Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

Well, another weeks worth of shopping to report. I am doing "good" and "bad." but we will sort it all out in a minute. ALDI: apple juice sandwich bags gala apples Total: $7.20 ALDI: Organic Honey Nut breakfast cereal sandwich bread x2 fresh baby spinach deli rolls lunch meat sliced cheese bella mushrooms sharp cheddar 10 lb. potatoes half & half milk onions fuji apples diet cola beef broth brown rice Total: $35.02 Publix: Bacon organic salad blend zucchini ricola cough drops x4 green onions lipton decaf tea bags Annie's organic ranch dressing Total: $19.30 This represents a total of $61.52 for the week and $114.55 overall so far this month in Groceries.  Not too shabby if i do say so myself. This will get us through until Saturday, when I will go shopping again. Here's the "problem." I have $195.46 left in my cash envelope. so I have picked up $16.01 somewhere. I know i bought some groceries for ...

Ok, this is not my idea, but it is my take on it. Here is a link to where I read about it. There are 4 in my family, 2 adults and kids age 8 and 11. Our goal is to spend only $300 during the month of January on groceries, household supplies, and basically anything that is not a tithe, bill, medical expense or gasoline.  The people i have seen do this previously, have included gasoline in their monthly "budget" but I really don't see how we can cut our spending in that department so I am not including that. We started January 1 and this is what i have spent so far: Organic Harvest: $14.00 Jar of Salsa Peanut Butter Olive Oil Local Honey Chia Seeds The cost before coupons was $27.18 but I had a $5 off of a $25 purchase and a Living social deal that cost me $10 for $20 of groceries...so when it was all said and done, it actually cost me $14.18 since I had bought the living social deal earlier in the week. I found .18 in the bottom of my purse, so I didn'...