Household things

On a different note, I read the post about frugal pantry cooking on the Life as Mom blog. She had a link to USDA's charts on what grocery bills should be. For a family of 6, thrifty method, we should spend about $639.65 per month, give or take. Wow, many months we don't even spend that, when I am really careful, plan ahead, shop the sales. The "liberal" plan was much higher, over $1000/month - I cannot even fathom spending that on groceries, unless we bought lots of snacks, gourmet, etc. Any thoughts? See for yourself http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2010/CostofFoodNov10.pdf

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Donna said…
Myra, I'm with you. Our 'not' frugal budget for 7 was 800.00. Our frugal budget was $500.00. I never could seem to get it below $125.00 per week for five teenagers, hubby, and I.

We seem stuck at that figure but it also includes cleaning supplies and pet food, and toiletries. I guess I would be shocked if I took all of those items and just added up the food. Great thought here. Some people don't know what frugal really is I think.

When you are counting out your slices of lunch meat to make them last the week..THEN..you've got the budget down to bare bones. Ha!

Thanks for visiting!
Donna
January 5, 2011 at 6:17 AM
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