Bobby and I are going to try to do Kath’s Great Thanksgiving Challenge!
Our rules:
- spend $126 on groceries between yesterday and Thanksgiving, including Thanksgiving dinner
- whatever is in the house already is fair game
- 1 night out per week not included
- Bobby gets to buy lunch once a week without counting it (because I get free lunch from work on Fridays)
Other info:
- my dad is visiting us this coming weekend (Thursday through Monday morning) so we will have to buy food for him as well for a few days
- Bobby and I are going to Miami for 4 days next week, and we won’t have to buy any food those days (next Thursday through Monday morning)
- we are hosting our own Thanksgiving dinner, so we will have to get a decent amount of food for that… we’re buying a Tofurky meal and having a few other things, which I’ll post about eventually.
This is what’s in my fridge right now (the last time we shopped was on Thursday night):
Some highlights:
- 13 eggs
- various fake meats & turkey bacon
- shirataki tofu noodles
- applesauce
- orange juice
- some veggies – plum tomatoes, lettuce, 1 eggplant, 2 red peppers, a few carrots, apples
- whole wheat wraps, regular tortilla wraps
- yogurt (Fage 0%)
- peanut butter, almond butter, bbq sauce, various other sauces and jams
And the freezer:
Highlights:
- soy ice cream
- lots of bagels
- chicken sausages
- various fake meats
- bread
- gyoza
- frozen seafood (shrimp and an assorted bag)
And we also have food in the pantry – pasta, oatmeal, nuts, bars, etc… And I have a bunch of fruit in my fruit bowl (more apples, persimmons, and pears). I also have 3 acorn squash, 2 butternut squash, a weird squash that I don’t know the name of, and 2 pumpkins.
At first I thought this challenge would be impossible, but after looking at what we already have I think we have a very good chance of succeeding. Let’s see how it goes! Let me know if you join up!
TheSaladGirl Tweets
So glad you’re doing the challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!
best of luck w/ this – cant wait to see how you do
i’m sure you’ll succeed! have fun doing it!
Congratulations on participating- that’s very cool! Since there’s just one of me I think I’m going to pass on the ‘challenge’ itself and just try to be extra frugal, but I can’t wait to follow your adventure!
good luck! great idea too.
Ya’ll are brave! I’m excited to see how it goes down!
They don’t sell it here, but I have SUCH fond memories of that stuff!
BTW, that’s my favorite BBQ sauce in history – the TJ’s super sugary Kansas City style one.
I think we are going to try it too! Good luck!
Yay! I’m so excited we’ll be doing this together!
Good luck!
Best of luck!!!
I love this challenge. i kind of already do it all the time, so I guess I’m not really participating, but it will be fun to see what other people get/make on my budget.
Kelly Turner
http://www.groundedfitness.com
Best of luck… this is such a great challenge on sooo many levels
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wow, looks like you are starting off with a house full of food already! Good luck with the challenge
you are seriously adorable !!!! love your blog girl.