Budget update

Time to tally up what we've spent so far this week. We've had yet another change of plans for the weekend, and this time it may cost us, so what do I have left?

Spending so far:

• Acme: $61.25
• Mom's dinner out: $17.00
• Ice cream treat mid-week: $10.34

Total so far: $88.59

Left to spend: $11.41

To finish the week, we'll need: bread, milk, lettuce (maybe), granola bars and other trail snacks for hub's hike.

Can we do it? We'll see!

Week 1 of All You grocery challenge

This is week 1 of the All You Grocery Challenge from All You magazine!

I took care to plan ahead this week and try to get my spending as slim as possible. I left room for milk and bread runs later in the week, and other ingredients I might find I'm lacking (such as yeast and flour).

I've been grocery shopping once this week to my local Weis Markets and my total was: $47.18

I'll comment on my planning and challenges in a later post, but for now, here is my menu plan:

Breakfasts this week:

• cereal
• bagels or english muffins
• eggs (have some in fridge to use up)
• bacon (taken out of freezer to use in soup, so now I have to use up the rest)
  

Lunches:

• sandwiches
• soup
• salads

Dinners (I'll link in any recipes I used where possible):

• Monday: soup (homemade Ham and Bean), salad and bread
  
• Tuesday: salad, stuffed squash, and probably sandwiches for the kids
• Wednesday: grilled chicken, peas and beans from the garden, rice
• Thursday: turkey meatloaf, roast carrots and potatoes
• Friday: leftover night
• Saturday: soup and salad
• Sunday: penne ala "not"-ka

I found it!

Ah, that Acme receipt finally turned up, so I can post my spending summary for the week thus far.

In my second check-out at Acme on 5/31, I picked up

• 2 5-packs of Kraft Mac N Cheese
• 2 10-packs of Capri Sun Sunrise
• jar of mayonnaise
• 2-liter of A&W root beer
• half-gallon of Edy's Ice Cream
• 2 boxes of Eggo waffles

Grand total: $8.69

So this month so far (I'm counting 5/31 for June): $79.83