Abandoning Project “Pay By Cash”

4. December 2008, 3:07 pmgroceries, menu planninglightening

I know this is probably the worst time of year to abandon my attempts to purchase all groceries by cash but with Christmas and Birthday Parties, it’s all getting rather complicated and I’ve temporarily dumped it in the “too hard” basket.

We have a separate budget for special occasions which includes birthday parties and Christmas but right now I’m not tracking quite so specifically which means it’d take a bit of extra effort to separate it all out. Effort I don’t really have the time and energy to put in. For simplicity and sanity’s sake, I’m choosing to make life easier for myself, even if it means we end up spending just a little bit more.

And as for menu planning. I made up a plan this week, all the while muttering to myself how much I hate menu planning, and we haven’t even stuck to it!!! Things are just getting a little too chaotic right now and while a menu plan “should” help, this week it hasn’t. *sigh*

So, I will back to my normal grocery challenge, tracking my grocery spending and menu planning when the kids go back to school at the end of January. In the meantime, I think perhaps I’ll write a list of the meals we have on hand and use that in place of a menu plan as such.

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3 comments:

  1. Jason Anderson, 4. December 2008, 16:51

    This time of the year is really hectic, so I wouldn’t worry about putting on hold (I wouldn’t call it abandoning) your project until the new year. As long as you keep a general eye on things so you don’t massively overspend, I’m sure it will all be fine.

    (Says the person who has *never* managed to keep to a grocery budget. :-) )

     
  2. river, 4. December 2008, 17:59

    Meals on hand is a ready made menu plan. Go with it. Keep them hungry and they’ll eat anything you put on the table. There’s a sanity saver right there.

     
  3. Babyamore (Trish), 4. December 2008, 22:32

    With everything that has been going on -you deserve a break.
    Go easy on yourself.

     

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