Confession...

I bought eggs. 2 dozen actually.

I tried making brownies without eggs, with applesauce instead, but it turned into a bubbling, oily, black mess. 

Live and learn.

So, I guess I will just make brownies when I have eggs. I bet it would work instead of the oil, though.

Anyway, Im thinking I need to redo my challenge. I want to cut down my grocery budget anyway, and making things from scratch will definitely help. So here's what I'm thinking.

I will post over in the sidebar my total allotted grocery budget by week and by month. Im going to try for half my normal budget for the next 4 weeks. Usually it's about $500 a month for the 6 of us. So for the next month ( starting yesterday when I got the eggs) I will have $62.50 a week to spend on food and household products- whatever I can't make myself. I think this is way more doable and encouraging to me than telling myself I can't spend any money for x amount of time, and then feeling like I failed the first time I need something.

I will report on what I spend and what is left for that week and put any leftover change in a collection for our vacation later in the Spring. Sound good? Maybe it will encourage someone else to learn this stuff alongside me and save money and learn new skills too.