January has been an interesting month. Besides the horrible start where we realized we literally were broke, it has been an excellent month. At least in some ways. Anyway, I'm rambling. Because we needed to preserve every penny that we had, we decided to not go grocery shopping if possible and use as much of our storage as possible.
The only glitch was that our storage mainly consists of rice, beans, oats, flour, sugar, spices, oil, pasta, tomato sauce, canned vegetables, and baking supplies. Thankfully, we also had a freezer with various meats, breads, tortillas, fruits, and a couple freezer meals.
It has been a really good experience for us as we've found (besides milk and produce) we have been able to eat really well for 3 weeks without grocery shopping. It's taken a lot of creativity and patience, but I'm really glad that we did this. And I'm really grateful that we've been able to build up a tiny supply over the last year to be able to do this.
Try it. Go grocery shopping and get your regular supply. Then, on the day you would usually go again...don't. And don't go for a week. If you make it that long, go buy milk and some produce and nothing else. And try it for another week. Do it as long as you can. Not only will you learn how to use your storage (as well as what you truly use and what you don't), you will also save a bunch of grocery money that month.
Granted, you'll probably spend it all in the next month since you won't have any stored meats and such...but let's not talk about that part.
4 comments:
You are extremely resilient Cheri. If anyone can make food storage yummy, I'm sure you can!
I think you are really amazing too. You are so good at being frugal and at being positive during tight times.
We are looking forward to seeing Braden. Wish it were you and the girls too!
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And sometimes, that's what brings out what you can really do!
You do a great job with your family. Keep up the good work. Aunt Margaret ----I read you blog a lot.
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