So what did we spend on this week?
$21.50 @the Farmers' Market:
- $13 on 1 gallon of milk and 1 pound of cheese (I know, right?? But I love that the cows are hormone & steroid free and get to live outside!)
- $3 on a bucket of apples (more apple crisp, here we come!)
- $5.50 splurge on day-old pastries rounded out the Farmers' Market run. (I'm a softie when it comes to buying my kids treats at the market!! At least it supports local businesses!)
$27.07 @our local grocery store:
- 2 boxes of off-brand cereal, 1 box of hot cocoa packets, 1 box saltines (true health nuts would cringe)
- onions, potatoes, frozen peas, 2 cans of pineapple chunks (all non-organic)
- Branola bread, flour, and chocolate chips.
$9.22 on "special outings"
- my husband bought a $2.50 basket of fries on a gig this week, to which he added a tip. :)
- I took our 5 year old out for a one-on-one treat (true health nuts, prepare to cringe anew) at Dunkin' Donuts. I bought her a donut, gave a tip after the nice owner put an extra donut in the bag, and then bought a homeless man a cup of coffee. :)
- I bought myself a cup of coffee on Tuesday between work and my continuing ed course. A little get-me-through-the-rest-of-the-day treat!
Easily I could have trimmed $15 off the total by taking out the pastries, donut, fries, and chocolate chips (all of which are NOT healthy--hmmm...), and of course a lot of the food is not organic. But we're not going hard core austerity measures yet.
And keep in mind I'm not starting from scratch--there was food in our cupboards and frig when I went shopping this week. But I would think that applies to many of us. My recipes for the week include a vegetarian lasagna, jambalaya (using some sausage leftovers a friend gave us), and sweet potato chili that I made weeks ago and froze.
Week 1!
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