Family shopping day

Its been a month since we shopped for food in any sort of earnest. We've up the odd bag of fruit, some milk and I've brought bread home from the bakery after my shifts, but no serious purchases whatsoever. And now its the lovely month of August and its time for our next monthly shop.
My inspiration this month (since last month's budget posts) is Rhonda Hetzel's Down to Earth book which I excitedly received in the mail this week. I already wrote about her blog here, and so far I'm liking her book even more (there's something lovely and tangible about a real book don't you think?).
I'm proud to say that we spent so much less on food in the last month - $400 compared to an average of $1200 a month last year.
So, armed with our shopping list, some inspiration and a sense of accomplishment, we marched with our next $400 into this month's shopping.

My new favourite book

The shopping list - borrowed with thanks from simplemom.net

The well-stocked pantry