$35 Budget Update- Week 4

Okay so, at the end of my 3rd weekly update I was over budget. But thats okay, this is all a work in progress, right? Trying to find out how low I can go -not because I’m trying to be “cheap”- but to keep or expenses down is the challenge. Part of my...

What are we eating in this $35 budget?

Inquiring minds want to know! 😉 Some of what we are eating would be the following (to see my budget updates check here): My healthified chocolate chip pancakes (<–click that blue link to see how I make them). They aren’t just for breakfast, by the way....

Our $35 budget- week 3 update.

Ahhh! Getting tight 😉 Last Saturday I reported we were at about $25 left in our budget IF we were going to be successful at keeping an average weekly spend of $35 a week (4 wks in January = $140 total) for grocery AND household expenses.  I know thats a low amount for...

Our $35 budget – week 2 update.

Okay so its obvious to me right now, that this $35 a week grocery/household budget will work best as the “average spent per week” over the span of the month. This allows me to take advantage of stockpiling (not hoarding) the really really good deals as...