I did our grocery shopping on Saturday...I spent about $90 for the week for our family. I splurged and bought the kids a bag of raisins, which they LOVE. Anyway - I forgot to buy peanut butter! How did this happen? It's traumatic, really. I mean, how can a family with three young boys and one grown-up boy live for an entire week without peanut butter? The problem is that I have only two dollars and some change. If only I hadn't bought those darn raisins! Ha Ha. Anyway, I might be able to buy a small jar of the store brand peanut butter....just enough to get us through the week. Let's hope it's on sale!
Last night I tried a new recipe and I'm pretty happy with the results. It was Double Herb Roasted Chicken and Potatoes. Here's the breakdown: Chicken $4.50, Potatoes $1.10, Basil $1.15, other ingredients I had on hand (peas, salad dressing, s & p, olive oil) - total cost of dinner for five people $6.75. Not bad for a nice Sunday evening dinner! That is definitely our most expensive meal of the week. Plus, we get a new recipe to put into our rotation of dinners. Can't complain about that!
The rest of the week we'll eat spaghetti, tacos, Navajo tacos...nothing fancy, nothing expensive. This grocery budget is still a challenge, but I'm getting in the groove of things. I really like the fact that we have kept our $400 cushion in the checking account and haven't touched it once. It really is exciting to know that in a matter of months, we will be in charge of where our money is going. I asked DH the other day if I could save my babysitting money for a few months after we are revolving-debt free. I have wanted to buy something for a really long time but it's just never been in the cards. I can't tell him what it is, but I can say that its not for me and that I think he will be extremely happy when we get it. I'm really excited about it and I can't wait to be able to purchase it. I'll let you know early next year (or Christmas time, depending on when everything gets paid off!) what it is and DH's reaction...
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