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Project: Food Budget – the end!

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This past Thursday, the official Project: Food Budget came to an end. I joined PFB kind of late in the game. The other participants were about halfway through the project by the time I came around. And, of course, now it’s ending… but that’s okay! Emily, the creator of the project, asked that in the   …Continue Reading


Project: Food Budget – Weeks 14 & 15

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Slowly but surely, I’m getting back into the swing of things. I should technically be on Week 34…  Oh well! I have gone grocery shopping twice this month. For dinner, we had been using a lot of gift cards that had been so thoughtfully and generously given to us after Ezra’s birth. Those are just   …Continue Reading


Project: Food Budget – Week 13

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So… I haven’t been keeping up with our food budget at all, so Project: Food Budget went on hold for quite awhile. In fact, my last entry was from March 30th! That’s okay, though, because I’m jumping back in. We’re about halfway through the year and I’ll be tracking our progress from July forward. To   …Continue Reading


Project: Food Budget – Week 12

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Budget: $70.00 Actual: $45.88  Once again, another super under budget week. But I can’t take credit for working magic with coupons or sales… the plain truth is we ate out so much over the week that I only made three of the seven meals I’d planned! So, that left four meals for this upcoming week   …Continue Reading


Project: Food Budget – Week 11

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Budget: $70.00 Actual: $86.64  Definitely over budget this week! We saved $17.38, though, so thank goodness for coupons and the Kroger plus card. Last week… meals didn’t really turn out as planned. At all. Who knew it was going to be so difficult to just muster up the motivation to stand for any period of time   …Continue Reading