So, we had a week of family visiting. It was fun, loud, energetic, and definitely not a WW points counting time! We did spend a while at the park, and hit the pool, so I got some exercise. I managed to stay under 270 lbs, which is a huge win for me. Its taken over a year to break through that ceiling. So, now that things are back to normal, the Hubby and I are back to focusing on our points.
The weather has finally warmed up and now my spring cravings have kicked in. Fresh fruit and vegetables just make my mouth water, and being as most are 0 points, I do not expect to be hungry much at all!! Today I hit up the green grocer in a neighboring town and brought home bananas (for 1 point Banana Bread), tomatoes for the Hubby, a small head of cabbage to add to the 0 point soup, a couple of sweet potatoes for my lunches, a big cantaloupe, 1 cucumber and 2 zucchini. At Kroger, using my gift card (which benefits my church), I got some Vidallia onions and they will definitely be a points blowing meal. They are best with fried potatoes, and I am going to plan to indulge myself one evening.
I had a fist full of coupons today, and loaded some digital ones on my Kroger card, so I saved almost $20. That was nice, because I was able to take advantage of a few sale items. Boneless Pork Ribs for 6.75...a full tray of them! They are rubbed with delicious spices and currently hanging out in the slow cooker. That will be a nice meal or 5, since there's a lot of meat there. I expect I can package and freeze a bit and never miss it this week. Had a great digital and a paper coupon for Barilla pasta in the blue boxes. So, instead of 2 for $4 I brought home 4 for $3.
I have a rebate for hamburger purchased at Walmart, which requires me to purchase 6 boxes of Hamburger Helper. I have coupons for the mixes, so on Friday (payday!) I will head there and take care of that. Strangely enough there was also a coupon available for a My Little Pony toy, which is the theme of my grand daughters 3rd birthday party! So those things will happen on Friday.
In the meantime, Here's the break down:
Kroger
2.69 Laughing Cow cheese Swiss ($1 off 2)
2.69 Laughing Cow cheese garden vegetable
1.99 Kroger Shredded Cheese
1.99 Kroger Shredded Cheese (Coupon was $.55 off 2)
1.79 Kroger Cherry Pomogranate "Crystal Light"
1.25 Kroger orange juice, half gallon
0.65 Devils food cake mix (coupon was .40 off one)
3.00 4 boxes of Barilla Pasta (high fiber)
1.00 Ketchup
4.70 Kroger instant oatmeal, (coupon was .30 off, sale was 3 for $5)
0.59 Country Gravy mix
1.68 Broccoli, fresh
5.00 Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat (sale price 2 for $6, coupon $1 off 2)
1.25 Yellow pepper
1.31 Vidallia Onions
1.00 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce
0.00 Frozen CA mix Veggies, free with coupon
0.00 Can of Kroger soup, free with coupon
1.00 Frozen pizza
6.74 Pork ribs (marked down for quick sale)
0.39 SF jello
0.69 SF pudding mix
0.69 SF pudding mix
2.49 Krogers version of Vanilla Almond Special K
1.19 Saltine Crackers
0.65 one can of tomato soup
1.39 Pureed Pumpkin
0.69 one can of black beans
3.99 black trash bags
0.65 green onions
1.65 taco sauce, mild.
2.06 Big K Coke Zero... was 4 for $3, plus a .55 off coupon on 3 bottles
Okay, here is how it breaks down menu wise:
Lunch one or two days will be pasta salad (high fiber pasta, tuna [from last week], cucumbers, thawed CA veggies and Italian dressing)
The pumpkin and devils food cake mix are for chocolate brownie bites. Just mix them together with 1/4 cup of water and bake in mini muffin tins for 20 minutes at 350. Yummy 1 point goodness there. Sometimes thats breakfast for me, sometimes 3 or 4 for snack time around 4 pm.
The ribs of course are BBQ. A little cole slaw (cabbage, carrots grated up, and some light Miracle Whip), and some home baked potato chips (still trying to get rid of the potatoes from last week, or might be made with the sweet potatoes).
