Today's Grocery Shopping Trip

2 ½ hours, 4 stores, furthest store 10 miles
More items than I can list.
Had to hurry and put away and feed my daughter lunch – hence, no picture.
I wish I did. I know that would make it a lot more interesting.

The tally:
Price Chopper: $34.42 on groceries (saved $38.17)
Walmart: $21.22 on groceries and household, plus $39.07 on allergy and skin medicine (those kill the budget)
Aldi: $87.94 on groceries
Walgreens $15.55 on vitamins (saved $19.58 - they were BOGO, plus got $4.50 back in credit)

Total spent: $198.20
Saved w/ store specials and 5 coupons: $62.25
(I don't clip coupons, I just occasionally print them from the internet.)

I have a trip to Hyvee planned for this weekend. Should spend about $50.

After that, we should be good for the rest of the month except for replacing fruit, milk, and a few odds and ends for recipes. I replaced a lot of staples on the trips today.

Sheesh. $250 used to be more than enough for the whole month! Now, $300 (our grocery and household budget) is really pushing it. We do have 3 eaters now, though. And 8 lbs of chicken and meat that I bought is not for us. I still feel like this is a lot of $$ to spend, but I know it would be even more if I didn’t plan it out!

This next week we will be having lots of Mexican recipes – a lot of stuff was on sale for Cinco de Mayo. I hope to post and review at least 3 new recipes!

My favorite purchase of the day: 49 cent avocados at Aldi! Yum!!!!!