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.
