I say guilt free because I feel like any extra money should go towards paying our massive student loans or saving for a house, so if we weren't cutting $$ somewhere, I wouldn't have total peace of mind spending $2,500 or so on a nice vacation.
Speaking of….any suggestions of great, warm, not too expensive places to go? Right now I'm set on Nicaragua, but I'm open….
I can't believe I'm talking about this when it's just about to be summer here.
Onto the Spending Recap: We have about $143 (out of our $225 monthly budget) for the remaining 2 weeks of May. Sounds like a lot, but we just ran out of olive oil and also will be going to the cabin next weekend, which means lots of cooking & booze!
Cheers,
Kelly
I am totally jealous of your food spending. I have tried to get mine under control and just can't. I spend in one week what you do in a month. How the heck does that happen?
ReplyDeleteI am in Calif but food can't be that much more.
I have to give this more effort.
Do you ever post your grocery hauls?
I have videos of mine on youTube.
Sorry, I have no clue where to vacation. I could use one of those myself.
Hi Marje,
ReplyDeleteYes we have posted receipts, but haven't gotten very regular about it. A good website to check is www.thirtyaweek.wordpress.com , they are very good about posting theirs! I would be interested to see your receipts and see what is costing you so much, because I've looked at your blog & know you don't eat processed foods. My general guidelines are:
-Buy grains & beans in bulk, buy only dry beans instead of canned.
-Buy whatever produce is on sale and then find ways to use it, instead of finding a recipe and then going to get all the ingredients.
-Don't buy meat. We don't buy milk or cheese very often either.
-Make sure to eat everything in the fridge before it goes bad.