Last year I wrote this post about my plans to stock up on $5 a week
to see if I could make the kind of progress I hoped I could and not feel it
quite so much. Well guess? It worked pretty slick, I tell you. We did so well with it that I am still
reaping the benefits so I decided I'm going to keep on trucking!
You wouldn't think that you could make much of a difference with
just $5 a week which averages only $20 to $25 a month, but it really does! I'll admit, I went into last year a bit
skeptical, but I was also hopeful and determined.
The reason it worked out so well for me is that I love a
challenge. Give me $5 and tell me I have
to get as much of one thing as I can for that 5 bucks and my creative juices
get to flowing.
I shopped the sales and
stocked up on the loss leaders.
I used coupons along with
the items on sale to really stretch my $5
I shopped at places other
than my regular grocery store - Outlet Market & Dollar Tree
I saved up my $5 for
two or three weeks and bought in bulk at Cash & Carry
I had a list and I marked items off and put the prices down
too. I found that frequently I came in
under the $5 which allowed me to compensate on the weeks I went a little bit
over. It all worked out.
What do you think? Would
setting aside $5 a week from your grocery budget to use only for stocking up be
a benefit to you? Have any of you tried
it?
I have never tried that... for some reason I have this weird mindset that having more than one of something is a waste... like it might go bad or something! When you buy rice and beans and stuff like that do you store them in the freezer or airtight containers or do you just leave them in the bags?
ReplyDeleteNow that I asked that question it makes me think that a post about how you store your bulk items might be fun! Have you done that before?
Tania
I have done a post about that awhile back (might be time for an update) but to answer your question I keep my rice and beans in half gallon Mason jars. I keep my flours in the deep freeze. The nice thing about $5 a week is I don't buy too much.
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