I have FF refried beans, and rice, taco sauce and shredded cheese. There will be several lunches of that with a side salad.
We have ham and roast beef lunch meat, 3 pt flour tortillas left from last week, and plenty of cheese, also some dill pickle spears. Lunch will rock here... along with the 0 point soup.
Chicken one night with high fiber pasta and low point alfredo sauce (thanks to the Laughing Cow Swiss Cheese) with broccoli.
Currently cooking up a big pot of tenderized beef stew meat to use this week for dinner as well.
Burgers, fried potatoes with Laughing Cow cheese Vidallia onions, and green beans.
We have plenty of oatmeal, and cereal for breakfast.
Things of note: We did not purchase milk or toilet paper this week. Having company meant buying extra last week and so we still had plenty. Also currently still have 1/2 a loaf of bread, so no need to purchase those things. Still have half a dozen eggs.
In total the bill was 53.45, after all the savings. I feel pretty good about that, even tho I did spend another $10 at the vegetable stand. Healthy food that I look forward to cooking and eating is a blessing.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Planning is an Art
I have never been good at planning ahead. Even the simple act of planning what to wear or what to fix for dinner the next day just doesnt come naturally to me. I am an "in the moment" kind of thinker, so this whole budgeting and meal planning, etc. is just hard. The Hubby is all about the plan, and doesnt do much spontaneously. Which is very hard on me :)
We took the youngest Daughter to Lexington to a movie yesterday with a group of people she doesnt see often. We knew we were doing this for a couple of days ahead of time, but we did not sit down and plan the money flow. Sigh... its a live and learn kind of thing I guess.
Anyway, since we were there I had thought to hit up GFS for a few meat deals but they were closed. So we went to Aldi's and they had a few things. Spent a bit of the budget there:
0.99 Lettuce
1.49 potato chips (hubby has been missing them
2.49 peanuts (yeah, hubby again :) )
1.49 all purpose flour
1.40 burritoes (4)
1.99 cheddar cheese
1.99 swiss sheese
0.99 lemons (2)
1.49 strawberries
4.99 sausage patties (18, precooked)
0.45 instant SF pudding
0.89 potato side dish
0.79 onion soup mix
2.36 canned mushrooms (4 cans @ .59 each - much cheaper than Krogers)
0.12 paper bags, 2
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total: 23.92
We have decided soda pop needs its own budget, because its killing the grocery budget. I still have to hit the Kroger website and decide what to purchase in the way of meat. Everyone has spiral hams on sale right now for about $2 a pound. I should get one, and something beef. Also, lost a meal of beef this week because I thawed it out and never got to fix it. I hate throwing away food.
On the upside, we sat down to watch tv last night and I thoughtlessly filled up a bowl of potato chips. Took one bite and decided I just didnt really want them so they went back into the bag. Instead, I had sliced cucumber, radishes and mushrooms with a couple tbsp of ranch dressing. Much healthier.
UPDATE: So just finished up at Kroger. Good meat sale this week. I saved 13.75 with the customer loyalty card, plus 4% of my purchase goes into the church fund.
I brought home:
2.00 individual frozen pizzas, for hubbys lunch (2)
4.92
4.92 ground chuck (2) NOT a deal, but its 80/20 which is more flavorful, and the other meat was cheaper
7.54 boneless pork loin cut into rib sections (from the marked down meat section)
8.64
7.40 split chicken breasts(2 pkgs) (99 cents a pound, and they are large enough to make 2 people 1 meal)
0.99 tall kitchen bags, for sorting and storing clothing
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36.47 - 13.75 (Store discount) = total 22.72 including tax.
22.72
23.92
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46.64, just over the $45 for the week. I did not buy soup mix for Wednesday night, so I will have to come up with something for that meal at church.
We took the youngest Daughter to Lexington to a movie yesterday with a group of people she doesnt see often. We knew we were doing this for a couple of days ahead of time, but we did not sit down and plan the money flow. Sigh... its a live and learn kind of thing I guess.
