• Apr. 28, 2006
A Small victory and a Major Setback.
Well, I went grocery shopping yesterday. The small victory was, my menu was only about $89 including the things that I needed such as shaving cream, paper towels, toliet paper, etc.
However I spent waaaay more than that!
See, my husband wanted me to pick up a new C.D. player and one of those C.D's that only play the nature sounds. As I was shopping I found a white noise maker that was only $12 instead of buying the C.D. player and new C.D. which would of been $35. (So see I saved some money!
) I needed a new diaper bag for my ds, as the one that I had from dd had had it. I also got these cute little sun visors for my dds to paint with tulip paint. Of course I didn't have any tulip paint at home so I bought that too. That cost around $11. Then I needed (truely I did!) new blush because I had run out, and some matching T-Shirts for my girls so I can make matching culottes for them. And a few other minor purchases.
At the grocery store there was a great sale on boneless chicken breasts only $1.99 a lb, so I stocked up on those. That was a small victory.
Today I individually wrapped those chicken breasts so I can use them for casseroles, stir-fry, chicken salad etc.
Ok, I know I went way overboard on the other stuff; I don't know what came over me! I NEVER used to do that. I went bonkers!! I am the one that my husband has to talk into buying something because I want to save the money.
So the major setback was my impluse buying. Why oh why did I do that, I cannot tell. I must be sleep deprived because I didn't get an afternoon nap yesterday.
Another small victory happened this week. I started back to exercising after I had ds. I was getting really excited because I could feel those calories burning off of me. My clothing started to feel looser in places where I want it to feel lose, and I was sore. So when I got to our local supermarket that has an accurate scale, I was anxiously waiting to weigh myself, because I KNEW that I had lost weight! Well, I got on the scale, and saw the needle go up up up; I had gained 2 lbs!!!! I could not believe it. After all that exercising!
The week before I started to exercise I ate what ever I wanted, and lost two lbs. This is frustrating! So that was another small victory and a setback.
Well, back to the orginal thought of cutting back on my grocery bill and planning a menu. I am going to try to make a price book to help me keep my spending down. I have read about how to make these things, but I really can't remember how to do it. It seemed like an overwhelming project to me. If anyone is reading this blog, and you know of a way to make a simple price book please comment and let me know. I really need to win this battle of spending too much on groceries.
This leads me to another thought. Coupons. Coupons do not seem to work for me. I live in an area where there are no double coupons allowed, and the coupons that come in our paper are not for products that I use; with food anyway. I don't generally buy processed foods, and that is what the coupons seem to be for. I try to eat whole foods. I do buy some processed, but I am very picky about what I buy, and I never see coupons for those things either.
Well, I am off to work on a price book I suppose!
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• May. 3, 2006
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Posted by preschoolmommy2
coupons don't work for me either. I end up buying things that I wouldn't normally buy (like a certain brand or snack cakes or a special salad dressing), which ends up costing me more in the end...not saving like they are "suppose" to do.
I love to grocery shop, but sometimes I can get outta hand, so I came up with a menu that I use all month long and switch out certain foods (like instead of manicotti ever 4th Saturday, we might have spaghetti instead). And something that my mom always did, was that each night of the week was a different food night. For example: Saturday is breakfast food (pancakes or bacon and egg sandwiches, etc) and every THursday nite is "quick cooking kits" like fajita kits or lasagna (not to be put on Italian nite, of course; on weeks we have lasagna, we do a non-red sauce on Italian nite)...
just some ideas for ya!
