Family Budget Challenge – Day 2

I am starting to feel the pressure of trying to keep to $20 a day. I grabbed lunch “to go” and the total of $7.25 left me reeling – $7.25 for a sandwich, apple & granola bar? Maybe that is a good deal, but all of a sudden it didn’t feel like it. Then I realized that all those times I have spent money on food to go, I never once thought about what else I could buy for that amount. Yesterday, I thought about it. I dreamed of the chocolate bars I could have bought for $7.25 or the basics we probably will need this week, like milk or bread. So although I know our $20 can include a meal out – I think we will be more picky about what kind of meal this is. After all peanut butter & jam still works for me, and at a fraction of the cost. So “Mom’s Family Budget Challenge” lesson of the day was to be careful of meals to go, because they really might not be worth the cost.  At the end of the day with a few groceries included $15.25 out, $4.75 to the piggy box.