It was meal planning a little different this week. If you havn't already seen it and are aware of teh changes, I'm actually changing back to fortnightly shopping! Why? Well there's a few reasons ....
1. TO SAVE MORE MONEY! - yes that I need to do. Ive always said and its so true, that if you shop for a fortnight or even a month you save more money as your buying more in bulk to last longer eg meats. I had reverted to weekly due to a flybuys deal I got a while ago which I made work with some trickey budgeting, but now I just need to save more money in larger amounts again where I can!
2. I NEED MORE TIME BACK - For a normal person meal planning and shopping like I do it would be over very quickly. For me because I video for You Tube and my blog it TAKES ME ALL DAY to do my groceries. There's a lot involved with planning, video recording/editing, placing the groceries out for the video then having to pack them all up again. Its a real challenge and whirl wind for me , especially on a school day. Before I know it I'm racing to pack groceries up and get to the school to pick up Joseph!. I just really need that day every second week back so I can have that time for other things such as producing other content for my blog and you VIP's ! It also cut a lot into my time with Joseph on school holidays too!
3. THE KIDS EATING HAS AVERAGED OUT - Another reason I did swap to weekly was I couldn't keep up with teh kids eating! They must have been going through a growth spurt as they were eating me out of house and home. That has calmed down a bit now and I can see how much they are both eating now. Isabella's also eating most of what Joseph does now so that's made grocery shopping and meal planning a lot easier.