Old Mother HubbardWent to the cupboard
To get her poor doggie a bone,
When she got there
The cupboard was bare
So the poor little doggie had none.
This little childhood poem was rattling in my head all last week. Remember when I blogged about challenging myself to cut our grocery budget to $50 a week? Well I did it!...for a whole month...and now our cupboards ARE bare. Or "were" bare. I tried to stretch out our remaing food until the very end of the month and finally went shopping on Saturday so we could have something to eat. It was a great challenge, but I was glad to fill up the refrigerator again. I figure I probably spent about $225 on groceries/household products last month, so I know I helped out our bottom line a little. I think this month I will try to keep it under $275, which is still a lot less than before.
By the way, this illustration is from the Little Golden Book "Old Mother Hubbard" that I remember from my childhood. Anyone else remember this illustration?
2 comments:
That book does look like the one we had when you were Natalie's age. Is it the same one or did you find one just like it?
Last night I thought of something that I was going to ask you next time I talked to you or posted on your blog, but now it has slipped my mind. Oh well!
It is the same book...just found the image on ebay.
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