Anyway, since we were there I had thought to hit up GFS for a few meat deals but they were closed. So we went to Aldi's and they had a few things. Spent a bit of the budget there:
0.99 Lettuce
1.49 potato chips (hubby has been missing them
2.49 peanuts (yeah, hubby again :) )
1.49 all purpose flour
1.40 burritoes (4)
1.99 cheddar cheese
1.99 swiss sheese
0.99 lemons (2)
1.49 strawberries
4.99 sausage patties (18, precooked)
0.45 instant SF pudding
0.89 potato side dish
0.79 onion soup mix
2.36 canned mushrooms (4 cans @ .59 each - much cheaper than Krogers)
0.12 paper bags, 2
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total: 23.92
We have decided soda pop needs its own budget, because its killing the grocery budget. I still have to hit the Kroger website and decide what to purchase in the way of meat. Everyone has spiral hams on sale right now for about $2 a pound. I should get one, and something beef. Also, lost a meal of beef this week because I thawed it out and never got to fix it. I hate throwing away food.
On the upside, we sat down to watch tv last night and I thoughtlessly filled up a bowl of potato chips. Took one bite and decided I just didnt really want them so they went back into the bag. Instead, I had sliced cucumber, radishes and mushrooms with a couple tbsp of ranch dressing. Much healthier.
UPDATE: So just finished up at Kroger. Good meat sale this week. I saved 13.75 with the customer loyalty card, plus 4% of my purchase goes into the church fund.
I brought home:
2.00 individual frozen pizzas, for hubbys lunch (2)
4.92
4.92 ground chuck (2) NOT a deal, but its 80/20 which is more flavorful, and the other meat was cheaper
7.54 boneless pork loin cut into rib sections (from the marked down meat section)
8.64
7.40 split chicken breasts(2 pkgs) (99 cents a pound, and they are large enough to make 2 people 1 meal)
0.99 tall kitchen bags, for sorting and storing clothing
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36.47 - 13.75 (Store discount) = total 22.72 including tax.
22.72
23.92
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46.64, just over the $45 for the week. I did not buy soup mix for Wednesday night, so I will have to come up with something for that meal at church.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Foiled by Math Again!
I love sales. I love coupons. But I am not good at on the spot math problems to use them to save money. I really need to do more math BEFORE I go to the store! The 10 for $10 sales are no problem... every item is a $1. And you dont have to purchase 10 items to get the price. But the "buy 5 and save $5" really fouls me up. The items are not all the same price, and so they tossed the budget number out the door. I did save money, but I spent money too that I had not intended to spend. On the other hand we have a few things that are more "luxury" items to help break up the monotony.
So this week, all the shopping was at Kroger. Budget was $45, actual spending was $63.33. I did have a few coupons.
1.00 Nestle water (6 bottles)
3.50 Kroger smoked ham
1.00 Frozen Vegetables
FREE Birds Eye Recipe Ready Vegetables (Kroger free Friday deal)
1.00 Frozen pizza
3.67 Kroger Pizza *
3.46 Skinless boneless chicken thighs
1.98 Oscar Meyer Bologna (2)*
5.74 Beef Stew meat
2.69 Butter
2.00 Kroger Neufchatel cheese (2)
1.99 Dozen eggs
1.97 Dill pickle spears
5.54 Ritz Crackers (2) *
2.00 Sour cream 16 oz
1.50 Dole Pineapple
.89 Bar soap (2 bars)
2.89 Crystal Light
1.67 Salad dressing
1.58 Condensed Soup
1.88 Peanut butter
2.00 Mandarin Oranges (2)
.69 Vanilla pudding mix
1.00 Pasta
1.08 Sweet onion, fresh
1.50 Cauliflower, fresh
.69 Green onions, fresh
1.19 Saltines
1.78 Noodles and sauce (2)
1.50 Broccoli, fresh
2.00 Red Potatoes, 5 lbs, fresh
.99 Mushrooms, fresh (marked down)
1.29 Snow Peas and Carrots, fresh (marked down)
2.21 Red Grapes
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There you have it. I missed getting a tub of cool whip stuff for the fruit whip. Other than that, hubby purchased his shampoo with the left over money from his hair cut. We bought 2 large pkgs of bathroom tissue last week on sale at Big Lots (4.45 for 16 double rolls in each pkg).
