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| TUESDAY'S SHOPPING |
FOOD TOWN (Tuesday):
Chicken tenders @ 1.99lb - $4.24
Cherry pie @ 3.99 (minus .55 coupon) - $3.44
Pork sausage @ 2.88 each (minus $1.00 coupon) - $1.88
Italian sausage - $2.88
Cameo cleanser - $1.79
Jalapeños @ .79lb - $1.04
Onions @ .50lb - $1.04
TOTAL - $16.44
HEB (Tuesday):
3 boxes tissues - $3.57
2 quarts heavy cream @ 3.56 each - $7.12
Oatmeal cookies - $1.25
Shower spray - $1.97
Sugar free orange tangerine drink - $1.50
Nasal strips - $6.88
Sugar free passion fruit drink - $1.88
TOTAL - $24.91
KROGER (Thursday):
Ice cream @ 2.98 (minus 10% discount) - $2.68
Peanut butter @ 1.79 (minus 10% discount) - $1.61
3 pounds butter @ 2.50 each (minus 10% discount) - $6.75 ($2.25 each)
16 ounces cottage cheese @ 1.25 (minus 10% discount + .40 coupon + extra .09 discount) - $.63
2 bags Community coffee @ 3.99 each (minus 2 x $2.00 coupon) - $3.98
Salt @ .44 (minus 10% discount) - $.40
Rubber gloves @ 1.19 (minus 10% discount) - $1.07
Frozen pepper & onion blend @ 1.00 (minus 10% discount) - $.90
Napkins @ .97 (minus 10% discount) - $.87
2 8-ounce cheese @ 1.99 each (minus 10% discount + .65 coupon) - $2.93 ($1.47 each)
2 8-packs Dial soap @ 3.50 each (minus $1.00 coupon) - $6.00
Ice cream @ 2.98 (minus 10% discount) - $2.68
5 rolls pork sausage @ 2.50 each (minus 10% discount + $2.00 coupon) - $9.25 ($1.85 each)
TOTAL - $42.41
WALMART (Thursday):
1 Roma tomato @ .88lb - $.18
Tomato paste - $.46
Pizza sauce - $1.12
TOTAL - $1.76
ALDI (Thursday):
3 pound bag onions - $.59
Celery - $.59
3 dozen eggs @ .99 each - $2.97
8 ounce Swiss cheese - $1.89
Bread - $.99
Jalapeños @ .70lb - $.70
Iceberg lettuce - $.99
TOTAL - $8.72
SPROUTS (Thursday):
3 potatoes @ .48lb - $1.06
3 apples @ .48lb - $.87
TOTAL - $1.93
GRAND TOTAL FOR 2 WEEKS - $96.17 (which works out to only $48.08 per week plus whatever I buy next Tuesday)
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| THURSDAY'S SHOPPING |
I didn't post this week's menu because I wanted to keep the LC Foods contest at the top of the page and now it's to late in the week to bother.
This is my shopping list for this week as well as next week because I won't be doing my regular grocery shopping next Thursday because of Thanksgiving. I will make a quick trip to Food Town next Tuesday to get some fresh mushrooms but that will probably be about all I'll need to buy again until the first week of December. I will post an update after I shop next Tuesday so you can see how much I ended up spending in addition to today's total. My estimate is that it will work out to under $50 per week once I divide the total cost between the two weeks.
Note that the Cameo cleanser isn't in the Tuesday photo because my husband didn't see it in the trunk of my car when he brought in the groceries. I noticed it was missing after I'd taken the photo.
I always look over my shopping receipts when I get home and check for errors and I found something very odd about the cottage cheese that I bought at Kroger today. I actually got two discounts on it for some strange reason. They took off the regular 10% senior discount of 13-cents and then there's another senior discount of 9-cents which can't be accounted for. I didn't buy anything at Kroger for 90-cents so it's an extra little bonus.
The coffee has to be the deal of the week. Kroger has Community coffee on sale for $3.99 this week and it's usually $6.49. I had two $2.00 coupons so I bought two bags. So, I got $12.98 worth of coffee for only $3.98 which is a savings of $9.00!
