What I Spent This was not a week for a big shopping trip. After all, I spent $430 last week! I did get a Hungry Harvest delivery ($25). And two days ago, we ran out of milk. I guess I didn’t buy enough to put into the freezer. Or my family drank more than usual? […]

What I Spent Well. I went to the store and I spent many dollars. I normally would budget $300 for two weeks, but I spent $430!  I attribute this to a few things: prices are definitely higher I am not shopping around as much for good prices I am buying more than usual because I’m trying […]

What I Spent I was hoping to stay out of the stores entirely this week, but I cracked and made a quick stop in search of toilet paper (I came up dry on my last big grocery haul). Happily, I found some, so now we have a backup pack. Excellent. Running low on toilet paper […]

What I Spent I did not bother going to Aldi this week. Going there would have saved me money, yes. But the Aldi stores have a pretty small footprint, which makes it hard to stay away from people. And you have to stand in line to get in, since they are (wisely) restricting the number […]

What I Spent I successfully avoided going grocery shopping for a two-week period. Yay me! This every-two-week shopping thing is working out better than I expected, especially now that I am getting used to it. It’s a little bit annoying to not be able to get fresh produce more often, but we just have to […]

After not going out at all last week, I did head out to the grocery store this week. (mask from a box we bought back in September, for Sonia to wear to biology class on mold experiment days!) Things seem to be leveling out a bit supply-wise at the stores now, mostly thanks to purchase […]