Meals first and then my spending
Tuesday we had ham, potato salad, and butter beans for dinner/lunch. W was gone around suppertime so I ate chicken tender and tater tots. He ate some cereal when he came in.
Wednesday we had leftovers of the ham, potato salad, and butterbeans for dinner and a pizza for supper.
Thursday was tacos for dinner. I found a package of shells in the pantry and wanted to use those up. I managed to scrape together a bit of lettuce from the garden. That was a miracle considering the three inches of snow and several nights of hard freezing temps. For supper we went out to eat. I have started budgeting out night out a month. I enjoy cooking, but it was great to have a break.
Friday I honestly cannot remember what we ate for dinner. W was not hungry at supper so I ate part of my leftovers from the night before.
Saturday though Monday was W's usual foods in his lunch. I ate the rest of the leftovers and some random stuff from the freezer. I made a batch of Fruity Pebbles macarons to take to dinner with my parents on Sunday. W also took some of those in his lunch.
Now for the spending. I had $31.55 of my $150 budget left. I spent $31.35. That was milk, cereal, fruit cups, crackers, tomatoes, half & half, sour cream and bagels. Technically I am at the end of the official pantry challenge. I will most likely continue it - somewhat loosely though. I feel I have barely made a dent in the pantry. Shopping with cash definitely helped me stick to my goal. I even set aside the cash for my online purchases. That is definitely something I will continue as it forced me to stay on budget.
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