500 nok Weekly Food Budget (Oct 5 - Oct 9)

Hello Pretties, this is a late post as I became busy last weekend. 

I want to update you of our last week's food expenses. Toiletries, bathroom and kitchen essentials take up so much on our budget when we buy them all at once, kaya I thought of buying one item na mauubos na together with our food and groceries, I feel that I can save doing this because I can adjust my budget on food at the same time di ako mauubusan ng supplies sa bahay. 

What I bought: 

Chorizo

kiwi

salmon

lime

lemon

pork

pringles

tomato

dishwashing liquid soap (this is the "non-food"item that I bought)

Our meal for the whole week was:

Monday: leftover from Sunday (chicken adobo)

Tuesday: Sinigang na Salmon 

Wednesday: Leftover from Tuesday

Thursday: Bicol Express

Friday: left over from Thursday + we ate while waiting from the train to Stav

You'll noticed that I budgeted from Monday to Friday only, it is because we spent our weekend on our friends house, we attended a Baptismal Celebration in another city and we travelled by train. 

I am one of the "fortunates" na may asawang hindi mahirap pakainin hehehe, pwede paulit ulit ang ulam and it spares me from cooking everyday, kapagod din kasi. 

This budgeting chorva really helps a lot on our finances, kasi namomonitor ko ang spending namin, at nagulat si mark na 225 lang binayaran ko sa cashier, napa OK talaga sya and happy ang wifey kasi happy c hubby. 

So there, please stay tune on my Week's Best although super late post din un. 

It is not how much you save, it is the attitude of savings that matter! 😘

500 nok Weekly Food Budget (Sept 28-Oct4)

I am reading blogs about budgeting and they inspired me to challenge myself to spend 500 nok for our food in a week. I became lenient kasi these past months hindi ko gaano namonitor ang spending namin sa grocery. Nagugulat na lang ako na I am paying a lot na pala sa cashier. I used to do this kind of budgeting before but hindi ako nagiging successful kasi we had to attend a lot of potluck gatherings before, pero here very seldom lang kaya tingin ko hindi masisira ang budget ko. 

For this week I was able to save a lot kasi  may meat at fish pa kami sa freezer pero for the following weeks challenge na for me. I have to think for tipid meals for us ni hubby. What I observed pa is I don't get lazy to cook which leads to eating out or buying a ready to eat food. At dahil nakasave ako this week sa halip na isipin ko ang fridate namin which we usually do  I prefered to just stay at home, hahaha nanghihinayang ako kasi sa gagastusin namin. 

So here's my spending for this week:

1 whole chicken, 4pcs salmon fillet, spinach, siling haba, eggplant, kiwi and bread for 288 nok

I put the savings inside an envelop

Another advantage of having a budget is I was able to plan our weekly menu effectively since may mga stock pa ako sa ref kaya medyo madali pa sa ngayon, we'll see next week if I'll be able to follow my budget. 

Have a wonderful weekend Pretties!