Woodwater Farmhouse

Hi and welcome!  If you are just tuning in then you might want to check out these posts before continuing on... Starting up Unsubscribing Prepping for scheduled spending Today I want to talk about your grocery shopping.  This is an area, that I feel, you can save big time when it comes to no extra spending.   Those impulse items find their way into our carts very quickly! For me, this is the area where I can earn my brownie points (no pun intended) .  I am at SAHM mom and don't bring in much income (a few dollars here and there from my blog) .  However, my husband depends on me to do the best I can when it comes to keeping the weekly grocery bill lean and trimmed. I had our son track (on Excel- getting in some math for him) my weekly grocery shopping in terms of total spending .   (leaving out every six weeks my husband stops by BJ's to get our water for water cooler and paper items - paper towels, toilet paper and napkins) ....

I am sharing with you the way, after 25 years of doing the food shopping for my family , finally have it DOWN to a science!   Menu planning, saving, not many coupons (gasp) and little to no stockpiling.   Little background: our family lives on a "one check a month system". My husband gets paid on the 15th of every month and that's it (been this way for over 13 years) . Talk about having to budget your money wisely!   That's twelve paychecks a year.  HOWEVER, I budget my "food" money allocation on a weekly basis.  I have tried it all...cutting coupons, laying out all the ads, driving to three different stores, food money envelope system and so on...aren't you tired just thinking about it all?  I am!  But not anymore.  I finally figured out the PLAN!  The first part of the PLAN is to HAVE A PLAN!    THE PLAN should include:  Set a budget - if you are weekly, bi-weekly or monthly you need a budget! ...