Grocery Cart Challenge

This week is the big purchase week.  I purchased all the food to make lunches and dinners for the whole month.  After this I will just have to purchase the stuff to make side dishes, once we run out of frozen veggies, and a few other things.  We are also trying the idea of once we run out of something then we are done until next month.  This mainly applies to what I call extras... the granola and a few other things like that.

Commissary  - I arrived at 8:00 when they opened up and the time stamp on the receipt says I left at 9:46!  Wow.  This is where I purchased the bulk of my items.

Barley - $0.89

Tomato Sauce - $0.59

Sugar - $1.50

Salad Topper - $2.19

Oregano - $1.89

Cumin - $1.89

Garlic Powder - $1.79

Jalepeno - 4 @ $1.00/ea

Mustard - $1.29

Fiber One Cereal - $3.47

Water - $2.19

Water (for me) - $0.99

All Detergeant - $3.99 - $1.00

Freezer Bags - 2 @ $2.72

Scrubber Pads - $0.87

Tortellini - $2.59

Yogurt - 21 @ $0.50

Milk - $2.50

Parmesean - $2.19

Eggs - $1.12

Fudge Bars - $3.78

Frozen Corn - $1.89

Frozen Broccoli - $1.59

Mixed Veggies - $1.89

Pepperoni - $0.99

Italian Sausage - $2.39

Whole Wheat Bagels - $2.97

Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns - 2 @$2.04

Pork Loins - $2.29

Ground Pork 2lbs. - $3.74

Red Onion - $0.71

Yellow Onion - 2 bags @ $1.39/ea

Zuccini - $0.70

Potato - $0.37

Red Potatoes - $1.07

Mushrooms - 2 @ $1.09

Carrots - 3 bags @ $0.50/ea

Tomato - $0.57

Total $101.70 (includes coupons)

Sam's Club - We were out of a few things

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Fish - 2bags @ $7.78

Mozzarella - $8.54

Toilet Paper (won't have to buy for a long time) - $14.84

2PK Double Fiber Bread - $3.78

Pickles - $4.18

Fiber One Granola Bars - $7.24

Cinnamon Gum - $6.34

Total = $62.20

Walmart - Last place to go!

Apron - $5.00

Scrub Brushes - $2.50

GV Great Northern Beans - 3 @ $0.56

Salsa - 2 @ $1.08

GV Chilies - 2 @ $0.67

Diced Tomatoes - 3 @ $0.54

Diced Tomatoes - 2 @ $0.87

GV Bread Crumbs - $1.22

GV Italian Bread Crumbs - $1.22

Aluminum Foil - $3.32

Cough Drops - $2.43

Sweet Potato - $0.73

Ground Turkey 1lb - $1.97

Chicken Breasts - $5.88

Celery - $1.36

Pitcher - $2.50

Total minus Coupons = $35.67

Grand Total = $199.57

How did I do?  I splurged on a few things.  I could have gone with regular tortellini and not whole wheat.  That would have saved $0.50 but I felt getting 7 grams of Fiber was better than 1 gram.  I also could have gone with regular buns and spent $2.00 but again I felt the whole wheat was worth the extra money.  The Pitcher was a necessary as the glass pitcher I was making sugar-free lemonade in sprung a leak on Sunday and flooded our refrigerator!  The main splurge was the apron.  I figured it would be worth it in the end if I could keep my clothes somewhat clean and it's red so that is an added bonus!   Overall I was expecting to spend around $200 so I hit that perfectly!  I'm very happy.  I'll bite my pride (and Sam's) and say that in the past we have probably spent that much and barely made it through 2 weeks so I'm very happy at this point with how this is going.  Now back to the kitchen.  My break is over.

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