Shopping List - Week of October 3 - October 11

TUESDAY'S SHOPPING

HEB (Tuesday):
2 ice cream @ 3.50 each - $7.00
2 heavy cream @ 3.56 each - $7.12
Garam masala (sold by the pound) - $.27
Paprika @ 5.99lb (sold by the pound) - $3.23
Dried vegetable mix (sold by the pound) - $.26

TOTAL - $17.88

FOOD TOWN (Tuesday):
Bread - $.79
4 8-ounce tomato sauce @ .25 each - $1.00
1 pound fresh bean sprouts - $.99

TOTAL - $2.78

KROGER (Thursday):
7 CARBmaster yogurt @ .40 each (minus 10% discount) - $2.52
Xanthan gum (marked down) - $2.59
2 12-packs diet soda @ 2.39 each (minus 10% discount) - $4.30
2 cans tuna @ .69 each (minus 10% discount) - $1.24 (price down from .78 per can)
18 ounce peanut butter @ 1.79 (minus 10% discount & .45 coupon) - $1.16
16 ounce shredded mozzarella @ 3.79 (minus 10% discount) - $3.41

TOTAL - $15.57

WALMART (Thursday):
Coffee filters - $1.28
Toothpaste - $1.67
4 ounce can green chiles - $.58
Toothpicks - $.58
Dryer sheets - $2.26

TOTAL - $6.70

SPROUTS (Thursday):
3 cucumbers @ 3/$1.00 - $1.00
1 pound bulk pecan pieces @ 5.99lb - $5.99

TOTAL - $6.99

ALDI (Thursday):
2 cans corned beef @ .99 each - $1.98
8 ounce Colby cheese - $1.99
8 ounce Swiss cheese - $1.99
2 pounds butter @ 1.99 each - $3.98
1 pound ground turkey - $1.69
Dozen eggs - $1.19

TOTAL - $12.82

GRAND TOTAL FOR THE WEEK - $62.74 (over budget by $2.74)

THURSDAY'S SHOPPING

You'll never guess what was still in the clearance bin at Kroger today. Yes, the other bag of xanthan gum that was marked down to the ridiculous price of only $2.59! I really couldn't pass it up and I'm sure I'll use it eventually and will probably never need to buy more in my lifetime now that I've got a whole pound of it!

I mainly went to Aldi this morning because they have butter on sale this week and I needed eggs. I got a couple pounds of butter, the eggs and of course I found a few other items that I couldn't pass up. The corned beef was a steal for just 99-cents per can. It's over $4.00 at Walmart. The ground turkey seemed a reasonable price too. There's a recipe that I haven't made in ages that calls for ground turkey and pork sausage. It's my Stuffing Pie. It actually calls for 20 ounces of ground turkey but I'm sure that a pound will be plenty what with the sausage, cheese and eggs.

STUFFING PIE

I saw something interesting at Aldi that I hadn't seen there before. They have their own version of the Atkins Advantage bars. They call them "Advance" bars and you get five bars per box for $4.99. I didn't look closely to see what flavors they had but I recall seeing one with a white filling, peanuts and caramel (I think) and a chocolate one that might have been a knock-off of the "Oreo" cookie Atkins bars.

I got a great price on bulk pecan pieces at Sprouts. I usually buy my nuts at Trader Joe's because they have the best price around. I pay $3.99 for an 8-ounce bag at Trader Joe's which works out to $7.98 per pound. Well, the bulk pecan pieces are only $5.99 pound at Sprouts this week and they're normally $11.99 pound. Ouch!!!

I also bought three cucumbers at Sprouts so that I can make a large batch of Bread & Butter Pickles for Jerry. He's down to half a quart jar of them in the fridge.

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