Family Budget Challenge – Day 3

Happy Fourth of July! With our new family budget of $20 a day I was worried that our 4th would feel more like a “fizzle.” But never fear – it is a good time to shop for produce specials, and sure enough I was able to buy quite a lot for our 4th of July feast. Using the supermarkets “saver card” I was able to buy melon, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, nectarines, potatoes and a few other festive items for under $10. I actually used the scale at the grocery store to keep tabs on how much each item cost – again something I haven’t done for a long time. I even found myself putting a few items back to keep our costs down.  Our family decided to use the organic meat & buns we have in the freezer instead of purchasing new items (another thing we never really used to do). And although we are starting to feel a bit of the $20.00 squeeze (especially when window shopping) we were encouraged by our wrapping of coins last night (which I actually almost forgot how to do) only to discover we had exactly $20 to wrap up and take to the bank. Talk about serendipity. So although we are now feeling things are tight, we realize things should feel tight. Grand total spent yesterday $15.00 out $5.00 to our piggy box.