Weekly Menu Plan

This week is a busy one for me, and on top of that, I woke up not feeling that great.  I am pulling my menu plan from things I have in my freezer to make it easier on myself.


Monday:  BBQ Turkey Meatballs in the crock pot, Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Salad

Tuesday:  Dinner with Family

Wednesday:  Spicy Black Bean Cakes, Lime Sour Cream, Green Salad

Thursday:  Leftovers  (girl's night for me!)

Friday:  Diner Out

Saturday:  Harvest Party at our house!  I'm still working on the menu...


Erika

Weekly Spending 3/1-3/15

Hi All,

My weekly spending includes the past two weeks starting 3/1-3/15. I started out with $250 for both household & grocery spending for this month. My goal is to be under budget since I have a good stock pile in both my freezer and pantry. After calculating my receipts I was given perspective on truly how much I have been spending. Unfortunately, I did not stick with a $50 a week budget, although I was close. So here's the breakdown.

Groceries
Total: $129.60
Savings: $141.80
(not as high b/c I shopped at Trader Joes & the Asian Market in lieu of Safeway)

Household
Total: $7.02
Savings: $330.72
(thanks to Walgreens these last couple of weeks I was able to roll my RR's, use my Rebate GC, and stock up on Diapers. So major blessing there!)

Total Spent: $136.62
Total Saved: $472.52

Out of the $250 I have $113.38 available for the next 16 days until 3/31.
Also, I wanted to touch on how I am effected each day by what God has blessed my family with. My husband is a full-time Grad student, I work 3 days, and pay childcare to a friend one day a week, and my mother-in-law watches our daughter the other 2 days I work. Truly our financial blessings come from above and I want to learn daily to seek Him and His guidance. These are tough times for a lot of us and we are learning together to be wise stewards of our money. With that said, continue to do your best in saving money for your family and you will see it pay off in the end. Help those in need and pray for those who need support in these difficult times.
Sorry if I sound preachy but today's sermon touched on blessing others and helping those who really need it. It definitely left me thinking...

Christina

Weekly Spending from 1/19-1/24

Weekly Spending

Groceries: $56.77 (also, includes my trip to Trader Joe's last week)
Savings: $161.26

Household: $0 (I didn't buy anything from Wags this last week)
Savings: $0

Total OOP: $56.77

Total Savings: $161.26

Since, I'm doing the cash envelope method, I started out with $250 for grocery/household items for the beginning of the month. As, of last week I had $69.08 available & I have a whopping $12.31 left this month.
I am going to start doing the menu planning next week, but will do my shopping this Friday. So I'm pretty sure that I will go over my budget this month. That's OK though, this is not set in stone or written on a contract, but a good lesson for me to watch the budget!

Christina

Weekly Spending from 1/12-18

Weekly Spending

Groceries: $13.10
Savings: $50.90

Household: $27.63 (includes coupon binder supplies & shower liner)
Savings: $10

Total OOP: $40.73
Total Savings: $60.90


Since, I'm doing the cash envelope method, I started out with $250 for grocery/household items for the beginning of the month. As, of last week I had $109.81 available. I have $69.08 available to use until 1/31 & I still have GC's available to use at Safeway. Will see if I can keep my goal of saving $25 out of the $69.08.

Christina

Weekly Spending from 1/4-1/11

Weekly Spending

Groceries: $20.79
Savings: $146.57

Household: $49.19
Savings: $135.79

Total OOP: $69.98 (a little more than I wanted to spend. But I really wanted to stock up on the diapers at Albertsons this week.)
Total Savings: $282.36


Since, I am doing the cash envelope method & started out with $200 for grocery & $50 for household items each month. As, of last week I had $150.77 available for groceries & $29.02 available for household. I've decided to combine it since there are times where I spend less or more OOP on grocery/household items. I think $250 is plenty for the month. Truly I am at the point where my freezer is full and I just need the necessities like, milk, cheese, eggs, produce etc...
As of today, I have $109.81 available for the month & I have $15 in Albies Catalina's, (2) $30 GC from Safeway (for New Rx), and $15 GC from Olay Dinifity Rebate (that I will be mailing).


Christina

Weekly Spending from 12/29/08-1/3/09

Weekly Spending

Groceries: $49.23
Savings: $116.08

Household: $20.98 (Cat food/Litter)
Savings: $80.67

Total OOP: $70.21
Total Savings: $196.75

I am doing the cash envelope method & started out with $200 for grocery & $50 for household items each month. As, of right now I have $150.77 available for groceries & $29.02 available for household. My goal is to have at least $25 left by the end of the month, so I can put it in my Savings account. I know it doesn't sound like much, but this is new for me and I want to see how well I can commit to doing this & keep myself/our family on a budget.


Christina

Weekly Spending from 12/11-12/20

Weekly Spending

Groceries: $48.44
Savings: $86.81

Household: $43.20
Savings: $99.44

Total OOP: $99.44
Total Savings: $186.25
Plus $38.48 MIR from Wag's & $15 GC from OLAY= profit $53.48!!


I am excited to announce that I will be starting the Cash Envelope system for both Groceries & Household items.

**please post a comment with your weekly savings this week. We would like to hear how you did & what your savings goals are!**


Christina

Weekly Spending 12/7-12/11

Weekly Spending


Groceries: $38.90
Savings: $194.98

Household: $14.12
Savings: $152.79

Total OOP: $53.02
Total Savings: $347.77

**please post a comment with your weekly savings this week. We would like to hear how you did & what your savings goals are!**

Christina

Weekly Spending 12/1-12/6

Weekly Spending

Groceries: 61.49
Savings: $175.92


Household: $4.99
Savings:$7.00

Total OOP: $66.48
Total Savings: $182.92

Christina