This is my review of my October food budgeting and goals for November! For more information on this project, please take a look at Emily's Custom Made Blog!


After juggling receipts for about a week, I decided that the easiest thing for me to do was to sign up for a Mint.com account and track my spending that way. I would check in every few days and see where I was at - and it's also helpful for tracking other spending!

For the month of October I budgeted $400 - but it was a really odd month for me. I spent almost 2 weeks in Tennessee, partially staying with a friend (++ food costs) and partially staying with my parents (no food costs). I also wasn't going to start the project until after my first post went up, but on Mint.com it was simply easier to do the whole month so it included a pricey grocery trip and a wine re-stock I hadn't counted on.

So how did I do? I ended up coming in over budget at $506.97, but I wasn't trying super hard, and with my hectic schedule, I am pretty pleased.



As shown below, I spent more on booze and restaurants than on groceries which is not the way I want things to be.



With my recent good news, and my November goal of getting into a routine, I am sure things will even out a bit more and I will be able to settle down - and maybe actually cook something other than macaroni and cheese!!

Wanna see how everyone else in the project did this week?

Other Bloggers Participating in the Project:

• Emily Levenson
• Dairy-Free Cooking
• Test Kitchen Tuesday
• Red Pen Mama
• Fit Flexitarian
• Warm As Pie 
• Katy Rank Lev
• My Inner Healthy
• Little Blue Hen
• xox, b
• What da Health?
• Project Food Budget 2.0
• Ignition Nutrition
• A Nice Heart and a White Suit
• Because Hobbies Happen
• Primary Focus Health Coaching
• Chicken Tender
• Fresh...A New Chapter
• Whole Living Gal
• Chandeleah