I’ve mentioned in previous weekly shopping posts that one of our goals this year is to reduce our monthly groceries/household budget area. My goal originally was to be at $400.00 or less EVERY month, but am now realizing that it’s very possible to aim lower as I build my stockpile, optimize the use of my pantry, use coupons, and shop at drugstores.

So the update:

After only 2-1/2 months, our monthly bill dropped by $…

Two significant things happened in the month of November: I was able to stay under (if only by a few dollars!) our $375 food/household budget and start stocking up on Christmas baking supplies.

This is significant because I like to make cookie plates to give to family and friends and in the past, this has added a lot extra into our budget. But this year I’ve been using my new shopping strategies (outlined here), and stocking up b…

I’m so excited to share how our food and household budget fared in March! For the first time in…well, I can’t remember, our monthly food bill was…are you ready?…$367.00!!! We now have $130.00 to put towards our garage debt or towards a used truck that we did not expect to have. This is really encouraging to us, as I’m sure you can imagine.

One caveat is this last month two things I’ve used to g…