Monday - went to dinner with family, Asian Buffet.
Tuesday - Baked chicken thighs in mushroom soup and sour cream, steamed broccoli, roasted red potatoes
Wednesday - church
Thursday - Grilled beef tips (actually stew meat that has marinated),noodles with sauce, Cauliflower Peas
Friday - pizza, salad, cinnamon tortillas
Satuirday - burgers, potato salad, snow peas with carrots
Sunday - lemon chicken soup, whole grain rolls, side salad.
Breakfast will be oatmeal (of which we have plenty from the sales previous weeks), eggs and toast, fruit whip
Lunches for Hubby: soup and crackers, individual frozen pizza, individual frozen Jamaican hot pocket (which I found in the freezer), sandwiches (ham or bologna)
For me: leftovers, salads
That wraps up this week. Better go get the chicken in the oven :)
So this week, all the shopping was at Kroger. Budget was $45, actual spending was $63.33. I did have a few coupons.
1.00 Nestle water (6 bottles)
3.50 Kroger smoked ham
1.00 Frozen Vegetables
FREE Birds Eye Recipe Ready Vegetables (Kroger free Friday deal)
1.00 Frozen pizza
3.67 Kroger Pizza *
3.46 Skinless boneless chicken thighs
1.98 Oscar Meyer Bologna (2)*
5.74 Beef Stew meat
2.69 Butter
2.00 Kroger Neufchatel cheese (2)
1.99 Dozen eggs
1.97 Dill pickle spears
5.54 Ritz Crackers (2) *
2.00 Sour cream 16 oz
1.50 Dole Pineapple
.89 Bar soap (2 bars)
2.89 Crystal Light
1.67 Salad dressing
1.58 Condensed Soup
1.88 Peanut butter
2.00 Mandarin Oranges (2)
.69 Vanilla pudding mix
1.00 Pasta
1.08 Sweet onion, fresh
1.50 Cauliflower, fresh
.69 Green onions, fresh
1.19 Saltines
1.78 Noodles and sauce (2)
1.50 Broccoli, fresh
2.00 Red Potatoes, 5 lbs, fresh
.99 Mushrooms, fresh (marked down)
1.29 Snow Peas and Carrots, fresh (marked down)
2.21 Red Grapes
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There you have it. I missed getting a tub of cool whip stuff for the fruit whip. Other than that, hubby purchased his shampoo with the left over money from his hair cut. We bought 2 large pkgs of bathroom tissue last week on sale at Big Lots (4.45 for 16 double rolls in each pkg).
Monday - went to dinner with family, Asian Buffet.
Tuesday - Baked chicken thighs in mushroom soup and sour cream, steamed broccoli, roasted red potatoes
Wednesday - church
Thursday - Grilled beef tips (actually stew meat that has marinated),noodles with sauce, Cauliflower Peas
Friday - pizza, salad, cinnamon tortillas
Satuirday - burgers, potato salad, snow peas with carrots
Sunday - lemon chicken soup, whole grain rolls, side salad.
Breakfast will be oatmeal (of which we have plenty from the sales previous weeks), eggs and toast, fruit whip
Lunches for Hubby: soup and crackers, individual frozen pizza, individual frozen Jamaican hot pocket (which I found in the freezer), sandwiches (ham or bologna)
For me: leftovers, salads
That wraps up this week. Better go get the chicken in the oven :)
Friday, March 28, 2014
The Intentional Freezer
I am starting to look at some ways to use my freezer to make my life easier, and not just as bulk storage space. I like the idea that I can have meals already to go, just thaw and stick in the oven or slow cooker. Of course, I want to start small and build, so this week I want to try making and freezing homemade pizza dough. Perhaps sauce too. We do pizza once a week, on Fridays as a rule. It can get kind of expensive buying pre-made frozen pies, or always getting Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (tho I confess, I love that Chef!). I want to see if making this stuff myself is cheaper, tastes better, etc.
