2010

I have finally gone grocery shopping in 2010... with the holidays we were always at someone's home having dinner and being sent home with leftovers that we really have been able to survive on what I had in the fridge and freezer...

I unfortunately made a trip to Wal-Mart... bought some corn chips, cheese sauce and Crunch n' Munch... but I had a jewelry party at my house and needed some snacks. Plus in the 9th month of my pregnancy I really didn't have the time or energy to search out an alternative.

I did make a trip to Costco and was surprised to see the fruit roll ups (fruit leather) that I purchase for my son at Sprouts. They are organic fruit leather strips and he loves them. So I saved 50% on each of them and was so happy.

We did purchase hot dogs (which I don't think my husband will ever give up), his coffee creamer, bisquick (for pancake Sundays), mini cinnamon rolls (darn you pregnancy cravings) and a rotisserie chicken.

As I was carving the chicken my husband said that the reason why I was having a hard time carving it was because it was a "roided" chicken. I cannot disagree with him. Chickens these days are given supplements of some kind to make their breasts larger that many of the chickens can't even walk... but at $5 I just needed to have something for dinner.

I hate that I have to turn to the cost of things but with a growning family on one income it has become increasingly harded to keep to my original budget and motto. But I will continue to try.

I think that is all that we can do... try. I knew that this was going to be hard the minute I took this on but am willing to add organic fruits and veggies and grass fed beef and free-range chickens into my families diet.

I am going to start to include some simple recipes and tricks that I use to make my budget stretch...

Thank you for understanding that I am human and I encourage you to try to change just one side of your diet...!