Full Pantry?

Recently my husband and I saw a segment discussing how so many families were left in poverty during the recent recession. The piece discussed how many of these families had to wonder where each meal would come from, and if they'd have enough food to not go hungry tomorrow. After watching this we felt a deep sense of gratitude in knowing how well provided for we are. We also felt that we have been some what irresponsible with our food. We often go to the store at what I like to call "prime time". You know, when you are hungry, and everything on the shelves looks good. We end up dreaming up these dishes and salivating down each isle, in hopes to purchase, then return home and cook them all. (at once if my husband had his way) We get home, we put up, then we order pizza. Wait a second...weren't we supposed to be crafting up homemade delights from all of the fresh goodness we just bought? We usually say something like this "the boys are tired, we're tired, we'll put up the groceries, and start fresh tomorrow". Which turns into next week, and next month. We're left with a pantry full of food that we haven't eaten, and the process continues, we buy more food. We've decided that we are going to change this. We are challenging ourselves to eat everything in our pantry before buying anything new. I've asked several of you to do this with us! Some are asking questions. Here is what the plan is... we are going to use up everything in our pantry and freezer and fridge before we buy new. How this will work  for us: we plan to continue purchasing milk, butter, eggs, condiments, beverages, and fresh fruits and vegetables as we run out. That is it though. We will not buy more meat, frozen items, snacks, or anything that is in the pantry. We will finish this project once our entire pantry is empty. Throughout this time I will post blogs about how it is going. I encourage all of you to come on here and leave you crafty meal ideas. I'll be updating the fun things we come up with! I believe we should all do this challenge, lets eat what we've bought, and be grateful to have full pantries! Are you in?