Over Budget = Time to Increase Budget

In week two and week three we've gone a little over budget. I went over budget last week (week three) by $6. I'd spent $23 at the farmer's market, leaving me $27 for the grocery store. We got a loaf of bread, lactose free milk, bottle of Sprite, cheese pizza, can of mushrooms, can of pineapple, bag of frozen peaches, a bag of Starbucks coffee and a tub of vanilla ice cream for my protein shakes for $33. Taking us $6 over our weekly budget. hrm...

Since last week was the second week we've gone over budget in less than a month of trying to eat organic/ethically for less than the allotted amount for food stamps. I believe eating organic and ethically on a budget is possible. And eating well! Organic does not have to mean expensive.

But going over budget two weeks in a row leads me to consider a slight increase in the $200 a month budget, which currently works out to $50 a week.