What I Spent and What We Ate

WHAT I SPENT AND WHAT WE ATE

We have a family of 3 and special dietary needs. Our family eats a relatively clean diet with very

limited process/convenience food. In addition, my husband has just switched positions and will now

be eating at home or packing his lunches MUCH more often. Furthermore, my son is a competitive

swimmer who consumes a large quantity of calories per day just to maintain his training regimen and

he has 2 large meets this month. The requires not only calories on a regular basis but specialized

snacks for each day of the meets. Our current weekly grocery budget is $100.00, but given the

changes in our family’s life, this may need to increase. Now I know that others spend far less for

groceries and I applaud you, but this is what works for us.

We were out of a lot of staples and there this was the final week of a great Mega Deal at Krogers, so

we spent a little bit more than we originally budgeted. The way I handle this is that next week, I will

try to trim the budget to bring everything into balance by the end of the month. Come back next

week and see how we did.

WHAT I SPENT

February Spending= $123.24

Week 1 = $123.24

Kroger= $91.02
NOTE- $4.50 + $2.00= $6.50 return due to checkout error.

Aldi= $30.58

CVS= $2.14

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

WHAT WE ATE (January 27- February 2, 2019)

Sunday- Swim Meet

Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

French Fries

Salad

Vegetable Sticks

Monday- Working, Cub Scouts

Hamburgers

Pickles

French Fries

Corn

Salad

Tuesday - Swim

Enchiladas

Salad

Chips and Salsa

Wednesday- Doctor Appointment

Vegetable Chili

Corn Bread

Salad

Thursday- Working, Swim

We Failed- Yes, we ordered out Chinese.

Moo Goo Gai Pan

Egg Rolls

Wonton Soup

Friday-

Pizza

Bread Sticks (Leftovers)

Salad

Saturday- Our day went CRAZY. Boy did I want to order out again, but alas I resisted. I didn’t have

what I originally planned for dinner defrosted, but I did have Kielbasa that I just picked up at the

Kroger Mega Deal, so we eat Kielbasa and other things from our pantry.

Kielbasa Hash

Roasted Potatoes

Salad

How did you do this week with your meal planning. Leave a comment below.

Comments

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