I am learning how to budget my money more. Food bills go up drastically from one person to four. Luckily i am only have to worry about me and one baby right now so im taking advantage of that completely. Come August, i will have two babies and my husband will be home.
Keep in mind, before i got pregnant, my husband and i never budgeted out food money out and tried to get the more bang for our buck. But since he has been deployed, budgeting food money has been one of my number one priority and my deployment goal. I have taught myself so much in the past four months but it has been a lot of trial and error and hasn't been the easiest for me.
I have learned that you need to have a grocery list before you even leave for the store. Your grocery list needs to have everything that you need on it. this also means you need to put some thought into it. When you go to the store without a list, you forget items and get more items then you actually need. When you forget stuff, you have to go back and you ALWAYS get more then that one item. Another thing you can benifit from is knowing the prices of all the items you are buying. This will help you know how much all your meals will cost and know how much you will potentially spend before you go. Then you can make needed changes if you go over your budget. Also, know whats on sale and stock up on stuff that you will use.
I do not coupon because then you spend money on stuff that you don't use. My store usually has coupons right under neigh the things i buy if the coupon is out.
Like i said, im still learning but i want to become a pro on this so i can save as much money as possible for my family.... i have actually had a lot of fun in this and i have been pretty proud of myself. I never tried to budget before i got married and had kids.
On another note...
Little Laina had some pictures done for fun the other day... i will post a few for you!
9 days until we find out what baby number 2 is!
