First Week on the New Budget
This is my first week on the new budget, since my husband’s temporary job ended. Unfortunately for me, this occurred at the same time my second job ran out of money. So I immediately revamped the budget, only to discover that the income from my primary job, which nets me about $1450 a month, allows me enough to pay the necessarily bills, but leaves on $25/week for groceries and other misc. household items.
This would be so much easier, if I only had to feed myself on that, but I also need to feed a man who at 6′6″ and 310 pounds can eat a whole lot! I honestly don’t think it would be possible to eat on such a low amount AND eat healthy if it were not for the fact that we have a nice substancial inventory of food already. I am one of those uber-vigilant people who keeps a price-book, and so is therefore away when there is an excellent sale. Then I buy as much at that special price as I possibly can, especially in the cases of meat, which can be frozen and non-perisible items.
This is why we started our new budget with 16 jars of spaghetti sauce, 6 jars of mayo, 9 pounds of lean ground beef and 32 chicken breasts, as well as a good variety of other items. This week I was able to concentrate more on fresh produce to accentuate what we already had on hand. But I ended up having to borrow $14 from next week, due to running out of dog food ($9) and deciding to get another 12-Pack (doublerolls) of TP, as it was such a good deal ($5).
Which means next week, I will be left with $10. I guess that means that I get to spend this weekend looking for loose change.
