Arm and a Leg

We have had a massive week here.  A birthday, a new job, holidays, and my two year old has started asking to go to the “Big banana shop,” (translated as the Legana supermarket) and getting upset when we drive right past.  

Unsurprisingly, not shopping at the supermarket is expensive. Mark came back from the IGA with what seemed like half a bag of shopping and was $170 lighter for the experience.  I have no idea how much we normally spend on food, nappies and red frogs in a week. The word "budget" gets bandied about occasionally around here and is greeted like a bad smell. Now I’m not going to the supermarket and I am really not well organised, the little small trips add up.

So this week I made a shopping list and a menu planner. I was really pleased with myself, to the point where I was telling one of the mums at playgroup, to which I was simply told 'everyone does this.' Well great, I am just like everyone and they should also be very proud.  So proud I took a photo.  

Armed with my list I went to the Veggie Shed, Beaky Butcher, Baker and IGA and for less than $100 have everything for the week - including nappies and Diet Coke. Whether or not everyone enjoys it, is another story - possibly next week’s.