We always top with pepperoni and mushrooms. Sometimes sausage, sometimes ham, sometimes onion, occasionally left over chicken. Olives are a nice change of pace, but kind of pricy so we don't do that often. I can get the pepperoni at the Dollar Tree, and occasionally jarred mushrooms too. That helps keep the cost down.
One year we canned pizza sauce, chili base, and spaghetti sauce. Frankly, it was nice to have it all premade, but the chili base was the biggest hit. So now I am watching for canned sauce to hit the sale list, because I really dont want to do all the canning yet. (It is cooler now, so this might be a good time after all... will have to ponder that one!
Anyway, the Once a Month Freezer Meals link on the left is there because this lady has TONS of recipes. She is on Pinterest too, so check her out :)
We always top with pepperoni and mushrooms. Sometimes sausage, sometimes ham, sometimes onion, occasionally left over chicken. Olives are a nice change of pace, but kind of pricy so we don't do that often. I can get the pepperoni at the Dollar Tree, and occasionally jarred mushrooms too. That helps keep the cost down.
One year we canned pizza sauce, chili base, and spaghetti sauce. Frankly, it was nice to have it all premade, but the chili base was the biggest hit. So now I am watching for canned sauce to hit the sale list, because I really dont want to do all the canning yet. (It is cooler now, so this might be a good time after all... will have to ponder that one!
Anyway, the Once a Month Freezer Meals link on the left is there because this lady has TONS of recipes. She is on Pinterest too, so check her out :)
Lack of discipline strikes again!
So its Friday, and I am just now sitting down to list Mondays purchases... and I cant find the dang receipt. However, I can say with certainty that we used the calculator, stayed within $1 of the budget, and my loose change fixed the overage. We have done well this week, its already pay day and nothing is over drawn, getting turned off for nonpayment, there is food in the house and gas in the car.
Ladies and gents, God is good all the time. And all the time, God is good. :)
Ladies and gents, God is good all the time. And all the time, God is good. :)
Monday, March 17, 2014
New Budget
What an exhausting process! But we have cobbled together a budget and a system for tracking all our money/bills/etc. This is the beginning of the first week, and so once I have it completely figured out I will document the process, in case anyone else needs help and stumbles across my humble blog :)
In the meantime, its grocery day again. This week we budgeted an extra $10 because we are contributing to the Lenten Study dinner on Wednesday with salad and bread. So we start with:
Grocery budget (includes $40 food and $10 non food necessities) of $50
Extra for church event: $10
Total will be $60.00
This week I went to Kroger for the bulk of my shopping. I did a little at the Dollar Tree. Honestly, its the cheapest place I can buy pepperoni!!
Dollar Tree:
1.00 Swiss Cheese singles
1.00 American Cheese Singles
1.00 Pizza sauce
1.00 Sharpie pen
1.00 Pepperoni
1.00 Wheat Thins
1.00 Lunchable (because I committed the sin of shopping prior to having taken the time to eat anything!)
Total with tax: 7.06 (I threw in the .06 from my existing change)
Kroger
5.88 Pork Loin (actually thin cut pork steaks with bone in)
6.94 Beef Roast
3.00 Grape Tomatoes
1.29 Head of Lettuce
1.70 cucumbers (2)
1.00 Avocado
2.09 fresh mushrooms
6.00 Quaker Instant Oatmeal
0.00 Free Milk special with oatmeal purchase
1.79 Corn meal
2.19 Peach Tea mix
2.00 Individual Frozen pizza (2 for Hubby's lunches)
2.00 4 cans of soup (for Hubby's lunches)
1.00 mandarin oranges, canned
1.17 pineapple, canned
.69 Pork and beans
3.00 Frozen fish filets
2.69 Vanilla ice cream
1.29 frozen CA vegetables
2.17 antipersperant
Total with tax : 49.50 (+ 7.00 =56.50 which just barely goes over the budget)
I was pretty pleased that we were able to do this. Hubby went along and did the calculator part of the trip to help keep me on budget. We did have a mishap with that and lost the total, so that is why we were over 1.50. Fortunately there was a little money on the Kroger Gift Card, so that covered it.
