A little less than $80.

Ours is $440. I'm picturing myself being successful this time!

$400 for family of 5. I think we can do it this time. I kind of fell off my meal plans last month. And I stockpiled a little because we got our refund back.

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I am going to Try this Month too!!

I am shooting for 500.00 -

and that is For everything ,
eating out , Groceries, Coffees , Toiletries and OTC medicines .


I spent Close to 100.00 today at
CVS and Walmart.

So I am down to 400.00

$250 for me...
I've spent $10.40 at Harmon's, stocking up on baby food that was on sale. Technically it was in Feb, but I'm moving it to march, since it was FOR march and I wanted to stay under budget in Feb.

Walmart-
Gv auto dish washer powder 5.37
2 cans of gv spaghetti rings@ .50 each
2 gv can whole potatoes@ .50 each
3 cans of chili beans@.50 each
2 chili seasoning packets@ .50 each
hamburger dill chips 1.92
2 Sc cola@ .67 each
gv white queso dip 1.96
gv salsa 1.96
3 rolls of paper towels 1.68
onion buns 2.14
wheat corn crisp cereal 1.24
24 rolls of toilet tissue 5.97
Gv sco chips 1.50
big container of peanuts 3.97
sc dr. thunder pop .67
2 sc diet coke@ .67 each

Save A Lot-
bowl fresh deodorizor .59
enchilada sauce 1.49
tortilla chips .99
Corn beef brisket 10.35
garlic shrimp seapak 4.99
hamburger buns .89

$ 353.92 Left to spend
$ 39.81 Walmart
$ 19.39 Save A Lot
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$ 294.72 Left to Spend

If I can be noisy..... How many are you feeding and what part of TX do you live in? We spend $24 a month in just milk.

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A Family of 5's quest to forget the Joneses.

I've never budgeted, but it seems like a lot of people are saying $400. So I will try for $450.

Fair question. I only have to feed my dh and myself. We live in a town about 30 minutes outside of Austin.

I make almost everything from scratch. We buy very few processed food. We eat meat-free meals at least 3 times a week.

If I had to include dog food in the "grocery" budget it would probably be closer to $130 ($50 for dog food every month). I have 4 greyhounds and a foster greyhound. Sometimes I think I actually spend more for their food than I do for ours!

It's my goal to lower our grocery bill. I'm hoping to spend 450$ on groceries this month. This would be great for us to do this on a regular basis.

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Marie - SAHM of DS Benjamin (april 2004) and DD Rose (march 2006).