$50 Challenge Update

I'm not sure whether to be excited that we managed the first week of the challenge spending $77 cos that is still a pretty good effort for a week's shopping, or disappointed cos it wasn't $50. Somewhere in between perhaps ;) The extra money spent was for good reason though, we usually buy olive oil in big tins and the seemingly never ending tin was coming to an end and woolies had a super good special - 4 litres for $23. We couldn't go past it, considering that will probably last six months.

I'm not sure how we are going to go for the next few weeks, as we have already noticed a big dent in the freezer and pantry - brad thinks it should be at least the $60 challenge lol. Our menu for the week wasn't too bad, certainly not exciting, but OK. For dinners we had: spinach and ricotta lasange (2 meals), tuna and potato pie with steamed veg (2 meals), home made pizza, big fat salad, fritata. Lunches were a bit harder, cos we used the leftovers for the second dinner instead of lunch, so lots of sandwiches, baked beans, scramble etc patrick made up his own dish one day - cheesy eggy rice. We also had some treats - nectarine crumble with custard (crumble was frozen in the freezer from a few weeks back), chocolate brownies - those were good! and lots of smoothies.

Hopefully this week, we can do it!

I didn't get any objects finished this weekend either as Brad got called into work. I have done the last colour change for Maia's skirt now, so on the home stretch, yay! Few more rounds to go, then figure out how to do a picot edge for the hem and I am done - will be glad to get that one finished!!