So.....my hubby and I have been tightening our budget and working really hard to stick to it. (i.e., I finally jumped on bored with being even more frugal, which I am proud of, laboriously created a new budget, and work tirelessly every day to keep it.)
The hardest part? .....the grocery budget.
I figured it out. It's not just my imagination. Over night it seems, my children went from being nearly inconsequential factors in my grocery budget (we had a separate baby budget when they were younger for other necessities) to suddenly, I swear, dominating nearly the entire budget!
How do two YOUNG, PICKY, toddlers eat SO MUCH???? I swear, they just bulldoze through food! And they have such expensive taste! I sneak in the raman noodles and the mac and cheese as much as i feel comfortable with (usually at the end of the month when the money is gone lol) but when i think we can afford it and we have it in the house they just blow through all manner of food! Apples, grapes, strawberries, tortillas (as opposed to bread which I can get really cheap and super healthy and natural. NO they want tortillas!), cheese (especially expensive string cheese sticks), juice and milk, corn tortilla chips, (no veggies sadly), but seriously, just so much food! I can't believe what they pack away! And they have to eat so often, that there is no way to avoid having to buy easy food that can work as snacks. Whether it's snack time at home or on the go. Bars - which are messy and they rarely eat - of course, because I find them inexpensively. sigh. No, they want pretzles and grahm crackers and a million string cheese sticks!
Ugh!!!!! I honestly have almost completely switched over to cloth diapers just with the hope that it will save us some money that we can use for more real food! Kit and I want to eat too!!!!
You know, I was just in in awe. But now I am seriously scared. .......if they eat like this now, I don't know how I will ever afford them as teenagers!
Mega Frugal Mama
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