It has been exactly four weeks today since I started my August Grocery Challenge, and I am excited to share the results with you this evening. My goal was to spend no more than $100.00 for groceries. Drum roll please.............
WE DID IT!!!!!
We spent a total of $96.99 and came out with $3.01 left!
You can check out the post detailing all of my expenditures here. The only things I had to put back on the shelf as a result of my experiment were frozen dinners, soda, and coffee creamer. These things are certainly not necessities and don't provide real nutritional value; therefore, we were not deprived. Still, I will probably purchase those things this weekend. My husband has suggested that we just give up soda altogether, but I don't know that I'm ready to take that step. I grew up in a pop-addicted household and have never been able to kick the habit.
Not only did we not deprive ourselves, I would say that we ate very well. You can see some of the meals we enjoyed here and here.
It is a comfort to me to know that WE CAN DO THIS when we really put our minds to it. Next month's challenge...$50.00...JUST KIDDING!!!!! I think that averaging $125 will work well for us in future months, as I want to be flexible enough to take advantage of great deals when they come along.
2 comments:
great job! I'm glad you are leaving yourself so grace room at 125 :) I couldn't give up soda either...I've cut down quite a bit and have finally started to like water but I will never be able to completely give it up :) my family was also soda a holics
When I was younger I'd always want to drink pop but my mom almost never let me. Now I'm thankful that she made me drink water since I can save so much money and calories on beverages! My weakness is orange juice. I miss those days in college where you could get as much as you wanted on tap.
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