\u00a0 I had originally planned to keep this frozen and use as an ice pack in the cooler but this will not be the case. I have decided that we can always purchase a gallon of milk there it will come from the same money but it at least will be a beach purchase. We have exactly 24 eggs left. The kids have been enjoying at least one egg a morning each with their dad and at that rate we have about a weeks worth left.<\/p>\n
A final item that is going to take a little bit more planning for the next two weeks is menus.\u00a0 Our only chicken meal left in the freezer is Chicken Fried Rice, slight problem we are out of soy sauce to complete.\u00a0 The good news is that we have plenty of pork and beef items and even a seafood meal.\u00a0 The addition problem is that starting this week the girls will have cheerleading two nights a week which means that we have to have semi quick meals.\u00a0 I don’t want us trying to save the grocery money to turn into eating out because it is easier.\u00a0 I am hoping that by writing things down it will make me more accountable. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our largest category of spending is Groceries.\u00a0 I budget $600 a month to go toward this but for this year so far I am averaging over this amount by $14.\u00a0 I often plan and set a goal to reduce this … Continue reading