ITS BACK TO MONTHLY GROCERY SHOPS! ... Yes you read it right. I'm switching to monthly grocery shops again. If you have been a follower for a while you would know that I use to shop monthly but changed to weekly and then fortnightly mainly due to not being able to keep up with the kids eating at the time. Isabella (now 2.5yrs) had started eating a lot more foods and her curious appetite escalated. Along with the Joseph (now 8yrs) had been going through a growth spurt and his food intake seemed to be unstoppable! It was all hard for me to regulate and be fully prepared in a monthly shop for their needs, so I was spending quiet a bit extra each week out of my extras budget (and sometimes more).
So I firstly changed to weekly to really sort out what I was doing. Once I had a better idea I changed to fortnightly. This was done for a few reasons, but a big one was saving more money than shopping weekly. I've been shopping fortnightly for quiet some time, but this week the decision was made to shift back to monthly.
So why monthly again? My biggest reason is that I will save around $150 per month - that's $1800 per year! When I see that figure I think about all the things I could be spending that money on eg the kids ever growing school fees! I feel like I'm throwing the money away when I see how much of an overspend I'm currently doing. Along with the savings it will give me back some hours to put towards other work commitments such as more time on the blog/YT channel and here on the VIP Lounge creating content for you all. There is so much more I want to give and quiet honestly doing it all by myself is such a stretch at times. I'm no where near where I want to be for my viewers/readers.
So that is where I'm at this week. Be sure to check out the matching grocery haul vlog if you want to see what I got.