Time flies, doesn’t it? We were back in the Midwest for the holidays, then my mother was visiting, we went on a two week road trip, my mother was still visiting, my husband and I did a juice cleanse, and here we are. My in-laws arrived yesterday.
I’m beginning to realize that we don’t have “normal” food budgeting weeks.
Totals
Groceries: $143.26
Eating out: $22
Lessons Learned
This was a CSA week (I apply $28 to our total for it) and we went to the grocery store or a farmers market almost every day last week. For 5 days, my husband and I only drank juice. My mom was with us until Thursday, and she was drinking some juice, too.
When the cost of pantry staples is spread out over a period of time, it’s not so bad. When you’re shoving bunches of kale into your juicer as fast as you can, it adds up quickly. For two of us (plus a few glasses for my mom) I think it’s actually reasonable.
Other Thoughts
While the total sounds high, we didn’t use any pantry staples. We “ate out” twice — we bought juice at the Whole Foods juice bar while grocery shopping, and we stopped at another juice bar for variety’s sake another day. That’s a lot of nutrients.
Previously I was calculating our budget from Thursday-Wednesday to coincide with these posts. I’m swapping to a Sunday-Saturday week for my own mental sanity.
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That isn’t bad at all for a week of cleansing! What juice cleanse did you do?
Kait recently posted..Project: Food Budget,Week 20
I thought it wasn’t too bad, either, plus my mom joined us for several meals of juice.
We didn’t use a set plan, we just juiced for 5 days. I’m working on writing up a plan for some coaching clients who were interested, though!
I would love to do a juice cleanse someday. Gotta wait until post-baby to give it a shot, though.
Amanda recently posted..Project: Food Budget – Week 6
Absolutely. Cleansing and detoxing dump too much “gunk” into your system when you’re already busy growing a baby! But you’re getting towards done (what cute bump photos!). =D