My new grocery budget challenge
Hello friends So my new challenge that Charlie gave me is to only spend $600 total for the month on groceries. We are taking Financial Peace University and are trying to crack down on all spending. Like I said in the previous post, we were spending $150 a week plus $200 a month for meat. $800 total. One of the things I am trying is to plan two weeks of meals at a time. We did pretty well in February and ended up spending about $650 for the month. Went a little bit over when I found my favorite chicken marked down. >happy dance< A few things you should know before you read the rest of this post. 1. I love markdowns. We have been shopping at the same stores for multiple years so I know the patterns of when and what they mark down. I found some A-mazing meat deals this week. That is not normal. I know some people do not like buying close date meat. I normally throw it in the freezer to freeze or in the crock pot to cook. I am also known to change our plan based on markdowns. ...