So now...whats the menu? This week its built off the shopping and the pantry/freezer:
Breakfast options: oatmeal, eggs and toast
Lunch options: Hubby has pizza, soup, we have lunchmeat in the fridge and cheese for sandwiches. I have a couple of Michaelinas and plenty of salad fixing. Pasta salad (previously purchased pasta, italian dressing, CA veggies)
Dinners:
Monday: Baked pork chops, boiled potatoes, salad, and steamed asparagus (from a previous shopping trip)
Tuesday: Banquet salsbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Wednesday: vegetarian chili (made by someone else), salad (lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, avacado) and cornbread
Thursday: pot roast, potatoes, carrots, green beans
Friday: fish sandwiches, rice, mixed vegetables
Saturday: burgers, tater tots (purchased this weekend), salad
Sunday: Chicken casserole (hashbrown potatoes, carrots and peas, mushroom soup with chicken) salad
The optional meal of the week: Pizza night with salad
We do still have eggs, several dessert mixes, muffin mixes to add to the variety. Also, I have a hankering for fruit whip (1 can mandarin oranges, 1 can pineapple [save the juice], 1 box SF instant vanilla pudding, 1 container of whipped topping. Mix the pudding with the pineapple juice until dissolved, add drained fruit and toss. Add thawed whipped topping and mix well. Keep refridgerated).
All in all, not a bad plan :)
In the meantime, its grocery day again. This week we budgeted an extra $10 because we are contributing to the Lenten Study dinner on Wednesday with salad and bread. So we start with:
Grocery budget (includes $40 food and $10 non food necessities) of $50
Extra for church event: $10
Total will be $60.00
This week I went to Kroger for the bulk of my shopping. I did a little at the Dollar Tree. Honestly, its the cheapest place I can buy pepperoni!!
Dollar Tree:
1.00 Swiss Cheese singles
1.00 American Cheese Singles
1.00 Pizza sauce
1.00 Sharpie pen
1.00 Pepperoni
1.00 Wheat Thins
1.00 Lunchable (because I committed the sin of shopping prior to having taken the time to eat anything!)
Total with tax: 7.06 (I threw in the .06 from my existing change)
Kroger
5.88 Pork Loin (actually thin cut pork steaks with bone in)
6.94 Beef Roast
3.00 Grape Tomatoes
1.29 Head of Lettuce
1.70 cucumbers (2)
1.00 Avocado
2.09 fresh mushrooms
6.00 Quaker Instant Oatmeal
0.00 Free Milk special with oatmeal purchase
1.79 Corn meal
2.19 Peach Tea mix
2.00 Individual Frozen pizza (2 for Hubby's lunches)
2.00 4 cans of soup (for Hubby's lunches)
1.00 mandarin oranges, canned
1.17 pineapple, canned
.69 Pork and beans
3.00 Frozen fish filets
2.69 Vanilla ice cream
1.29 frozen CA vegetables
2.17 antipersperant
Total with tax : 49.50 (+ 7.00 =56.50 which just barely goes over the budget)
I was pretty pleased that we were able to do this. Hubby went along and did the calculator part of the trip to help keep me on budget. We did have a mishap with that and lost the total, so that is why we were over 1.50. Fortunately there was a little money on the Kroger Gift Card, so that covered it.
