So we went grocery shopping today. HyVee has some good sales this week.
I'm loving the idea of planning 7 meals and just doing a rotation. So That's what I'm doing again. HyVee has pasta 10 for $10 so we are going mostly with pasta meals. Chicken was also on sale. I did decide to splurge a little and get charcoal for our grill, because it will save the house from heating up.
All in all, I spent $330 and a little extra for perishables and some extra snacks we decided we wanted for vacation.
For those of you who are school shopping, go check out Dollar Tree. I know Walmart and Target run .50 or $1 sales right about now, but if you can't find what you want or need there for cheap, check your local Dollar Tree (or you can buy a case on their website and have it UPS delivered). I found some great worksheets at ours today. And they have little marker boards I'm debating about grabbing next month.
On my homeschool sites, I often see questions about teaching kids to budget. In my opinion, budgeting is a must. Everybody (unless you're a millionaire) needs it. So might as well teach our kids early. And I think they learn best when led by example. If you don't want your kids helping with your grocery list, give them some random amount and the grocery ad. Tell them they need to meal plan and make a grocery list that fits within that amount. If it doesn't fit, it can't go on the list. The grocery ad is good for all areas of basic math and life skills to boot.
That's all to report for now.
I'll be back in a few weeks with vacation tips.
-Tabitha
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