Big Shopping
Ξ January 24th, 2008 | → 9 Comments | ∇ Groceries |
I’ve had a long, on-going debate with myself as to how to manage the food budget.
On the one hand, there is always a lot of flexibility in the food budget. You can buy hotdogs for $3.29 or you can buy them for $0.89
And I’m pretty sure that they both come from the same unnamed parts of the cow. (Shudder)
You can get hamburger helper or you can get T-Bones. There are a lot of choices to be made.
But because I grew up with not always enough to eat, I’ve always been hesitant to skimp on the food. I’ve taken the attitude that I’d rather pay on the debt for a longer period of time than to let my kids be hungry. So my food bill has always been somewhat of a higher number than what it could be.
But I still see a lot of areas where I could make cuts.
A lot of the excess could be easily solved by buying bigger, less frequently. By shopping less frequently there is less waste, because people tend to buy something that they don’t need every time they go into the store.
So I over-budgeted the food this time and stocked up.
I’ve seen people blog about shopping for the month, and I’m hoping that that is what I just did.
Of course, I’m sure that I’ll be back in the store before a month is over, since we will need the little things, such as bread, milk, or whatever. But as far as meal planning, I just bought a month’s worth of food.
I am now completely at capacity.
I have to admit, I am a bit nervous about it. I spent more than I am used to on food, because I am trying to make it twice as long. Some of the items that I bought will probably still be there longer than a month though.
I still have some bugs to work out to organize the menus for a month at a time, but I’m getting there.
