I've been cooking up a storm this last few weeks.
Not that I didn't already, but I just kind of was more focused on...
What I was making for dinner because I'm trying to save some money...
While feeding my family.
I was asked how much I spend a month on groceries.
And I had no idea. I've never even thought about...
What I spend so... All of February, I meticulously
recorded every grocery item I purchased.
And my husband. I forced him to give me receipts. I didn't like doing it...
But made myself do it. So in February, I spent...
Six hundred thirteen dollars on groceries for the month.
The challenge I decided to do one week. So I broke it down.
Six hundred thirteen dollars a month came to about a hundred fifty bucks a week.
And putting it in that perspective made me think, OK...
That is kind of a lot for a family of three.
I just thought seventy-five bucks seems like a reasonable amount...
That one could strive toward. I thought later...
Maybe I should have just done seventy like ten bucks a day, but it just didn't occur to me.
There were a few different layers...
To this challenge. Not just saving money, but also trying not create a lot of waste.
I'd say that was a factor.
I think it's attainable. I don't think it's that hard.
I think it's a matter of just being organized and prepared.
Well I am a thrifty person.
And I do pride myself on saving money.
I feel good about it. For me it was good and for others...
I enjoy food and I enjoy saving money and there can be a balance between them.
There's this argument that it costs more....
To eat healthily up here and I don't know...
If that's statistically true but it certainly is expensive for
for somethings that you would not spend a lot on in the Lower-48
Avocados are a precious commodity here...
They're very expensive and I love them and half the time they're not very delicious here.
So I buy them with caution I guess...
It's all coming up on barges or on trucks, but...
There's a cost to getting it up here.
Here you gotta do it like this so it will
stay... I won't stay that way.
*beep * You just have to be savvy with grocery shopping.
It wasn't that hard. I didn't go and clip coupons.
That, I'm never gonna do that. That's way to much effort.
Dinner time!
I think it is a common misconception...
That cooking for yourself can be expensive. Unless you're like...
Living in a dorm room and just eating Top Ramen all the time.
There is somewhere in between where you can get adventurous, but still...
Not break the bank.