While we had money set aside for our trip, of course, a couple HUGE surprise expenses popped up this month as well. We ran out of propane earlier than calculated (cost of $800) and hubby needed a business suit for job interviews a month earlier than expected, being that he is super tall he must shop specialty, seriously, even Macys can't fit him, oy! He did get a BOGO sale of some type at Mens Warehouse... but $1,200 was more than we had budgeted. Those better be some dang good looking suits.
With $2k to make up this month i am NOT messing around :-p
An intense inventory session of our pantry and freezer proved that we nearly have enough to feed us dinner ALL month long. I will need to get produce along the way as well as breakfast and lunch foods. See, only the 26th has a question mark on it!
A trip to Safeway to hit up the bargains proved a wise decision. Of course I matched sales up with Ibotta, wrote an extremely specific shopping list and only spent $19 on tons of good food! Much of this will last all week! Some highlights are these bacon wrapped steaks for only $2.40, Silks new oat milk at $1 and some great dairy free yogurts for my oldest. Oh, and the mushrooms were free! On occasion the Safeway app has a freebie, and produce is my favorite kind. Ahh, yes, I did get eggs. They are for me to make my Trim Healthy Mama lunch quiches, don't worry, my children won't eat these nasty cheap ones ;)
Heres to a nearly no-spend month! I'll check back in periodically and share my recipes as well!
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