Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom by Anita Fowler

Author:Anita Fowler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: motherhood, parenting and family budget, money and debt advice, finance budget, finance education, money and kids, money and marriage, motherhood and parenting, parenting and money, money and teenagers
Publisher: Anita Fowler

9. Start and keep a food storage.

Stocking up on nonperishables when they are on sale with coupons, canning foods, buying in bulk, etc. are great ways to build a food storage. If something were to happen, you would want to be able to feed your family for at least 3 months without shopping. The meals may not be gourmet or even too tasty, but you will all still be alive. I know many people who have relied on their food storage at one time or another when job loss, tragedy, or other unexpected events rattled their lives. Building up a food storage will save you money in the long run as well because you will have many much needed items in stock which means fewer quick runs to the store.

If you would like an easy step-by-step plan to building a food storage, Karen and I provide a 52-week email series in our ‘Championing Motherhood Community.’ For 52 weeks you will receive an email with a list of items for you to purchase that week. This enables you to build food storage gradually.

For more tips on how to save money on your family’s emergency food storage, please check out this article: “7 Ways to Save on Your Family’s Emergency Food Storage.”

As you can see, there are lots of ways to save on groceries. Karen hates couponing, but she plans meals based on sales and has established an awesome food storage. Her husband hunts as well, so often their meat comes from his hunts. She packs lunches for her kids and husband, makes family dinner nightly, and sticks to a list when she does grocery shopping. She also buys bulk a few times a year and stocks up on the cheapest items then. So even though she hates couponing, she saves a lot. Oh, and did I mention when she comes into town I sometimes take her couponing, and she goes home with lots of highly discounted items? So she likes the result. She just doesn’t like to do the actual couponing…and that is okay.

I coupon like crazy, and even though we eat out more than we should, we use coupons, rewards, and discounted gift cards. I also buy the best bulk items, have built a food storage, and make our lunches and most of our dinners. Could I do better by not eating out as much (and be more like Karen)? Yes I could. But I choose the ways that are practical for us to save. Did I mention my husband and I absolutely love to eat out on date night? And to be honest, sometimes it’s nice to get a break from cooking. So I save $250–300 a month by couponing, and we spend $100 or so of that to eat out. It works for us. And we are still saving quite a bit of money on groceries. So that’s what we do.

Please realize that no one can do everything. So please do not get overwhelmed by all the ways to save on groceries.

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