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Time To Confess: 55 Days Since The Last Big Shopping Trip

Karen · 5 Comments

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Way back on February 27 was the last time we made a big grocery shopping trip. I had made a personal goal to post a recipe for what we ate for dinner every night until the next time we shopped, but as you know, THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. I am not so good at sticking with the program on things like that, but I DO enjoy this budget thing. It helps me stay somewhat on a grocery budget when I have to publicly report how well or how bad I did with a goal.

So, here are the results of this last venture:

Wal-Mart and Frye’s 2-27: $416.33
in-between trips thru 4-20: 222.35
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total grocery bill 55 days $ 638.68

That comes out to $11.61 per day, or $81.62 per week. Not as good as I wanted, but not as bad as it could have been. We bought a ham for $10.00 the week before Easter; I bought some chard, artichokes, asparagus, and avocados at various times when we were out. This also includes shopping at some small stores that had high prices.

I also have to say, that we had about 1/4 of the ham left, as well as the ham bone; some tilapia; and a couple of other things that could have made about 6 more days of meals. I would have stretched it out that far if we hadn’t been getting ready to go to our job at the Grand Canyon. So, what do you think? Good or bad?

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  1. Gaelyn says

    April 23, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    You are good girl.

    I went shopping yesterday and spent about $600 also, but it wasn’t all groceries.

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  2. diane says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:18 am

    That’s sounds good to me. I believe our groceries are dearer than yours, as we had an article on TV yesterday about how our basic food is dearer than yours and UK. WE spend about $150AD per week. I doubt I could shop for 2 months though and where do you store it when you are on the road?

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  3. Sandra says

    April 24, 2009 at 6:04 am

    I think you done good! No way I ever come near that!

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  4. Christine says

    April 25, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    I haven’t broke down my grocery bill for awhile. I think I spend less but I think our groceries are cheaper. It seemed that when we were in the States we were spending more. I should keep track.

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  5. teeni says

    May 4, 2009 at 9:17 am

    I love how you are accountable for your purchases on line. It makes me hopeful that it will actually be possible to retire someday and live on a budget. Keep sharing all your tricks and tips, lady! You are doing your fellow blogspeople a great service. 🙂

    Reply

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