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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.
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