Weekly Shopping List June 21 and Shopping Report

 

This shopping trip came quickly this week due to the fact that I didn’t go shopping last week until mid-week.  I am still trying to take advantage of all the freezer cooking that I stored, and spend as little as possible.  I am working on spending less than $80 a week…and hopefully saving the $20 a week that I have been spending to pay for the times I go to Sam’s every 3-ish months.  If I can do that, then I have saved us and extra $200-$300 every 3-4 months in grocery money!!  That would be awesome!!!

Here’s my list this week:

• Dry Pinto Beans
• Avacados (2)
• Potatoes
• Tomato
• Broccoli
• Yogurt
• Eggs
• Fritos
• Toothpaste for N
• Huggies
• Bananas
• Tuna
• Poptarts
• Granola
• Coffee
• Vanilla Yogurt
• Cheetos

Let me give you a back story on some of these items.  I go shopping every Sunday, traditionally.  This has been happening since I started staying home (about a year now).  My husband knows this is when I go.  My list was actually shorter this week.  The highlighted items are those that I was told to go get later in the week.  Needless to say, the second trip cost half as much as the first trip!! I was shocked and glad that I had saved so much money this week on my initial trip.

The extra items I ended up getting that were not on the list were:

• Coffeemate
• Kids Toothbrushes
• Cereal

Then, of course—I had to go get milk yesterday.

• Milk
• Lactaid

 

That’s not bad..normally I get at least 5-6 items that are not on the list. 

 

Here’s the damage:

First Trip:  $40.96

Second Trip:  $18.61

Third Trip:  $8.50 ( lost my receipt, so this is an estimate)

Total:  $68.07

Not bad for a family of 4 that spent over a $100 a week just a couple of weeks ago.

Shopping Report: How’d I do this week?

If you read my list before, you will notice that a lot changed.  I spent more money than I intended, but I did not go over budget for the week…actually I was/am still a little under budget by about $30! 

I added these items to my list: 

• dishwasher detergent ($3.42)
• Flour ($1.88)
• Bread flour ($2.28)
• Zyrtec-generic ($17.97)
• Zyrtec-generic for kids ($7.83)
• Cold Medicine for kids ($2.96)
• Tootsie Rolls ($1.97)
• Eggs ($1.84)
• Cherries—instead of apples--($5.91)
• Yogurt ($2.98)
• Juice ($1.87)
• Coke (2@ $1.50)

Oh, and I also bought 2 father’s day cards, but those come out of the Father’s day budget.

You can see that the meds really hit me hard.  This always happens…either it is medicine or toilet paper or diapers or wipes.  I’ll be so glad when my youngest is out of diapers…I will save so much money!!

Anyway, my total came to:  $68.70 when you exclude the Father’s Day Cards.  Not bad!!  I obviously could have done better.  The boys didn’t need more tootsie rolls…I stocked up on flour and bread flour because I’m almost out of both.  The good news is that I postponed actually going to the store for almost 3 days, so I probably won’t need to buy eggs or yogurt or coke next week!!

 

Oh, shoot!---  I forgot my frozen broccoli.  Shucks!  I guess we will do without this week and just have chicken, rice and cheese casserole---I’ll serve salad on the side. ;)

Shopping List June 14, 2009

My plan is to do a little grocery shopping today. These are the items that I plan to get. Obviously, with the freezer full, I am hoping to buy very little. The goal is to save much of my $100 weekly budget for food. Let’s see how I do:

Here’s my list:

Bag of Salad ($2.50)

Frozen Broccoli ($2.00)

Pineapple ($3.00)

Carrots ($1.00)

Bananas ($1.50)

Milk ($3.45)

Lactaid ($3.45)

Turkey Sandwich slices (3.50)

Apples ($3.50)

Paper Towels (?)

We shall see how well I keep to my list. ;) Also, I estimate my prices, but they are often over-estimated. My hope is that my bill is less.