All that is left in my wallet is receipts. I can only hope that this means it was money well spent. Still. Being broke is depressing. Well I know for sure I spent more than I wanted to on apples and oranges at Aldi because I read the ad for the previous week. Oops! Also, there were some specialty items that made it onto my list for the boy's birthday. Happy birthday sweetie! Without further ado, here is this week's tally.
ALDI
Olives $0.99/can x 6 = $5.94
Black Beans $0.59/15oz. can x 3 = $1.77
Tangelos $2.49/4 Lbs.
Apples (Red Delicious) $3.49/3 Lbs.
Whipped Topping $0.89/8oz. x 3 = $2.67
Instant Chocolate Pudding $0.55/4oz x 2 = $1.10
TOTAL (no tax) $17.46
HYVEE
Unsalted Butter $1.99/Lb.
Yoplait Greek Yogurt $2.99/4 (6oz)
Heath Bits $2.99/12oz.
Dark Red Kidney Beans $1.00/2 (15oz) cans
Light Red Kidney Beans $1.00/2 (15oz) cans
Purex Free & Clear Laundry Detergent $2.50/50oz.
Hamburger (80%) $7.47/3 Lbs. x 2 = $14.94
Shredded Cheese (various) $4.00/3 (8oz.)
TOTAL (no tax) $31.41
Obviously I wasn't as prepared as I'd like to have been: I ended up running out of cocoa in the middle of making from scratch brownies, and when it came time to make the pudding for the boy's birthday cake, the kids had drunk the last half gallon of milk in a single afternoon. Grr! The boy also requested hamburgers for supper (his favorite!) and I didn't know if my breadmaker would make enough dough to turn out buns for supper, so I just bought some. Add another $7.58 to this weeks grocery bill for those.
I scored big time at Goodwill finally. I have been scouting the store every couple weeks for another breadmaker to give to my sister. $12.38 (plus tax) for a Black & Decker B1560 1.5 loaf. I could NOT find a manual anywhere for it, but a close model is pretty much the same (B1561). I hope she likes it, I made one loaf with it to test out how it works in case it needed to be returned. The loaf was okay, but fell a little. What I didn't really like was how long it took before it started cooking. It does a preheat kind of thing before it does all it's proofing/baking, it said in the book only an extra 15 minutes, but it was much closer to an extra hour I think. My West Bend machine takes exactly as long as it says on the timer with no waiting. Hopefully that is not a huge problem for her. Maybe I'll keep scouting to see if a better one comes along. Wish me luck!
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
This week in groceries
I suck at taking pics. Once again, I've got nothing to show. BUT, I got a ton done this week. Hyvee is having $1 sales this week. I have been waiting for MONTHS for some of these things to get to my price range. In another fit of blatant single mindedness I threw the receipts right in the recycle bin. But I can tell you I spent about $52 and change at 2 different Hyvee's (the closest one was out of some things already). I remember the highlights as follows:
Farmland bulk sausage $1/Lb. I decided as soon as my eyes landed on the ad that sausage is the new hamburg in our house. If I had more of a budget to work with I would totally have bought more. The $52 was stretching it already, and I put one thing back to get to that total anyway. Le sigh. Next time!
Next item. French bread $1 each. They were small. I have a bread maker (and I'm using it regularly so far). Passed that one up.
Eggs $1/doz. I have 3 dozen in my fridge so that one also got a pass.
Jumbo hot dogs $1/Lb. I gave that a pass too because they aren't very healthy and we have some in the freezer already.
Carrots (the whole kind without the leafy bits) $1/2Lbs. I snatched up 2 of these bad boys. Carrots keep almost forever and my produce bin was mighty bare.
Green onions $1/2 bunches. This pin explains it all. I only got one but I used it all up right away.
Bell peppers - green ones $1/2, colored ones ... I've forgotten but they were on sale too. More expensive though. My tip: spend a tad extra for Roasted Bell Pepper Strips in a jar. There is no waste and if you get the strips (as opposed to the ones that are cut into chunks) there is no cutting involved either. Most stores around here carry Mezzetta brand (16 oz), but Aldi has a smaller jar (12 oz) that they carry as a regular item. This is a good trade off IMO, as long as colored peppers remain high enough (you be the judge).
Spaghetti sauce $1/24oz. Hyvee actually had a better price than Aldi ($1.19/24oz). I was shocked! It doesn't happen often, particularly on pantry staples. I stocked up on these bad boys - 8 bottles. They had five or six of different flavors too. I am too used to only choosing between Aldi's 3 flavors.
Chicken parts $1/Lb - sometimes this is a good price, but mostly not. I bit on the drums anyway, and also a manager's special package of wings $6.xx/3ish Lbs.
