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Day 18 – AYGC

By Valerie

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Ah… the trip home. I knew I wasn’t gonna get off scott free!

We made a pit stop on the way to the freeway and picked up snacks: over-priced chips, donuts and ice (we still had soft drinks left over from my previous shopping trip and the ones in the van we brought for the trip up). I spent $7.67. I’d have preferred to just get ice, but I think having the snacks kept up from having to stop for both lunch and dinner. 10-hour drive.

We did stop for lunch at Taco Bell (my all-time favorite fast-food restaurant). Andy wasn’t hungry, so he didn’t eat. Just Mike and I, cost $6.88.

We didn’t stop again for food. We got home about 9:30 and munched on snacks already available. Glad there was food in the house!

Categories : All You Grocery Challenge

Tags : Chips, Donuts, Fast Food Restaurant, Freeway, Lunch, Pit Stop, shopping, Snacks, Soft Drinks, Taco Bell

Day 13 – AYGC

By Valerie

Monday, July 27th, 2009

I knew tonight was going to kill our budget… it was my father in-law’s 75th birthday, which was the reason for our trip to Ohio. His brother and his wife flew out from California and his sister flew in from Texas to help celebrate — so we went out for dinner… and we picked up the tab. Even if we only calculated the meals by my husband, my son and me, I think we went over. Hubby has the receipt in his wallet. I have to do the math yet, and will get to that once we get home.

Even if we went over budget this week, I’m still going to keep “playing.” It’s a personal challenge for me. Back in February or March I’d challenged myself to not spend more than $100 in groceries for the MONTH, and I was only $20 over, and most of the money I’d spent was on soft drinks. (BTW, that $100 was including household goods and personal products.)

Categories : All You Grocery Challenge