Minimalism in May, Part Two

Part two is post-shopping trip for the month.

After trips to Aldi, Sam's Club, Walmart, and Shop N Save, we have used up approximately 3/4 of the budget.

I don't know whether to laugh, panic, whatever...hopefully we won't be needing anything for a while.

And judging from the looks of the pantry and fridge, as well as the overflow shelf downstairs, Chad and I (and Dolly!) will be eating fine for the rest of the month!

And I will hopefully not have to waste time going to the store frequently.

I did go to the local nursery today to pick up some plants for the garden, but that was bought with a previously allocated line from last month's budget and we just didn't use it because its been cold.

(More on the garden later.)

Anyways, the shelves are full and I am feeling good so far.

Give me a week or so though, and then we will see!

I do feel accomplished knowing that I have something that can be checked off my to do list for the whole month!

We (I) meal plan every month to help save time and energy when it comes to meal time.

(Often, we don't eat dinner until 8pm because Chad works late).

This, plus planning around what we have, helps us waste less, use what we have on hand, and have less leftovers.

We have put much time and thought into how to make our household run smoothly, and hopefully minimal trips to the store will help that!