Aspirin $1/100 count - when I got to the store it was marked at 88 cents. Bonus!
Boneless pork shoulder roast $1.77/Lb. I am hard pressed to find any kind of meat under $3/Lb - even hamburger (80% or leaner only). So this was a pretty good deal. Apparently this is the same thing as a "butt roast". Change the name for marketing I guess, it was marked on the package "Hormel Butt Roast". Anyhow, it is in the crock pot as I am writing (typing?) along with some potatoes and carrots also from this sale run.
Lasagna noodles $1.89/Lb - I haven't been keeping track. It seemed like a good deal at the time because DH requested it for supper and it was less than the name brands. A little.
There were some other good deals, and some deals on junk. (It's still junk even if it's cheap.) I don't know how it all adds up, this is just what I remember. Most of it got cooked up the next day. I'll be posting shortly about that. Until then, hasta la vista grocery budget! :D
Farmland bulk sausage $1/Lb. I decided as soon as my eyes landed on the ad that sausage is the new hamburg in our house. If I had more of a budget to work with I would totally have bought more. The $52 was stretching it already, and I put one thing back to get to that total anyway. Le sigh. Next time!
Next item. French bread $1 each. They were small. I have a bread maker (and I'm using it regularly so far). Passed that one up.
Eggs $1/doz. I have 3 dozen in my fridge so that one also got a pass.
Jumbo hot dogs $1/Lb. I gave that a pass too because they aren't very healthy and we have some in the freezer already.
Carrots (the whole kind without the leafy bits) $1/2Lbs. I snatched up 2 of these bad boys. Carrots keep almost forever and my produce bin was mighty bare.
Green onions $1/2 bunches. This pin explains it all. I only got one but I used it all up right away.
Bell peppers - green ones $1/2, colored ones ... I've forgotten but they were on sale too. More expensive though. My tip: spend a tad extra for Roasted Bell Pepper Strips in a jar. There is no waste and if you get the strips (as opposed to the ones that are cut into chunks) there is no cutting involved either. Most stores around here carry Mezzetta brand (16 oz), but Aldi has a smaller jar (12 oz) that they carry as a regular item. This is a good trade off IMO, as long as colored peppers remain high enough (you be the judge).
Spaghetti sauce $1/24oz. Hyvee actually had a better price than Aldi ($1.19/24oz). I was shocked! It doesn't happen often, particularly on pantry staples. I stocked up on these bad boys - 8 bottles. They had five or six of different flavors too. I am too used to only choosing between Aldi's 3 flavors.
Chicken parts $1/Lb - sometimes this is a good price, but mostly not. I bit on the drums anyway, and also a manager's special package of wings $6.xx/3ish Lbs.
Aspirin $1/100 count - when I got to the store it was marked at 88 cents. Bonus!
Boneless pork shoulder roast $1.77/Lb. I am hard pressed to find any kind of meat under $3/Lb - even hamburger (80% or leaner only). So this was a pretty good deal. Apparently this is the same thing as a "butt roast". Change the name for marketing I guess, it was marked on the package "Hormel Butt Roast". Anyhow, it is in the crock pot as I am writing (typing?) along with some potatoes and carrots also from this sale run.
Lasagna noodles $1.89/Lb - I haven't been keeping track. It seemed like a good deal at the time because DH requested it for supper and it was less than the name brands. A little.
There were some other good deals, and some deals on junk. (It's still junk even if it's cheap.) I don't know how it all adds up, this is just what I remember. Most of it got cooked up the next day. I'll be posting shortly about that. Until then, hasta la vista grocery budget! :D
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
This week in groceries
Keeping track of how much I spent, and on what. Would your grocery bill be higher? Do you buy things that are only for you? Do you end up eating healthier? What was I thinking when I bought that? You be the judge. Here is a pic of the booty.
From Aldi:
Milk (Skim) $2.70/Gal.
Iceburg Lettuce $0.89/head
Shred CoJack Cheese $2.99/12oz.
Bananas ($0.44/Lb?) $0.96
Turkey Lunchmeat $3.49/16oz.
Apple Juice $1.69/64oz.
Russet Potatoes $1.99/10Lbs.
Pineapple Chunks (Canned) $0.89/?oz.
TOTAL
$15.60
From Aldi:
Milk (Skim) $2.70/Gal.
Iceburg Lettuce $0.89/head
Shred CoJack Cheese $2.99/12oz.
Bananas ($0.44/Lb?) $0.96
Turkey Lunchmeat $3.49/16oz.
Apple Juice $1.69/64oz.
Russet Potatoes $1.99/10Lbs.
Pineapple Chunks (Canned) $0.89/?oz.
TOTAL
$15.60
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