Remember this cute little band-aide piggy? I do. Even though it seems like I have forgotten about Project Food Budget (PFB) the last few weeks. But well, life happens and my blog got less attention last month than normal, and pretty much everything with it fell by the way-side. That being said, this was a great project to participate in, and I look forward to more Emily Levenson projects in the future.
Two of the main themes with PFB were meal planning and budgeting your shopping trips. Now I have always been a big, HUGE, fan of meal planning. It's like part of my working-mom-credo. If I'm at work and I don't know what we're having for dinner that night I can ensure you it is going to be a long night.
Creating the meal plan, and then shopping off the list is great. To an extent. You need to make sure that your shopping list includes things that you don't plan; but know you will need during the week... you know those pesky little "pantry staples" like bananas, and cereal bars, chocolate soy milk. The things your kids would be lost without; should you forget to get them. I've actually been meaning to make a list of items I would consider staples in my house - maybe I'll do that as a follow up to this project.
The next big thing for me was ROUTINE. I honestly needed to find time to go food shopping; and then to be consistent about it. This is something I am still working on. By the end of the last school year (June) I was doing great, and then summer vacation happened, and our day to day didn't have much rhythm or reason... and with that regular shopping went out the window. So yeah, I'm still working on it.
Am I am expert at food budgeting and meal planning now? No. But I did learn a thing or two over the course of this project and I would try and make this program part of my day to day.
When you can, check out these other blogs and see how they did.
1 comments:
So glad you found the project helpful! I love the feedback, and knowing for you what was most helpful, and what you feel like you still need a bit of work on.
Good luck!
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