April Week 4 Healthy Food Budget: $103.47 spent, for a total of $381.98 for the month. (See below for 6 month update) Yay! I was able to stick to a lower budget this month! Awesome! I have to admit I sort of cheated…but not really. I needed fruit (for one last day of April). But [...]
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My Healthy Food Budget: Week Three April, 2013
April Week Three Healthy Food Budget: $77.19 for a total of $278.51. That leaves $106.39 for the rest of my monthly budget. I’ve reduced my April food budget to $385, which will bring the total year estimated food budget down to $4700 (down from my original $4800 projection). It would be nice to drop it [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Week 2 April, 2013
Week 2 Healthy Food Budget: $134.74 for a total of $201.32 for April Even though I spent over $100, I feel good about my spending this week. With almost $200 left for the rest of the month, I’m confident I’ll meet my budget. I’m actually hoping to reduce my April food budget to $380, but [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Week One April, 2013
April Week One Healthy Food Budget: $66.58 Short and Sweet this week! The subscribe & save order from Amazon made up a big chunk of my spending, so I tried to hold off buying any groceries unless it was really needed. Dining Out: $18.24 Groceries: $48.34 Amazon Subscribe & Save: $28.40 total = $11.19 Wild [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Month End March, 2013
March Week 4 Healthy Food Budget: $73.49 Happy Easter! March was a good month! I’m below my $400 budget, and spring is coming! Soon, I’ll be planting my veggie garden! Life is good! March Month End Food Spending Total $388.51 Heading into April, I have prior months’ spending credit just shy of $83. I might [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Week 3 March, 2013
March Week Three Healthy Food Budget: $109.13 A large amount of spending this week, but with 9 days left, I feel I’m in good shape with $84.98 for the rest of March. I’m absolutely loving the local flour I bought earlier this month. The barley flour is awesome in muffins and pancakes. I’m hoping to [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Week 2 March, 2013
March, Week Two Healthy Food Budget: $36.83 spent Great week. I tried very hard to keep my spending to a minimum, and it worked! We got take-out Chinese on Saturday and I picked up a few items at Whole Foods on Monday. March Food Spending Total $205.89 After spending $36.83 this week, it brings the [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: Week One March, 2013
Week One Healthy Food Budget: $169.07 I’ve been posting budget updates on a monthly basis, but I wanted to return to posting more often, with details of what I’m specifically purchasing…so here goes! March Week One Food Spending $169.07 I went a little crazy, which is normal for the first week of the month! It’s [...]
My Healthy Food Budget: February, 2013
February Healthy Food Budget: $330.72 This was a great month! I spent $71 less than my $400 budget for the month! It seems a lot easier to spend less in the winter, so this will allow me a little spending cushion for summer, when I know I spend more. Or if I do well next [...]
My Healthy $400 Food Budget: Jan 2013
January Healthy Food Budget: $384.16 It’s great news that I ended up $15 under my $400 budget this month. Whoo hoo! Netted to the January slight underage and February overage, I’m still ahead by $2! I was very pleased with our dining-out budget. We went out 5 times, but really kept it cheap! There were [...]
