Showing posts with label Shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shopping. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

A Day Late, but Not a Dollar Short

This should have been posted yesterday, but it didn't, so here it is today instead.

Trader Joe's
Baking Coca                                         1.99
Breaded Chicken Drumettes                 3.49
Bacon                                                   4.69
Canned Sliced Olives (2)                      2.38
Chocolate chips                                    2.29
All Purpose Flour                                 2.99
Canned Organic Diced Tomatoes (3)   4.47
Organic Tomato Paste (2)                     1.78
Organic Breadcrumbs                           2.99
Grapeseed Oil                                       3.49
Canned Wild Salmon (2)                      5.38
Organic Tomato Sauce                         1.39
Cage-free Brown Eggs (3 dozen)         8.97
Bananas (7)                                          1.33
Shredded Soy Cheese                          3.79
Pkg Organic Zucchini                          2.99
Pkg Red Bell Peppers                          2.29
Pkg Organic Spinach                           1.99
Bag Sliced Crimini Mushrooms           2.29
Corn Tortillas                                       1.29
Vanilla Soy Milk                                  1.69


Target
Bag Dry Beans (3)                               3.87
Fruit Cups (2)                                      4.98
Vegetable Shortening                          2.94

Total with tax = $75.75

This weeks meal plan is:
Spaghetti w/ Turkey Meatballs (using frozen ground turkey in freezer)
Frank and Beans (still have a leftover package of hot dogs from the baby shower)
French Toast
Turkey Hamburgers (carry over from last week)

The beans and spaghetti make lots of left overs, which will cover us for the week.  We will probably order Chinese food for Father's Day as that is my husbands favorite.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Monday is Shopping Day

I decided to post my shopping lists and what I plan to make for the week.


Trader Joes                                                                        
Basmati White Rice                           2.99                          
Decaf Coffee                                     6.99                          
Canned Wild Salmon                        1.79                          
Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers     2.49                          
Organic Tricolor Radiatore Pasta      1.99                          
2 pkgs Shredded Green Cabbage      2.38                          
Freeze Dried Mango                         2.69                            
3 dzn Cage Free Brown Eggs           8.97
Organic White Sugar                         2.79
Organic Brown Sugar                       2.99
Pizza Sauce                                       1.89
Canadian Bacon                                2.29
Organic Baby Spinach                      1.99
Sliced Black Olives                           1.19
Organic Zucchini                              2.99
Sliced Crimini Mushrooms               2.29
Organic Broccoli Slaw                     1.49
Organic Yellow Onions                   1.69
3 lb Bag Russet Potatoes                  1.69
2 lb Bag Granny Smith Apples        2.29
Green Bell Peppers                          1.99
5 Bananas                                          .95
4 Organic Nectarines                       2.76


Whole Foods
Nutritional Yeast               1.35
Coconut Milk                    4.49
Frozen Mixed Veggies      2.19
Earth Balance Margarine   3.29
Coconut Milk Yogurt        3.79
Zbar Boxes (2)                  5.00
Peach Bowls                     2.49



My Grand Total (after tax) came to $86.91.  So I went over my $75 dollar budget.  I can easily explain that, first I needed my coffee.  Its not a weekly purchases, but $7 takes a bite out of a tight budget when you forget to originally plan for it.  The other item was the two boxes of Zbars.  I usually buy a couple a week for my daughter to have after gymnastics and swimming.  Whole Foods had a great price though, and I couldn't resist.  So that was another $5.  Without those two "impulse" buys, I would have been under.  That is something I need to work on, everything MUST be accounted for ahead of getting to the store.


Menu Plan 
Baked Mac n' Cheeze
Turkey Burgers w/ homemade buns
Homemade Pizza
Cream of Mushroom Pork
Stir Fry

*It should be noted that I have some frozen pork and ground turkey in my freezer, so I didn't need to buy meat this week.