Frugal February!

 

 

I am very excited for Monday to come (sounds weird!)  All next month I am planning to only spend $50 for groceries.  Groceries include all foods, paper products & milk.  I’m not including diapers in it BUT I don’t think I will be needing any since I’m back into using cloth again (we just use the sposies when we go somewhere or for overnight).  I have been stocking up on meats & snacks plus my very picky husband’s frozen cheese pizzas… here are pics of my stockpile ready to go for the big month challenge:

and then our extra freezer in the basement… we also have the upstairs freezer which is loaded with all kinds of goodies.  I just baked a huge batch of french toast sticks that I normally would buy at Sam’s Club but found a great recipe for them online and it was so much cheaper!  They were easy to make and the kids LOVE them.  Big D keeps asking for them over and over again.  Anyways, here is the extra freezer (note the pizza pile!):

I did a freezer inventory using my new “home notebook” and this way I’ll be able to see everything we have and plan meals around it all.  It also has a place for a daily to do list, my diet tracker (lol) and menus plus a pantry inventory list (which I haven’t even begun yet). 

Sooo… please join me as I embark on this crazy adventure to only spend $50 next month to feed my family of 4 (plus 3 dogs!)  Subscribe to this blog to follow me :)