Grocery Challenge: Week 2
I think I’m going to like Mondays for the next 2 months. It’s kind of exciting using cash for groceries when I’m used to using plastic. I usually use plastic for a number of reasons - one of them being I find it hard to track various amounts of cash in my purse. However, I’ve been using a plastic zip lock bag and just throwing that in my handbag when I go into town and that’s working well (so far - it has only been 1 week).
Week One Progress
Total Spent: $45.30 leaving me $84.70 in the “kitty”. Yah!!!
I did deviate from my shopping list a little and bought damper rolls (on special), yoghurt (on special - MUST get back to making my own), garlic bread to have with the pizza (yum!) and some pastry sheets.
Didn’t buy any of the salad items (didn’t need) so other than that it was milk, bread and bananas.
We did deviate from the menu plan a little (which is pretty normal and not really a problem). Spag bol sauce ended up feeding us for 3 meals instead of 2 so we had lasagne one night (with enough left over for lunch the next day - yum!!!!)
Week Two Menu Plan
Monday - Lamb Chops
Tuesday - Steak and Mushroom Soup in Slow Cooker
Wednesday - Fried Rice
Thursday - Chicken Pieces
Friday - Hot Dogs with cheese and bacon (Lleyton’s favourite)
Saturday - Meat Pie
Sunday - Quiche
All served with veg/salad depending on whether and my mood.
Week Two Shopping List
Fruit & Veg
(Bananas are getting expensive again - hope that doesn’t last too long.)
Milk
Bread
Anything else that jumps into my trolley Good specials if I think we’ll use them in the next couple of weeks.
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I want your shopping list!!!
But we are getting through the pantry and freezer. I may even have to buy meat in a weeks time. I know. The horror!
I seriously need to do an audit of my pantry and fridge. The freezer is all but empty which is annoying, I hate having to buy meat, but the fridge and pantry are overflowing. I did a big shop to feed Kym and Steph while Scott and I were away, then grocery shopped again on the way home without being able to check what I actually needed. The result is double ups of things I didn’t need and shortages of things I did!
“Anything else that jumps into my trolley”. Ha Ha. Those things are my downfall too. Sometimes.
it really makes you look at what you’re buying when you use cash, I’m so used to the card where it all gets paid for, imagine with cash that you go over and how embarassing that would be in the payment line!!