This has nothing to do with cloth diapering, but I have set myself up for a challenge to spend no more than $400 for the entire month of November. I have 4 growing boys and a hungry husband. My oldest has sensory issues with textures and flavors and a fairly flexible 9yo. I have a 3 yo that turns his nose up at anything and a 2 yo that will eat mostly meat and anything on my plate.
I've been stockpiling for almost 6 months now and I've found that with stockpiling, I'm getting very good deals, but I'm still spending about $800 per month. I live in a fairly medium to high COL area, but as a frugal woman, I'm just appalled at the third mortgage we have created.
I am also a woman who prefers organic and fair trade, I have Celiac (gluten free) and have to stay away from anything with food dyes because of my oldest who is allergic to food dyes.
I inventoried my pantry and fridge and compiled a menu for the next 15 days.
I wrote out my menu and checked my coupons and local sales ads for the local grocery stores. I made my list for what I was going to purchase and where and gathered my coupons. I went to Safeway first and spent $44 ouch! Undeterred, I went to King Soopers where I spent $55. I was hoping to spend $30 at Safeway and $28 at King Soopers, but there were things on my list that I didn't have prices for and I was really off! Oh well, the point was to spend $200 for the 15 days and I was still way under. I went to Sprouts to get all my veggies and fruits and spent $34. now I have about $50+ to spend on milk, bread, eggs or any other essential item until Nov 15th.
Kids are in need of my company right now, but next time I'll post my menu...
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