Here I am. I got lost for a little bit, but I am back. To tell you the truth the last 4 weeks have been very filled and I have been exhausted. Hoping to get back to normal here for a while. Lately I have been doing some cleaning and getting things ready for the start of the school year. My kids don't go back to school until Sept 8. Seems like we are all ready to get back in the school year groove. The kids are missing there friends, who unfortunately go from one parent to the other at odd times. So hard for them to keep in contact with them.
We have also decided to start budgeting. I know that we can do this. Our money just flies out the door the minute that we get it, or else we spend it on junk. Do you guys have that problem? I would just love to know where are dollars are going. We have decided to really hunker down and pay off some bills. My main concern is how much I have for groceries. It is really hard for me as a stay at home mom to not go to the store when I need something. Fortunately and unfortunately I live about a block from Wegmans. When I need milk I go to the store and come home with a bunch of other stuff that cost me about $20.
Now I have a budget. I need to really try and have all the food and paper goods that I need for 1 week. Do you guys do a plan for 1 week or 2? I know that for Menu Plan Monday I post for 1 week but really I write it out for 2 weeks. I go to the store thinking that I will get most of what I need. I don't. I fail miserably. Some days I (we) am not hungry for what I have on the plan. I believe that if I started planning for just 1 week instead of the two it would be easier.?. That way I could tell myself " I can wait until Sunday for that particular item." And I am going to also take the cash out of the account and put it in a envelope for groceries. When I am out, I am OUT! Think I can do it guys? Any suggestions on grocery budgeting would be great. Any great healthy meals would be awesome too! Have an awesome Tuesday!
We have done this! We pay with cash for grocies and when that amount is out, it's out. It's worked well. I only go shopping once a week, and plan for the week for dinners and lunch, etc. Let me know how it's going for you!
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Well this is our first true week on a planned budget. Really as a bad week to start because we had to buy all the kids school supplies! We have said we've done budgets, but not like this one. Ha! I spent a little too much this week, but since I have next week to go shopping for I just took it out of that amount. I bought some extra stuff meals so it should work out ok. Do you have any quick and easy recipes for ideas?
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