Groceries took on a
greater place of importance for me this month as I heal from my latest health predicament. I do truly believe
that food is medicine so having plenty of good, nutritious and healthy meal
options was a top priority.
We didn't need anything
nonfood related so my $25 budget for those items remained largely
untouched. I did pick up two packages of
sanitizing wipes for the prepper pantry that I found on markdown for only 69¢
each. With only $1.38 total spent I
pushed the remaining $23.62 right into my savings account. Love it!
My only nonfood purchase this month
I began my $100 grocery budget this month with $142.44 because I didn't spend my total
budgeted amount in February or March. I
rolled those extra funds over and added it to my new budgeted amount. There were some really good sales on my
favorite yogurt so I took advantage of that and stocked up.
A big markdown haul from Fred Meyer
After everything was
totaled up for the month of April I came in at $136.79 leaving me with $5.65
left to roll over and add it to my $100 budget for May. That is a good amount to start off with next
month and I am still really pleased with how well we are doing with our grocery
and non food spending. So far this year
I have spent a total of $394.35 on food and $55.91 on nonfood household items.
Discounted produce was a big part of my budget
We've had more than enough produce to enjoy throughout the month, lots of healthy main dishes, leftovers for our lunches each day and plenty of good variety. We're also staying mindful to use up items so they don't spoil or expire and are keeping our food waste to a minimum.
I SO wish we could get the deals you find!! Our prices are going up and up - it is getting really bad in California. A small bag of groceries a friend of mine bought (no meat, basically stock up staples) cost her $82....she almost fainted in the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. We're seeing prices on the rise here too. Thankfully I can still find bargains.
DeleteThat is cute. My main problem with boiling eggs is I forget them. I do eat the overdone boiled eggs. Does this appliance turn itself off?
ReplyDeleteI turns off and sounds an alarm which is pretty obnoxious. No worries about forgetting!
DeleteYou get the best deals!!
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky, that's for sure! :)
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