Monday, August 18, 2008

The good thing about stocking up is that the length and items in any other grocery runs are quite minimal (and of course, the dollars are too).

Friday evening, I actually had my boyfriend go to the store to pick up some hot dog buns ($3.19) and sauerkraut ($1.19) for our dinner.

Then today I decided to make something special and really not worry about budgeting so much. I went to Shoppers Food Warehouse after work and picked up:

1 bag frozen mixed vegetables $1.00
about 12 large shrimp $7.52
= $8.52

I'm going to start keeping a running tally at the bottom of each entry exactly how much we spend in a given week and how above and below budget we are.

Week August 10th-16th:
10th CVS $7.41
10th Safeway $52.72
13th CVS $0.00
13th Giant $47.73
14th Superfresh $6.00
15th Safeway 4.38
= $118.24 -$68.24

Woah. My only defense is that a lot of my purchases involved stockpiling cheap food for future weeks, which so far is reflected in the mere $8.52 I've spent on groceries this week. Tomorrow, I should have a similarly small bill grabbing some ingredient for the Mexican casserole I plan to make.

We'll see how I do in future weeks!

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