I found this challenge listed on another blog and decided that this would be a good challenge for me to do. I am planning to keep the amount at $75 a week for everything we would normally buy with cash. This doesn't include gas because we use a refillable gift card for that. But I am including anything else we do groceries, toiletries, eating out, Sonic runs, all the rest.
This week was interesting. I went to Walmart on Monday and bought groceries. I decided to use this month to eat out of our pantry and freezer so my spending is a lot less than normal.
Tuesday Tim needed something from Sam's so we all went and we fed the boys lunch there. On the way he stopped at the Christian bookstore and found a book that he needed for church so that was an extra expense. On the way home we stopped at another Christian bookstore to pick up some things for the church and he also bought the boys a new dvd.
Thursday I had to return some things to Hobby Lobby and I ended up finding a Christmas present for family on sale so I picked it up but it was less than my return.
I sent Tim to Sonic one day for diet dr. pepper and he took the boys so that was an added expense and he also had a meeting one day at Burger King so he bought drinks that day also
Here is the breakdown for the week...
Walmart $26.71
Sam's $15.96
Hobby Lobby $14.51
Lifeway $15.43
Walmart $ 8.56
Family $17.30
Sonic $ 5.00
Burger King $ 2.00
total spent was 105.47 but the return to Hobby Lobby brings it down to 90.33. We were over by 15.33
If we hadn't taken t.he boys with us on the trip to Sam's then we would have been easily under the $75.
At the end of the week, I am out of coffee creamer, we are out of milk for cereal and all snack foods. I still have quite a bit of food in the freezer we can use and our pantry isn't in terrible shape. We still have apples and oranges but I imagine those will be gone by tomorrow. So we have pretty much gone through all the fresh stuff that I bought this week.
I am trying to decide if I can wait until Tuesday to go to the grocery store. I hate to go on a holiday because it will be crowded.
4 comments:
Hopped over from Mary's food challenge, just wanted to say hi. I'm really going to enjoy this challenge and seeing how others are trying to keep their bills down too.
Do you use the things in your pantry to bake homemade cookies, muffins for snacks?
I enjoy your blog.
You're doing great! Yeah, like Angie, I am quick to bake when my other snacks are running out. Today I made 2 pumpkin pies, and I am saving rice crispies and 3 partial bags of stale marshmallows (found in the corners of the pantry) for rice crispy treats this weekend.
Know I'm way late here but you still doing this? I'd love for us to get down to $75/week. We're at almost $100 now, not including eating out.
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