We ended up spending $198.07 on groceries, even with being careful, but we do have a good stockpile going into October. I spent $122.20 on gas, which I know is a lot, but we have to travel long distances to get anywhere, so it is no surprise.
Some other things I did to save money in September include:
I had a basket of miscellaneous sanitary pads, but each month I buy my preferred style and bypass the basket. So, instead of buying new sanitary pads this month, I used up those from the basket.
In the kitchen I kept an inventory of the food we had, so I wouldn’t rebuy items I already had on hand. And I used what we had on hand to make meals, although I did stock up on some sale items in September.
Goals for October include continuing to clean out the downstairs and outbuildings, which is a work in progress. I went down there on Tuesday and filled up one contractor bag with trash of some of the old mail I found recently.
I will continue my healthy, low carb, very low sugar, eating plan and riding my bicycle pedals for one hour each day and continue my physical therapy exercises. I’m at my lowest weight right now, but still have more weight I want to lose.
I want to get busier with Christmas gifts. I have two that I know I will gift, but I’d like to work on this in October more.
I’m going to keep track of my no spend days.
How about you? Any goals for October?
