AnnaRaven
Lovin' The Homestead
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Okay - I am kindof embarrassed to admit this but - we spent *WAY* too much on groceries last year. I know some of it was actually for wine and liquor (which they sell at the grocery stores here) so that probably inflates the grocery bill cost.
But still - I need to get this under control. Help!
I don't understand. I cook *every* fricking day. I buy *ingredients* not prepared stuff. I belong to a CSA. I buy on sale and at costco. I just don't really understand why I'm spending so much on groceries.
Yes - I'm planting a garden (now that we have a house with a yard) and I have chickens in the backyard so I don't have to buy eggs. The CSA helps me avoid going into the store for random stuff... although I end up not using a lot of the CSA stuff fast enough. I buy bulk stuff and generic stuff.
So, I'm not looking so much on how to eat cheaper (yet), so much as how to figure out where the money is going that I'm spending. I use Mint.com so I know when I shop at a particular store like Safeway or Costco or whatever... I just, I don't know anymore how to cut down on the crazy amounts of money I'm spending on groceries. I'm just baffled. And I don't mean for short-term but for the long-run. Does anyone have a maintainable long-term way of keeping their grocery bills at a reasonable level and knowing how much they're spending on what?
But still - I need to get this under control. Help!
I don't understand. I cook *every* fricking day. I buy *ingredients* not prepared stuff. I belong to a CSA. I buy on sale and at costco. I just don't really understand why I'm spending so much on groceries.
Yes - I'm planting a garden (now that we have a house with a yard) and I have chickens in the backyard so I don't have to buy eggs. The CSA helps me avoid going into the store for random stuff... although I end up not using a lot of the CSA stuff fast enough. I buy bulk stuff and generic stuff.
So, I'm not looking so much on how to eat cheaper (yet), so much as how to figure out where the money is going that I'm spending. I use Mint.com so I know when I shop at a particular store like Safeway or Costco or whatever... I just, I don't know anymore how to cut down on the crazy amounts of money I'm spending on groceries. I'm just baffled. And I don't mean for short-term but for the long-run. Does anyone have a maintainable long-term way of keeping their grocery bills at a reasonable level and knowing how much they're spending on what?