![]() ![]() In fact, we had no grocery budget and did not keep track of expenses (gah!). I have no idea what our grocery budget was then. Besides, it is a good excuse to put lots of cute pictures of my kids in a blog post! I thought instead of just giving you our current grocery budget number, it would be fun to walk you through how that number has changed based on the size of our family, our circumstances, and our eating habits. Our grocery budget includes lots of hospitality meals to friends and family as well as a good many Christmas, birthday, and other occasion gifts.Even so, our yard produce constitutes only 1/10 of our produce intake. Besides a medium size vegetable patch we have 2 mature and 5 younger fruit trees, a medium size raspberry patch, and an asparagus patch.The number does not include the cost of growing our garden.We live in the Midwest where grocery prices are fairly reasonable.We eat a well rounded whole foods diet but do not eat organic.He does not go out to eat for lunch unless it is a company event and therefore paid by the company (smile!). Our budget includes all of Husband’s meals at work.We tend to go out to eat once twice a year. Going out to eat (even getting a pizza or going through the drive through) is very rare. 2 adults, a 10 year old, a 6 year old ( with a very special prescribed ketogenic diet), a 4 year old, and a 2 year old. What you need to know about our grocery budget number: Well, it is about to get VERY real here, but before I give you our detailed grocery budget number, I want to preface it with a few points. Do you like to peak into other’s grocery budgets? I know I do! Money spending and saving is a topic I enjoy chatting about with my friends -I’m so grateful my friends indulge my wierd ways! I always learn something and come away with an idea or two to try. ![]()
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