The Great Pantry Experiment, day 15

Fifteen days in, and we just finished off our second of three meals of pumpkin pancakes.  This experiment has given us some very interesting new meals, and there's still plenty of food in the pantry and freezer.  We made another stop at the grocery tonight and got the following:

4 avocados  -- $4.00
1 bag of carrots -- $1.00
2 bags of salad -- $2.00
1 bag of potatoes -- $1.00
2 loaves of bread -- $2.00
1 bag of flour -- $1.74
1 bag of soup crackers -- $0.00

Total -- $11.74
Experiment total -- $22.57

Well, they were having a special -- 10 items for $10, and get the 11th item free, so we took the crackers free since we've got some soup meals coming up.  We also got a few other non-grocery items (trash bags, deodorant, face lotion, and wet wipes for wiping down the cats' litter box).  With the purchase tonight, we won't have to buy fruit, yogurt, or bread until February.  It would have been nice to have that total be a little lower, but it still is far less than we usually would have spent on groceries in this same amount of time.

Also on the good news front, you can see that our debt amount dropped by around $500 or so between both the mortgage and student loans.  There's another $210 which is wending its way through cyberspace to attack the mortgage, and another $556 or so will be following first thing next week.  Chipping away at these loans in these small couple-hundred-dollar increments can sometimes make it feel like the loans will never go away completely, but deep down I know that this is the right way to get it done.  I'm just anticipating the day when I can triumphantly announce here that we've payed off our first $5,000, our first $10,000.

So, for now, we'll celebrate passing the $3,300-paid-off mark, and look forward to more milestones in the near future.  Anyone out there have some milestone, some accomplishment they want to share?  By all means, post it in the comments section below and let us all share in your happiness!