So now...whats the menu? This week its built off the shopping and the pantry/freezer:
Breakfast options: oatmeal, eggs and toast
Lunch options: Hubby has pizza, soup, we have lunchmeat in the fridge and cheese for sandwiches. I have a couple of Michaelinas and plenty of salad fixing. Pasta salad (previously purchased pasta, italian dressing, CA veggies)
Dinners:
Monday: Baked pork chops, boiled potatoes, salad, and steamed asparagus (from a previous shopping trip)
Tuesday: Banquet salsbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Wednesday: vegetarian chili (made by someone else), salad (lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, avacado) and cornbread
Thursday: pot roast, potatoes, carrots, green beans
Friday: fish sandwiches, rice, mixed vegetables
Saturday: burgers, tater tots (purchased this weekend), salad
Sunday: Chicken casserole (hashbrown potatoes, carrots and peas, mushroom soup with chicken) salad
The optional meal of the week: Pizza night with salad
We do still have eggs, several dessert mixes, muffin mixes to add to the variety. Also, I have a hankering for fruit whip (1 can mandarin oranges, 1 can pineapple [save the juice], 1 box SF instant vanilla pudding, 1 container of whipped topping. Mix the pudding with the pineapple juice until dissolved, add drained fruit and toss. Add thawed whipped topping and mix well. Keep refridgerated).
All in all, not a bad plan :)
Friday, March 7, 2014
Its been a while
Yes it has been a while. And its been a long cold winter. Now that spring is coming back, we have to hit the budgeting hard to pay for the heat LOL! So... Here we go again:
Kroger
1.79 sausage, 1 lb
6.00 Quaker Instant Oatmeal (3 boxes @ 2.00 each + free gallon of milk)
.68 cucumber
1.99 shredded cheese
1.29 lettuce, 1 head
2.49 butter, 1 lb
2.00 Michaelina's, 2 items
1.99 eggs, 1 dozen
2.00 Kroger soup, 4 cans @ .50 each
Total: 20.23
Save A Lot
4.90 Chicken leg quarters, 10 lbs
1.50 fresh mushrooms
3.24 Oscar Meyer balogna, 2 @ 3 for $5
.52 cabbage, 1.33 lbs @ .39 lb
1.00 celery
1.00 green onion
1.99 Banquet family size frozen dinner
1.99 Banquet family size frozen dinner
1.99 5# red potatoes
99 saltine crackers
1.63 tomatoes, 1.26# @ 1.29 lb
.98 green beans, canned, 2 items
Total: 21.73
41.73 food total
5.99 bath tissue Kroger
.89 shampoo Kroger
.69 paper towels, 1 roll Kroger
1.96 slow cooker liners Walmart
1.76 bread bags Walmart
Total: 11.29
Entire trip: 53.02
So we started out planning to spend $40 a week for 2 adults. We failed to consider non food items, so that total may climb to $50 in the future. Yes we went over this week, but we will have chicken for a few weeks. Also, currently we have frozen veggies and some other meat in the freezer.
Items I missed (mostly so I remember for next week!):
Mayo or Miracle Whip
nonstick cooking spray
Kroger
1.79 sausage, 1 lb
6.00 Quaker Instant Oatmeal (3 boxes @ 2.00 each + free gallon of milk)
.68 cucumber
1.99 shredded cheese
1.29 lettuce, 1 head
2.49 butter, 1 lb
2.00 Michaelina's, 2 items
1.99 eggs, 1 dozen
2.00 Kroger soup, 4 cans @ .50 each
Total: 20.23
Save A Lot
4.90 Chicken leg quarters, 10 lbs
1.50 fresh mushrooms
3.24 Oscar Meyer balogna, 2 @ 3 for $5
.52 cabbage, 1.33 lbs @ .39 lb
1.00 celery
1.00 green onion
1.99 Banquet family size frozen dinner
1.99 Banquet family size frozen dinner
1.99 5# red potatoes
99 saltine crackers
1.63 tomatoes, 1.26# @ 1.29 lb
.98 green beans, canned, 2 items
Total: 21.73
41.73 food total
5.99 bath tissue Kroger
.89 shampoo Kroger
.69 paper towels, 1 roll Kroger
1.96 slow cooker liners Walmart
1.76 bread bags Walmart
Total: 11.29
Entire trip: 53.02
So we started out planning to spend $40 a week for 2 adults. We failed to consider non food items, so that total may climb to $50 in the future. Yes we went over this week, but we will have chicken for a few weeks. Also, currently we have frozen veggies and some other meat in the freezer.
Items I missed (mostly so I remember for next week!):
Mayo or Miracle Whip
nonstick cooking spray
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