The Hardest Part of the Grocery Budget
May 9th 2008 08:59
The hardest part of my $50 grocery budget is that $50 has to include soap, laundry detergent, toothpaste, etc. I could eat whatever I wanted on $50 if I didn't have to buy anything but food. I haven't actually had to buy any toothpaste yet, (I get free samples of those, I think I'm set on toothpaste for a long time!), but this month I did have to buy laundry detergent. It was on sale, but I could have eaten for days on that $4.25 that I had to pay for stupid detergent.
Anyway, as for the total I spent on groceries, I'm at $47 for the month. Of course, I still have to go back and buy bread and milk, so once again, I'll be a little bit over for the month. It may seem like I should just up my budget to $55 each month, but then I'm quite sure I would spend $60 each month on groceries.
I spent $4 at CVS, $3 at the dollar store, and $40 at Kroger. The dollar store and the CVS are right by my apartment, so I just walk to those. No extra gas needed. Plus, the dollar store always has a few things cheaper that I like to get on a regular basis, like gatorade, apple juice, oh, and stupid toilet paper that would fall under the same category as laundry detergent.
CVS was a random trip I don't normally make because their stuff is usually more expensive.
So I guess it's been a decent grocery month. I did the "buy two loaves of bread" thing again (did I even write about that before?) so that I've been eating a bunch of sandwiches and it makes my money stretch farther.
There is something exciting for next month's grocery budget, but I'll have to write about that later!
Anyway, as for the total I spent on groceries, I'm at $47 for the month. Of course, I still have to go back and buy bread and milk, so once again, I'll be a little bit over for the month. It may seem like I should just up my budget to $55 each month, but then I'm quite sure I would spend $60 each month on groceries.
I spent $4 at CVS, $3 at the dollar store, and $40 at Kroger. The dollar store and the CVS are right by my apartment, so I just walk to those. No extra gas needed. Plus, the dollar store always has a few things cheaper that I like to get on a regular basis, like gatorade, apple juice, oh, and stupid toilet paper that would fall under the same category as laundry detergent.
CVS was a random trip I don't normally make because their stuff is usually more expensive.So I guess it's been a decent grocery month. I did the "buy two loaves of bread" thing again (did I even write about that before?) so that I've been eating a bunch of sandwiches and it makes my money stretch farther.
There is something exciting for next month's grocery budget, but I'll have to write about that later!
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Comment by Irene
Women In Cinema
Grammar Matters
Good luck with living frugally.
Comment by Ashley
College of Cash