The Dial soap was a pretty good deal too even though I had to buy 16 bars. Of course we'll use it eventually so I figured that I might as well invest a little extra now to save money in the long-run. One 8-pack is usually $4.27 at Kroger (it's even more at Walmart) so I saved $2.54 by buying two packages on sale and with a $1.00/2 coupon.
Another super deal this week was on the pork sausage at Kroger. They have their store brand on sale this week for $2.50 (it's usually around $3.99, I think). With my 10% discount I got $1.25 off the five rolls plus I had a coupon for $2.00 a $10.00 or more meat purchase. That works out to $1.85 per roll with all the discounts.
I heard a comment on the news yesterday that puzzled me. It was from a woman in New York who is stuck in her house because of the snowstorm. She said that she only has a 3-day supply of food in the house so she was worried about feeding her family if they can't get out to buy more food soon. I can't imagine ever being in that kind of situation because of the way that I shop and plan my menus in advance. I estimate that if I couldn't shop for a while for some reason, we would probably have enough food in the pantry, fridge and freezer to feed us for at least a couple of months. We might end up eating some very odd meals but it would be a long time before we'd have to go hungry. It's not really that hard to shop and plan the way that I do but it does take a little extra time. I do think it's worth the effort.
It's been a while since I posted an inventory of the food that I have on hand so I thought I'd do that again so you can see what I mean about it being a long time before we'd starve if I couldn't shop for a while:
Pepperoni
Eggs (4 dozen + 4 eggs)
Chicken breasts (17)
Hot dogs
Bone-in chicken thighs (5 packages)
Boneless chicken thighs (5 packages)
Tuna (3 cans)
Pork sausage (6 rolls)
1 pound Italian sausage
Steak (2)
American cheese
Ham pieces (4 x 8 ounces)
Chicken tenders (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1 to 1 1/2 pound pkgs. ground beef (17 pkgs)
8 ounce cheddar cheese (3 pounds)
8 ounce jack cheese
8 ounce Swiss cheese (5)
16 ounce whole milk mozzarella
8 ounce mozzarella
16 ounce mozzarella
Frozen burger patties (7)
Can corned beef
4 ounce bacon pieces (8)
1 pound ground turkey
15-pound turkey
Sliced ham
Lunch meat (frozen)
2 pounds cooked ground beef (in freezer)
Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers (2 in freezer)
1 can tomato soup
1 chicken burrito
Celery
Onions
Lettuce
4 ounce can mushrooms
Frozen bell peppers
Frozen green beans
Frozen spinach
Frozen Asian veggie blend
Frozen corn
Potatoes
1 can asparagus
2 jars homemade cranberry sauce
Pizza sauce
Cream cheese (4)
Tomato paste
8 ounce tomato sauce (13 cans)
Mexican green sauce (1 can)
Heavy cream (2 quarts)
Cottage cheese
Salsa
Assorted condiments
Quart jar homemade bread & butter pickles
Quart jar homemade bread & butter jalapenos (2 jars)
Peanut butter
Bread
Chicken bones (in freezer)
Chicken broth (2 cups in freezer)
Coconut milk
Assorted salad dressings
1 can beef broth
1 container chicken drippings (in freezer)
Burger buns
Brown & serve rolls (in freezer)
Grits
Elbow noodles
Low carb bread
Low carb pizza crust (in freezer)
1 can pork and beans
Flour
Cornmeal
Coconut
Pecans
Almonds
Sunflower kernels
Flax meal
Almond flour
Ground pork rinds
Butter
1 can pumpkin
Diet jello
Regular jello (2)
Dried strawberries & raspberries
Coconut flour
Hazelnuts
Popcorn
Cool Whip
Oatmeal cookies
Cherry pie (frozen)
I left off some basic baking supplies and spices, etc. but you get the idea.
Oops, I forgot a few more things that are in the fridge:
1 quiche
3 apples
1 LC Foods pizza crust
Carrots
1 pound cooked ground beef
1 serving soup
1 serving chicken casserole
and, even more important than food...we have 23 rolls of toilet paper, LOL!
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