$50 a week

As EVERYONE knows the economy is hurting. I don't care if your rich..... you still don't like paying $4.15/gal. And with that food has also gone up alot! In an effort to save some money I thought it was time to cut our food bill in half! I started to think about it more when my friend did a poll on her blog and asked everyone how much a week they spent on food. I thought about that and I put in my answer which was $125. One of the answers on the poll was $50 and I thought how does anyone do that with kids!!!!!!! If I was to do that I would have to cut some major things out of our food. I thought we would have to live on nothing but Mac & Cheese. I wasn't willing to sacrifice Zacs eating habits because he eats so healthy. I still thought I would give it a try. I went online and found some coupon websites and I asked Ethan's mom to save the Sunday paper coupons for me. I also planed out the meals I was going to make for the week. That Monday I went to the store so excited, thinking I was going to save tons of money. I end up with Zac screaming to get out of the cart and me walking out of the store spending $70 for the week. I felt so defeated. The next week I tryed it again and I spent $62. I was getting closer but not to my goal yet. This week I did it!!!!!! Exactly $50. I got a ton a great stuff also! Strawberry's, Avocado, Chicken, whole grain bread....all kinds of things. I saved $20 with coupons and sales. A long time ago I bought the reusable bags. It has been so worth it because Smiths gives a 5 cent credit for every bag, every time you use them. Every cent counts! I know some weeks I will have to spend more but that is OK because I'm still saving so much money. Coupons really do work! Hopefully I can keep it up!!!!!!