I was feeling pretty great about our grocery spending last Saturday. We went about $30 into February, not bad at all.
Then I realized that I somehow (still wondering how) forgot to record a $60 purchase from the previous week! Ouch.
That was offset somewhat by the Amex card giving us $25 of rewards. So I still felt decent.
Then, we needed to replace toothbrush heads on our electric toothbrush. Over $40! Yikes. I know it's better for our teeth, but yowch.
A couple random bits of money out here and there, and we're starting February with $240 in the grocery budget, instead of the $375 we'd have if we were staying within budget. Sigh. Guess we'll be scrimping and scraping for Feb. 1-15. Hopefully Feb. 16-28 will be better. (I'm always saying that, but one of these days it'll be true!)
The sad story of our grocery budget
January 31st, 2013 at 12:43 am
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January 31st, 2013 at 01:22 am 1359595363
I was told to replace my son's toothbrush since he had strep. He uses an electric one, too.
And my grocery budget is sparse, too, given loft goals for February. I was just looking at lentil soup recipes for DH. I'm glad that he likes tuna!
January 31st, 2013 at 01:48 am 1359596899
It helps to inventory the pantry & fridge & note an ingredient in the 'search' line at cooks.com or ivillage.com, chop & the 'trinity' to saute while you assemble ingredients. Throw the makings into an ovenproof dish to bake all but last 10 minutes. When cool, refrigerate...that's tomorrow's dinner.
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