{"id":2926,"date":"2010-01-18T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2010-01-18T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T18:23:24","slug":"eating-from-the-pantry-challenge-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"Eating from the pantry challenge week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.moneysavingmom.com\/.a\/6a00e552792fa28833012876e85cb1970c-800wi\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This challenge is harder than I thought it would be.  Even though I know I CAN eat strictly from my pantry and food storage, the hard part is making me DO it.  This week Macey&#8217;s had captain crunch on sale 5 boxes for $5.  I Really REALLY wanted to go and stock up on Captain crunch and granola bars, since that&#8217;s a very good price, but I didn&#8217;t do it.  I also did NOT go to Walgreens, even though I had coupons for items that were on a buy one get one free sale, and I could have stocked up  on the cheap.<\/p>\n<p>We did have to go and buy some fresh food, though.  Here&#8217;s what $25 will buy.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2926 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?attachment_id=2927'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/img_9485-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?attachment_id=2928'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/img_94851-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2928\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2928'>\n\t\t\t\tGroceries \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?attachment_id=2933'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/img_9486-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nOk, not TWICE that, but one of those pictures. ( I&#8217;m having some technical difficulties, but I don&#8217;t want to take the time to figure it out and fix it.  Maybe my administrator can see to that later.)<br \/>\nActually, as you can see by my receipt, I spent $26.  <\/p>\n<p>Saturday, however, we encountered a problem.  We went to Costco.  I know, I know, I said I wasn&#8217;t going to go to Costco while doing this challenge, but we were right there, and we needed milk.  In total, I spent over $100 at Costco, but that wasn&#8217;t all food.  As I add up the actual Groceries from my receipts, I see that I spent $20 on cheese, ham, clementines, bananas and milk. Ugh.  But if I count that as this weeks shopping trip, then I&#8217;m still within my limit.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night Ryan and I went out on a date, and afterward we had to run to walmart for some paint for our little mudroom improvement project that&#8217;s going on.  While there, we also picked up birdseed, and I realized we were almost out of bread, so we added two loaves of bread to the cart.  Ryan was teasing me about &#8220;cheating&#8221; and that he was going to add that to the total for me, but I&#8217;m coming clean.  We also bought some soda, but that was FOR A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT, not just for drinking, so it doesn&#8217;t count.  <\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it, folks.  As long as I don&#8217;t spend any money this week (ahem), I&#8217;ll still be on track.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m planning a birthday party for the end of the month, and I can&#8217;t possibly be expected to pull that off without spending additional money, can I?  <\/p>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ll eat from our freezer and pantry this week.  I&#8217;ve got a turkey in the freezer I&#8217;ve got to thaw out so we can cook that on Sunday.  Then we can have leftover from that for the whole next week!  So, I think we can do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This challenge is harder than I thought it would be. Even though I know I CAN eat strictly from my pantry and food storage, the hard part is making me DO it. This week Macey&#8217;s had captain crunch on sale 5 boxes for $5. 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