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| THURSDAY'S SHOPPING |
- 5 green peppers @ .59 each - $2.95
- 2 bags pork rinds @ 1.49 each - $2.98
- Quart heavy cream - $3.56
- 2 diet gelatin @ .34 each - .68
- 5 packages ground pork (marked down 25%) - $9.43
ALDI (Tuesday):
- 2 cans mushrooms @ .59 each - $1.18
- 3 8-ounce Swiss cheese @ 1.99 each - $5.97
- 8 ounce marinated mozzarella - $2.49
KROGER (Tuesday):
- 2 liter soda (minus 10% discount) - .87
- 9 CARBmaster yogurt @ .40 each (minus 10% discount) - $3.24
- 8 ounce colby cheese @ 2.50 (minus 10% discount) - $2.25
- Diet ice tea mix @ 1.87 (minus 10% discount) - 1.68
TRADER JOE'S (Tuesday):
- 8 ounce chopped pecans - $3.99
- 8 ounce slivered almonds - $3.69
- Coconut oil - $5.99
- 16 ounce frozen 3-pepper blend - $1.69
- 2 24-ounce frozen thin French green beads @ 1.99 each - $3.98
- 16 ounce frozen strawberries - $1.69
- 2 16-ounce almond flour @ 4.99 each - $9.98
- Gouda cheese - $3.30
- Blue cheese - $3.29
- Double Gloucester with onions & chives - $3.32
WALMART (Thursday):
- Coffee - $2.98
- Decaf - $2.78
- Dishwasher gel - $3.22 (with tax)
- Roma tomatoes - .41
- Jowl bacon - $1.96
- 18 eggs - $2.88
KROGER (Thursday):
- 24 ounce cottage cheese @ 1.99 (minus 10% discount & .40 coupon) - $1.39
- 3 CARBmaster yogurt @ .40 each (minus 10% discount) - $1.08
- Iceberg lettuce - .99
- 1 carrot - .24
- 18 ounce peanut butter @ 1.88 on sale (minus 10% discount & .50 coupon) - $1.19
- 8 ounce sour cream @ .99 (minus 10% discount & .40 coupon) - .49
- Sugar free hot cocoa mix @ 1.50 on sale (minus 10% discount) - $1.35
GRAND TOTAL FOR THE WEEK - $98.13
As you can see, I had a big splurge at Trader Joe's this week which put me way over my budget. When I did my shopping today, my goal was to at least stay under $100 for the week and I just made it. When we went to Trader Joe's I told Jerry that he could pick out a couple of fancy cheeses to snack on. He'd been complaining that the only cheeses we usually have on hand are colby and American. He picked out the Gouda and blue cheese. I chose the Double Gloucester with onions and chives. I've never had it before but it sounded good. I might eat some of the Gouda but Jerry is on his own with the blue cheese, LOL. I wanted to get some of Trader Joe's nice frozen Brussels sprouts but they didn't have any. Thankfully they had the almond flour in stock because that was the main reason for going there.
Jerry requested that I buy him some hot cocoa mix. Even though he's technically eating low carb now, he still occasionally eats some of the remaining high carb foods that we still have on hand. He'd been drinking regular full-sugar hot cocoa but I told him that I'd only buy more if I got the sugar free kind. I actually didn't buy the kind that Kroger calls "sugar free" because that has more carbs in it than the one labeled "Fat Free". The fat free kind only has 3 net carbs per packet. I don't recall how many the sugar free kind has but I think it may have been 9 net carbs per serving.
Hopefully I won't need to buy much next week to make up for what I spent this week. Of course the food that I got this week will last me quite a while. I've got enough meat in the freezer too that I shouldn't have to buy more of that for a while either.
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| TUESDAY'S SHOPPING |
You are so inspiring, Linda. Thank you for all that you share with us. -Dawn
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dawn. So, am I forgiven for blowing my budget this week?
DeleteI just now realized that if I hadn't gone to Trader Joe's this week, I would have stayed within my budget perfectly. I would have spent $57.21.
DeleteWhat are the approximate carbs per day in your weekly menus? Of all the LC sites that I have viewed, yours is the closest to how I cook so I really enjoy reading your blog and trying all the recipes. Thanks for sharing your experience and time for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteI really have no idea because I don't count them. You could look up the counts for each recipe to get a rough idea. Also, we don't necessarily eat what's posted for each day. I either make a new dish and/or we eat leftovers from previous days. It's pretty much pot luck around here. I just try to make sure that there's always a quiche in the fridge for breakfasts plus a couple of other options for lunches and dinners as well as snacks. Of course leftovers can be eaten at any time of the day. I had a pastrami sandwich and coleslaw for breakfast today. You can find those recipes on this week's menu post.
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