Grocery Shopping and This Week's Menu Jan 20-26
First, here's the week in shopping:
I had a coupon to get the applesauce squeezy packs for free. I price matched the sour cream ($1). The juice, tortillas, chips and parsley were $2.47, $2.98, $1 and .74, respectively. Total - $8.19
Safeway sent me another $5 off $20 purchase coupon, and then there were some really good prices for chips, which is why there's a photo full of them. They sent me a Just-4-U price of $2.14 per bag, which I loaded to my card. They were also buy one, get one free with club card, so the chips were $1.07 per bag. The Muenster cheese and the turkey were $5 a pound ($5.30 and $3.75, respectively). The corn pasta was on sale for $1.49 and the gluten free penne was on clearance for $1.54. This didn't total $20, but I wanted soda. Coke was $5 for 4 two-liters, so I got those, and paid for them with my allowance money. (I am the main soda drinker here, and I refuse to use grocery $$ to pay for it.) I was happy to use the sodas to put the total over $20, because that took the extra $5 off making the total for everything but the sodas $13.64.
If you look at last week's purchases, you'll see a lot of produce. We've eaten a lot of it, but we still have a lot left, so we didn't buy any more produce. We need to use what we have on hand.
Total spent this week: $21.83
Total spent this month: $108.57
Then...the gallon of milk that was supposed to be good through the 22nd curdled and got stinky on the 18th. This has happened a couple of times with milk from that particular store, but not from elsewhere...so I don't think it's my fridge. I returned the milk, and they refunded me $3.08. I told the cashier I had likely price-matched it for around $2, but she said that without a receipt, she couldn't really make it a different price, and not to worry about it. This morning when we needed milk we got some shelf-stable rice milk from our pantry and used it (gotten free w/coupons a while back), and we'll continue to use it the rest of the week.
Adjusted spending for the month: $105.49
Previous posts in this series:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Menu for This Week
Breakfasts:
cereal, fruit, milk
cinnamon rolls, applesauce, milk
peanut butter toast, fresh fruit, cocoa
eggs with meat, potatoes, cheese, etc, fruit
Lunches:
generally, leftovers from previous day's supper, unless there aren't any
frozen soups from the freezer
PBJ, carrots and celery, apples or oranges
cheese and crackers, raw vegetables, fresh fruit
Suppers:
pasta w/meat sauce
green beans
canned pears in juice
grilled chicken salad
fruit salad w/pecans
king ranch chicken
sweet corn
salsa w/chips
marinated grilled turkey
rice and kimchee
cabbage/carrot/onion stir-fry
oranges
leftovers
dinner out
taco salads
apples
Well, that's the plan. The king ranch chicken is a new recipe for us, and I'm eager to give it a try. How is your planning going? Leave a comment and let me know what you're cooking this week!
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| $8.19 at Wal-Mart |
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| Minus the soda (explanation below), the total for both of the above photos was $13.64. |
Safeway sent me another $5 off $20 purchase coupon, and then there were some really good prices for chips, which is why there's a photo full of them. They sent me a Just-4-U price of $2.14 per bag, which I loaded to my card. They were also buy one, get one free with club card, so the chips were $1.07 per bag. The Muenster cheese and the turkey were $5 a pound ($5.30 and $3.75, respectively). The corn pasta was on sale for $1.49 and the gluten free penne was on clearance for $1.54. This didn't total $20, but I wanted soda. Coke was $5 for 4 two-liters, so I got those, and paid for them with my allowance money. (I am the main soda drinker here, and I refuse to use grocery $$ to pay for it.) I was happy to use the sodas to put the total over $20, because that took the extra $5 off making the total for everything but the sodas $13.64.
If you look at last week's purchases, you'll see a lot of produce. We've eaten a lot of it, but we still have a lot left, so we didn't buy any more produce. We need to use what we have on hand.
Total spent this week: $21.83
Total spent this month: $108.57
Then...the gallon of milk that was supposed to be good through the 22nd curdled and got stinky on the 18th. This has happened a couple of times with milk from that particular store, but not from elsewhere...so I don't think it's my fridge. I returned the milk, and they refunded me $3.08. I told the cashier I had likely price-matched it for around $2, but she said that without a receipt, she couldn't really make it a different price, and not to worry about it. This morning when we needed milk we got some shelf-stable rice milk from our pantry and used it (gotten free w/coupons a while back), and we'll continue to use it the rest of the week.
Adjusted spending for the month: $105.49
Previous posts in this series:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
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| last week: pork shoulder in the crock pot with Hawaiian alaea salt |
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| that night at dinner: kalua pork, rice, kimchee, Saigon bok choy saute', bean sprout salad, nori and sliced oranges |
Menu for This Week
Breakfasts:
cereal, fruit, milk
cinnamon rolls, applesauce, milk
peanut butter toast, fresh fruit, cocoa
eggs with meat, potatoes, cheese, etc, fruit
Lunches:
generally, leftovers from previous day's supper, unless there aren't any
frozen soups from the freezer
PBJ, carrots and celery, apples or oranges
cheese and crackers, raw vegetables, fresh fruit
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| home-made kimchee (yummy-yum!) |
pasta w/meat sauce
green beans
canned pears in juice
grilled chicken salad
fruit salad w/pecans
king ranch chicken
sweet corn
salsa w/chips
marinated grilled turkey
rice and kimchee
cabbage/carrot/onion stir-fry
oranges
leftovers
dinner out
taco salads
apples
Well, that's the plan. The king ranch chicken is a new recipe for us, and I'm eager to give it a try. How is your planning going? Leave a comment and let me know what you're cooking this week!
Comments
http://corporate.walmart.com/ad-match-guarantee
What Bellen said follows policy, but the store here has always matched store brand to store brand, so if a supermarket store brand is on sale, I can get the Great Value brand for that price. This really helps me when there is a store that has 2 things I want and driving 12 miles each way just isn't worth it. Just wanted to clarify! :)