Lately I’ve been trying to figure how on earth I’m going to make it with only $195.17 left in my grocery budget for the year. With 87 days to go, it works out to be only$2.24 a day for 4 people. HOLE LEE CRAP!
A few days ago, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I cleaned out the freezer so we could get a good look at the food we have on hand and make a game plan.
Basically unless we want to eat fresh kale from the garden for the next 88 days straight, it looks like we’ll be integrating a lot of seafood, weenies and strawberries into our meals over the next few months. Luckily our pantry is pretty well stocked with a lot of goodies we canned this summer and dry goods picked up from coupons deals over the past year.
I know we won’t go hungry, but I do think it’s going to get a little interesting around here pretty quick. Especially with baking season right around the corner.
Let’s just hope there is an awesome deal on baking supplies {especially lots of butter} to get me through the holidays and baking season.
If all I have to do is buy milk, butter, chicken and a few other things here are there, I should be fine. But the real questions is: Can I keep it together for another 87 days?
Have you read the The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn? This was the first book I ever read on frugality. Not only is it a great read, but a huge eye opener. Amazon currently has it in stock and it’s worth every penny.
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