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Wow, this was quite the grocery shopping week. I took advantage of my 2 year old napping at a friend's house (!) and hit 3 stores on Wednesday with just my infant in tow. That was bliss. Last weekend, I stopped by Target and Walgreen's with just my two year old. It is amazing the difference between shopping with one child and with two. I actually had room in my cart! My trip to Hy-Vee with both was not as enjoyable. Apologies to anyone who was on aisle 1 with us :)
Most of the food is for February meals, so I am counting this in the February budget. We were underbudget in January (yay) and I am using that extra for a special purchase.
Totals are pre-tax and rounded to the nearest dollar.
Target $26 & Walgreens $10 (That doesn't look like much for $36, does it!?)
Deal: The baby cereal was marked down a bit, so I got some for the future.
Hy-Vee $28 (last weekend, not pictured: 1 more roll of ground chicken)
Deals: The peanut butter was 98 cents, limit 2, the apple juice was 98 cents, for smoothies, the pop was 68 cents, for my husband, the shapmpoo was 88 cents, the frozen peas were 99 cents, and the tostitos scoops were $1.88 a piece, for the bowl game party.
Whole Foods $53 (not pictured: 2 gallons organic 2% milk, $5.29 apiece)
Deals of note: The yogurts were 2/$1 (half off), the chicken was $1.50 off/lb. (next time I will buy the organic whole chickens at Costco, though, because I found them!), and the 2 lb. Tillamook cheddar was on a 1 day sale for $4.99 (I think that's half off). And since I bought a family pack of beef it was 50 cents off/lb. Altogether, I saved $21.
Coscto $39
Sinful conveniences: tortillas, fish sticks. I usually don't buy toothpaste at Costco but with an instant rebate it was less than $2 per 8 oz. tube and we were in need.
Aldi $24 (not pictured: fresh mushrooms)
Just some pantry items.
Just some pantry items.
Grand Total: $180 ($194 with tax)
I feel like my pictures are deceiving - it really is a large amount of food!
This (in addition to items already in the pantry) should supply what we need for our dinners for the month of February. After $65 for 2 produce orders, there will be $41 left (out of $300) for the rest of the month for restocking on milk, peanut butter, bread, bananas, and perhaps some more beef if it goes on sale. Think we'll make it? I hope so!
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6 comments:
you are a real trooper! :) wow :) and, you're REALLY organized to plan for a month...that's awesome...and i'm a little jealous you don't have to go to the grocery store for a few weeks for a serious trip! :)
i don't know if you're interested... i saw you had some Earth's Best cereal there for your little one, i assume... i also used to buy that...but i found it was better to make cereal... so, i made my daugther's cereal when she was an infant... it's super cheap and super easy... and i made only organic cereal...
i purchased organic regular (not quick) oats...as well as organic brown rice... i used my little food processor and made each of these items into a powder...
then, i put the large amount of powder into a large freezer resealable bag for later makings...
on a random day (usually the weekend), i'd cook up my cereal (i have the "ratio" if you're interested)...
i'd usually mix in some fruit (pears, prunes, etc.) with it (when she got a little older) and perhaps some organic fruit juice to thin it out a bit...
i'd use my hand blender to "puree" the cereals a little more after they were cooked and i put the fruit and/or juice in...
then, i'd spoon the cereal into ice cube trays (this may take a few days if you don't want to buy more ice cube trays but the cereal keeps in your fridge) and within a few hours (maybe 3-5?), you will have several 1 Tbsp. servings of cereal... the perfect serving size :)
sometimes i mixed the two cereals...sometimes i didn't...
i kept my huge bag of cereal cubes in my freezer and could just drop them in a little pyrex dish to defrost them...(or put them in the mircowave for about 30-40 secs)... then, you can use formula/breast milk to thin it out and - voila! perfect and GOOD cereal for your baby :)
my daugther was a really picky eater...and my bags of cereal lasted a long time...probably a month or more... :) after my first time making it, it went much faster - so it's really not too bad! :)
let me know if you need the specific ratios for the cereal cooking... :)
Congrats on staying under budget for January!
Nice Shopping trips!
I feel that my pictures don't look like much either! I think it's cause there are small groups of pics! It truly is a lot and I am sure you will get through the month!
I would love to hear the specifics on how you made your rice cereal and oatmeal. Good for you for doing that! I read about it, but never tried it with my first one, but I might be up for it this time around! Do tell, please :)
I'm impressed Emily! Our food expenses have drastically changed since the girls started eating the family meals, but we too are going to attempt to stay within a budget. So far so good for this past month!
We're checking out a bread outlet today. My hubby visited one a while back and stocked up on some Thick Slice bread (for breakfast casseroles), but this time we're trying out Earth Grains Outlet. We plan to big time stock up and freeze the loaves. Should cut our bread expense down drastically as loaves are about $1 each for what would cost $2.99 at the grocery store, or at least $2 at Wal-Mart.
Thanks for sharing your grocery trips with us! It's helpful seeing how other families are saving money on food.
Great deals, love your blog!
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