Maximizing our monthly budget: Groceries
I've decided to start to list each of our several monthly catagories and dive into each one to see if we are getting the best in value for our money. The topic today is our groceries. We have gotten alot better over time with our grocery catagory. At one point, we were paying over $100 in groceries. We have learned not to purchase what is on our mind at the time, but only purchase what we are going to eat during the week. We are getting better with stabilizing our weekly groceries to $55-$60 per week. She likes to write down exactly what we are going to buy and ONLY purchase what is on the list. We rarely go out or eat fast food, but that is the restaurant budget which we will save for another day.
With the baby coming, I assume that the baby's food will be approximately $50 more a week. Last week while walking through Walgreens, I saw baby formula behind lock and key for $25-$35. That's expensive. Even though we will be getting coupons from manufacturers for free samples, viewing their websites and looking at other online suggestions, does anyone recommend a particular brand being that it is so expensive?? :)
3 Comments:
Hi,
Obviously I don't know your particular situation, but what about breastfeeding? It's considered healthier, cheaper, more convenient (according to my breastfeeding friends).
Hey, welcome back! I enjoy your blog...thanks for posting!
We are considering breastfeeding, however a few coworkers that recently had children say that it was painful for a few days and then stopped altogether. She will try doing this but if we have to go to a formula we want to be ready.