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I’ve done the bulk of my grocery shopping for the month and wanted to share it with you. Our food budget for the month is $505 and our month runs from May 23 to June 22 to coincide with my husband’s once a month pay. I’m starting the month with a fairly decent freezer stock and a good pantry supply (I do have a few less things than my inventory indicates, I shared some of the lamb I was given and a couple of packages of game with another family).

Here is how I planned to spend our $505 for the month:

Cow Share: $54
Beef CSA: $50
Azure Standard: $224
Grocery Store(s): $125
Dining Out: $50

And here is what I have already spent:

Cow Share: $54 (paid on 5/23)

One Grocery Store trip (this will be my major trip for the month): $69.41 (5/27)

I brought home:

Hunt’s Ketchup (no HFCS in this brand now)- $2.24
2 ears of corn- .38
Red leaf lettuce- 1.68
1 pound Raw Shrimp- $5.00
2 pounds Mussels- $3.50
Side of Wild Salmon- $6.98
Cucumber- .88
3 pounds onions- $3.88
2 Avocados- $1.00
Romaine Lettuce-$1.68
Dark Cocoa- $2.76
Tea Bags- $1.00
Buttermilk- .54
Baking Soda- .48
Sliced olives- $1.16
Cornstarch- .88
Green onions- .98
.91 pounds bananas- .45
Coffee- $10.00
Milk- $3.64
4 pounds butter- $7.92
Peanut butter- $2.92
Pineapple- .98
White vinegar- $1.96
Sour Cream- $4.52
10 pounds potatoes- $2.00

My Azure order also came this week. I was only shorted one item (25 pounds of Sucanat). Total for the order (including shipping charges): $179.43

I have spent a total of $323.93. I still have my Beef CSA coming up ($50), $41.88 for Dining Out, and $42.62 for Grocery Store. Plus since I didn’t get my entire Azure Standard order I have a surplus from that of $44.53 which I may (or may not) add to my Grocery Store amount. I’ll just wait and see if we need it. I feel like we are in pretty good shape as far as food on hand for the month. But I do know that one weakness we tend to have is in the Dining Out area. And with school getting out today, I’ll have two teen girls home all the time. I anticipate that some days the kitchen may be quite busy which may cause me to make more trips to the store than I’m planning for. We’ll see how it goes. I hope you will come back each Monday and see my Menu Plans for the week.