Week 8 of 52 What we spent what we ate

  I have a goal this year of only spending 3000 OR LESS on groceries while also using up things in my freezer/pantry. I will recap the week at the beginning of next week.

We spent:

32.47 Wal-Mart

In total 32.47

We bought a lot of junk food for my husband's birthday

We ate:

On the menu this week:

take and bake pizza

egg roll in a bowl

chicken

steak

Ham/ fried potatoes

That is the plan and I cannot wait to update this to see what I have actually spent.

February  230.14

January total (including the weird fifth week) 314.26

Total spent for the year so far: 544.30

My big list of Adventures week 8 of 52

  My theme word for 2023 is Adventure, and to that end, I have some goals for 2023:

Adventure

• Take a trip with a girlfriend to NYC and see a play in January- Trip was amazing
• Go camping

• Go fishing

• Hike the Billy Goat Trail- I completed part c of the Billy Goat Trail this year and I am calling this done after falling twice (it rained the day before)

Health

• Beat the you vs the year 2023
• I am already at 174.54 km and 17% completed
• Eat 75 %  AIP- I would call this a A-.
• Get down to 165 before the wedding in June-Still losing

Financial

• Save 60k in long term emergency fund- May have a tax emergency, so this may be on hold until after April
• Read ten books I already own
• Something to Believe In by Jenny B Jones
• Can't let you go by Jenny B Jones
• Forever your girl

• Only spend 3000 on groceries for the year
• 592.28 in total spent for the year (as of week 9)
• Pay extra down on the house- 500 extra sent in with last paycheck; however this will be on hold until after April

Spiritual

• Read six spiritual books- I bought a book - more to come in February
• I am going to be doing a sugar fast in lent, based on the book The 40 Day Sugar Fast
• Meditate daily- I have to do better at this, I would give myself a B

week 7 of 52 What we spent, What we ate

  I have a goal this year of only spending 3000 OR LESS on groceries while also using up things in my freezer/pantry. I will recap the week at the beginning of next week.

We spent:

69.54 Aldi

31.40 Harris Teeter

In total 100.94

We bought a lot of food for the super bowl. 

We ate:

On the menu this week:

White Chicken Chili

Egg roll in a bowl

Marinated Chicken

That is the plan and I cannot wait to update this to see what I have actually spent.

February  197.57

January total (including the weird fifth week) 314.26

Total spent for the year so far: 511.83

Week 7 of 52 big list of adventures

 My theme word for 2023 is Adventure, and to that end, I have some goals for 2023:

Adventure

• Take a trip with a girlfriend to NYC and see a play in January- Trip was amazing
• Go camping

• Go fishing

• Hike the Billy Goat Trail- I completed part c of the Billy Goat Trail this year and I am calling this done after falling twice (it rained the day before)

Health

• Beat the you vs the year 2023
• I am already at 148.71 km and 14% completed
• Eat 75 %  AIP- I would call this a B+.
• Get down to 165 before the wedding in June-I lost two lovely pounds.

Financial

• Save 60k in long term emergency fund- May have a tax emergency, so this may be on hold until after April
• Read ten books I already own
• Something to Believe In by Jenny B Jones
• Can't let you go by Jenny B Jones
• Forever your girl

• Only spend 3000 on groceries for the year
• 640.93 in total spent for the year (as of week 8)
• Pay extra down on the house- 500 extra sent in with last paycheck; however this will be on hold until after April

Spiritual

• Read six spiritual books- I bought a book - more to come in February
• I am going to be doing a sugar fast in lent, based on the book The 40 Day Sugar Fast
• Meditate daily- I have to do better at this, I would give myself a B-

What we spent what we ate week 6 of 52

  I have a goal this year of only spending 3000 OR LESS on groceries while also using up things in my freezer/pantry. I will recap the week at the beginning of next week.

We spent:

37.30 Lotte

29.33 LIDL

30 Harris Teeter

In total 96.63

We ate:

On the menu this week

Ramen (home made with mostly AIP version)

Steak/ Sweet Potato Fries

Chicken bacon ranch with veggies

Gyros (using ground beef and burritos)

Fish

That is the plan and I cannot wait to update this to see what I have actually spent.

February  96.63

January total (including the weird fifth week) 314.26

Total spent for the year so far: 410.89

Week 6 of 52 list of big adventures

 My theme word for 2023 is Adventure, and to that end, I have some goals for 2023:

Adventure

• Take a trip with a girlfriend to NYC and see a play in January- Trip was amazing
• Go camping

• Go fishing

• Hike the Billy Goat Trail- I completed part c of the Billy Goat Trail this year and I am calling this done after falling twice (it rained the day before)

Health

• Beat the you vs the year 2023
• I am already at 129 km and 12% completed
• Eat 75 %  AIP- I would call this a B.
• Get down to 165 before the wedding in June-I haven't been on a scale in a while. I need to make this a priority

Financial

• Save 60k in long term emergency fund- May have a tax emergency, so this may be on hold until after April
• Read ten books I already own
• Something to Believe In by Jenny B Jones
• Can't let you go by Jenny B Jones
• Forever your girl

• Only spend 3000 on groceries for the year
• 510 in total spent for the year (as of week 7)
• Pay extra down on the house- 500 extra sent in with last paycheck; however this will be on hold until after April

Spiritual

• Read six spiritual books- I bought a book - more to come in February
• Meditate daily- I have to do better at this, I would give myself a B-

What we spent and what we ate week 5 of 52

 I have a goal this year of only spending 3000 OR LESS on groceries while also using up things in my freezer/pantry. I will recap the week at the beginning of next week.

We spent:

22.09 at Harris Teeter

37.32 at Aldi

28.26 at Costco

11.69 at Giant

In total 99.36

The weird thing about this week is that the only thing I really needed to make the food was the beets from giant. I was out of a lot of stuff (like butter, flour, and sugar) which I got at Aldi and since I was at Costco, I went and picked up some honey as I hate going to Costco. Let's see if we can make that number really small next week.

We ate:

On the menu this week

We are going over to my daughter's tonight for some Pho... I couldn't be happier

Chicken Tikka Masala

Lamb Gyro Skillet

Chicken Bacon Ranch

Fish

That is the plan and I cannot wait to update this to see what I have actually spent.

January total (including the weird fifth week) 314.26

Total spent for January and the year so far: 314.26

Week 5 of 52 list of big adventures

  My theme word for 2023 is Adventure, and to that end, I have some goals for 2023:

Adventure

• Take a trip with a girlfriend to NYC and see a play in January- Trip was amazing
• Go camping

• Go fishing

• Hike the Billy Goat Trail- I completed part c of the Billy Goat Trail this year and I am calling this done after falling twice (it rained the day before)

Health

• Beat the you vs the year 2023
• I am already at 105 km and 10% completed
• Eat 75 %  AIP- I would call this a B+.  
• Get down to 165 before the wedding in June-I haven't been on a scale in a while. I need to make this a priority

Financial

• Save 60k in long term emergency fund- May have a tax emergency, so this may be on hold until after April
• Read ten books I already own
• Something to Believe In by Jenny B Jones
• Can't let you go by Jenny B Jones
• Forever your girl

• Only spend 3000 on groceries for the year
• 380 in total spent for the year (as of week 6)
• Pay extra down on the house- 500 extra sent in with last paycheck; however this will be on hold until after April

Spiritual

• Read six spiritual books- I bought a book - more to come in February
• Meditate daily- I have to do better at this, I would give myself a B