I'm not sure if I can claim this as a victory or not! I'm going to try to turn it into a victory by spending even less the next two weeks.
Here's the dinner menu:
Sunday:
- Lunch: ERC's last meal, we took everyone out to Perkins
- Supper: Due to sickness and general lack of hunger, supper was leftovers from Applebees and Perkins while the kids ate poptarts and PB sandwhiches.
Monday:
- Supper: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, corn. Bought: The whole chicken ($4.75, it was on sale for .77/pound!) The potatoes came from our garden and the corn we had on hand.
Tuesday:
- Supper: Left-over pancakes from Perkins for the kiddies, a bowl of rice for me. Mr. Curly was out of town at a new church board meeting.
Wednesday:
- Supper: Arby's. It was ERC's last clean up night, and we were in a hurry (told you we justify it way too much!)
Thursday:
- Supper: Baked ziti. Bought for this meal: Garlic bread, bell pepper, onion, tomato sauce (roughly $5)
Friday:
Supper: Fried cube steak, mashed potatoes and gravy (bought cube steaks, 4 on sale for $4, potatoes $1 for 5 lbs, ate roughly 1 pound, so this was $4.20)
Saturday:
- Supper: Homemade pizza (bought crust, $1.06)
2 comments:
I think that's the biggest challenge of all--how to stock up on grocery deals and stay under budget. This is something Jonathan and I are still trying to figure out---it might be an experiment for us, but we've thought about adding an extra amount per month to our budget for those stock-up opportunities. Grocery deals are hard to come by---and when they come, we want to take advantage! Especially on lean beef and chicken---but that really throws your budget off! Keep up with the experiment, I hope you're having fun with the challenge---
We've always had extra wiggle room in our food budget for stocking up on deals. It was eliminated with the $50/week challenge, because I just didn't think about it!
I've decided not to worry about it (this time) and to really utilize it to spend less over the next 2 weeks. After I've been doing this for a month or two, I'll evaluate how it's going and what I might need to change. It's still fun, and has caused us to eat more complete meals!
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