My six week challenge

So this has been on my mind since I read the $1500 per yr challenge. What challenge could I do? How much more could I save on groceries? Well this is what I've come up with. I will reduce our grocery budget by 50% for the next 6 wks. Our current budget is $50 per wk, so that would be $25 per wk as my goal. It will still be a challenge though. I am hosting our mommy and me group at my house and my whole family another time for Abby's second birthday. I am quite competitive so I'm sure that we can do this. The question will be what will I do with the extra $150 we will save?

Now just a few things I want to tell you first so I can be upfront with everyone. I have a well stocked fridge and freezer. My DH hunts and so I always have venison in my freezer. I have recently stocked up on other meats that have been on sale as well. Everything that we have though was accumulated from our regular budget. I did NOT splurge before this so I could make it. The pics in my previous post are what I bought this week before starting and I kept at our budget. Also we eat a meat, vegetable, and usually a starch at every dinner. Lunch is different because we are all at different places during the day. My DH and son are packed a lunch daily so no spending there. Abby and I are mostly at home during the day, but our lunch always includes some type of meat, and at least a fruit. Breakfast is usually very small. None of us care for it much but we do make sure everyone eats something at the start of their day. We do not eat out very often, but in the effort of full disclousure we eat at our church every Wednesday night. So one dinner every week is taken care of. We also host a dinner group on Sundays at our house and it works like at potluck for the most part.

So how will this work? I guess I'll update every week with how much I've spent and saved from our normal budget and what the cumulative totals are for the 6 wk challenge. I think I might see if a few of my friends will join in-it's always more fun when you can share it with someone. So look at your budget can you reduce it 50% for 6 wks? If your budget is $100 per wk and not $50 like mine don't worry, just try to reduce by 50%. You'll be suprised what you can do! So go get started and HAPPY SAVING!