I'm doing well on my grocery budget. But I thought I would start breaking down the costs of my meals to see what meals were actually cheap and what meals are sapping my money. So, here we go. My total bill for this week was $44.14 for 4 people including toilet paper.
Breakfasts:
$0.30 Oatmeal (3 days for 2 people)
$0.20 Cinamon Toast (2 days, 2 slices each for 2 people)
$0.82 Pancakes (double batch for 4 people)
$1.95 Egg & Sausage skillet (8 eggs & 1/2 pkg tube sausage
$3.27 Total for Breakfast for 1 week
Pat's Lunches:
$1.28 8 Salami Sandwiches (day off for New Year's)
Lunches:
$0.72 PB&J Sandwiches (9 sandwiches, 1 each for 3 days)
$1.54 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (11 sandwiches)
$0.00 One day of dinner leftovers!
$3.54 Total for Lunches for 1 week
Dinners:
$2.65 Meatless Chili
$2.19 Chicken Noodles soup with homemade noodles
$1.92 Fake Chicken Pot Pie (made with biscuits...not pie crust)
$1.92 Chicken and Dumplings
$1.64 Potato Pancakes with Chicken gravy & green beans
$1.56 Homemade Bagel Dogs with Baked Fries
$4.96 Make your own pizza night (sausage)
$16.84 Total for Dinners for 1 week
Snacks:
$2.49 Applesauce (homemade 8+ cups)
$4.00 Popcorn (4 bags...normally it wouldn't be this pricey...but I'm still using up the Boyscout popcorn that my son had to sell)
Muffins & cornbread, which total about a quarter per batch.
So, there is my grocery budget. We splurged on a few very minor things. We bought two 2 liters of pop at $.055 each. But that was about it.
I'm going to try to continue to break down my costs, so I can see what is expensive and what isn't. Until I did this, I didn't realize how expensive the "make your own pizza night" really is. But, I'll look at it this way...the kids absolutely love making their own pizza's and it is SO MUCH CHEAPER than ordering pizza and having it delivered!
Friday, December 28, 2007
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Keep up the good work! May want to check out www.funwithoutfunds.com for inspiration and useful ideas.
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