Our Commitment ...
We have decided to publish our purchases each week - no hiding, reveal all - in an endeavor to take a good hard look at reality for our family in today's economy. We have seen numerous threads on Facebook which start out "so how much do you spend per week on groceries..." which is left up to individual interpretation, and in my opinion, some "not the whole truth and nothing but the truth" stories! There are toiletries, hygiene products, food, cleaning products, pet food... etc... and there are the inevitable emergency trips to the grocery store for SOMETHING that gets forgotten! So, we will be laying our house bare! We decided to do this ourselves, but to share with YOU because of the interest and discussion around the cost of living. Here, you will see what OUR cost of living is, and then you can compare it to your own - or not. Go easy on us...
ReceiptsOn this page you will be able to see ACTUAL receipts from our shopping trips. So you can see we are NOT doctoring anything - it's the real deal.
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MenusWe are also going to provide our menu, and provide the ACTUAL cost of the meal as we do them. Sometimes it's good to get ideas for cooking, we all end up with our "stand by's" but if there is something worth sharing, it should be shared.
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Spread SheetsGreg is amazing at numbers and being analytical, and I am happy to leave that to him... throughout this process he will be making up spreadsheets for us to use to make understanding our spending easier, and he will make those spreadsheets available to anyone who wants them.
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