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[quote=Anonymous]OP back...Thanks and thanks some more.  Many people are helping us justify our budget but learning a lot from those with smaller budgets.  Yeah, I think the whole thing boils down to the amount of food we eat and we buy organic I guess. We shop at Costco as much as possible, Aldi, and then Giant for everything else. But we are closer to the lacrosse playing family. I guess.  Our boys are hungry a lot. I go to Costco twice a month usually and spend $300+ a pop.  Standard in the shopping list is...organic ground turkey, organic chicken legs, breast, and thighs.  three pack of cukes, 5lbs Halos, 5 pack of avocados, package or organic blueberries, organic raspberries, sliced mango, package of asparagus, package of broccoli, package of Brussels spouts, organic baby carrots, package of mushrooms; organic Romaine, box of 3 1/2 gallons of 1% organic milk, bag of Purdue breaded chicken patties and/or chicken breasts; 3 double dozen packages of free range eggs (6 dozen total);  The above is basically what I get every 2 weeks.  But probably once a month I grab a package of 6 cans of black olives, black beans, canned soup, cantaloupe/watermelon, tomato sauce, package of boxes of pasta, black berries, chicken stock, big box of cheez its, cheese sticks, But I also get napkins, paper plates, TP, paper towels, soap, all that stuff here as well when needed.  Thinking back to the people who spend a lot less...if we put a bowl of lentil soup on the dinner table, there would be mutiny! even though we ALL love lentil soup.  My kids often ask for a bowl of lentil soup AFTER they eat dinner. I'm glad we all like lentil soup because that is often on sale for $1 a can.  Another example of eating is that we went to BK on Sunday and brought home and extra Whopper. Monday after school my son comes home from school and ate the Whopper as part of his after school snack! I guess $1,100 for everything per month is decent considering we down pull apart food vs everything else you get at grocery stores.[/quote]

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