Every Saturday marks the end of a week in the four week challenge. It's a good day to look at how much was spent, where it was spent and what adjustments can be made for the coming week. The rules allow for $25 per family member, children under 1 are not included. We are a family of 5, but our youngest is under 1, so our weekly budget is $100 on all food, including eating out.
This week was fun as we challenged ourselves to get out of our comfort zone and shop for groceries in non-grocery stores. We found great deals at Rite Aid, OmahaSteaks.com and even Kmart. While I still enjoy shopping the traditional grocery stores, it's good to know there are alternatives and great deals to be had at drugstores and online.
We were going out of town for the July 4th weekend, so my grocery consisted of a lot of snacks and fruit from Whole Foods.
$100
-$.69 (Rite Aid)
-$6.34 (Shaw's/Star Market)
-$52.53 (OmahaSteaks.com)
-$34.67 (Whole Foods)
=$5.77 under budget!
Even though I had a lower budget last week, I'm much happier with our budget this week because it includes a lot of organic fresh fruit and food for our weekend getaway. I only shop Whole Foods for their fruits and vegetables. If you stick to their produce it's not much more than the regular grocery store. Salma ate scallops for the first time yesterday and didn't spit them out! She said it tastes like chicken..mmm...OK! Today marks the halfway point in the challenge, how are you doing? Good luck in week 3!
5 comments:
Great job, Isra! Very impressive. Have a great Fourth of July weekend and keep up the great savings!
---- Alyssa from ALL YOU
Thanks so much Alyssa, really means a lot! Happy Fourth of July!
We had company this past week and went out to eat for dinner, I paid for everyones meal Monday night. It was hard but I was able to stay within budget, so I'm quite happy with that. You are doing well on the Grocery Challenge, keep up the good work!
Les
Wow Les, paying for everyone's dinner and staying on budget, that's a great accomplishment! You're doing great too! Good luck in week 3!
I had a coupon, of course, after taxes it came out to $8 each for buffet Pizza, pasta, salad, dessert, and drinks for the adults, kids ate for free, 2 grandbabies and 6 adults. We had a cookout the following day and I had everything I needed in the pantry for the 10 of us, the great-grandparents came over too. It was a fun afternoon for us all, later we went to great grandparents house for cake and ice cream. I spend almost nothing for week one, I knew I had to stay within the budget for week 2, so planning ahead really paid off there. Week 3 has started and I needed fresh fruits and veggies so I went yesterday, have a list of things I'm looking for so if they go on sale this week I'll head out and get them, if not I can wait on big deal.
Les
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