Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Grocery round up Nov 10th

I went to 2 stores this week. Above is my Giant Eagle purchases. I spent a total of $35.20 there. I got the following.

3 packs hamburger buns
pack hotdog buns
4 Dole fruit cups - 2 for $1.50 each and 2 for $.50 each
english muffins
bread
coffee creamer
2 things yogurt
2 gallons of milk
24 oz bag of chocolate chips
bananas
tomatoes
grapes
apples
carrots
3 25 oz boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios - used the rain check from last week along with coupons, making these just $2 a box - great for such large boxes

In light of running out of several key items and many snack foods, I decided to pull an extra $50 from the budget to make a trip to Wal-mart. There are a few items I can either only get at Wal-Mart, or are so much cheaper there that I can't bear to get them anywhere else. I have been running low on quick lunchbox foods and this week I got a few things specifically for that.
My total at Wal-Mart was $68.17 for food. I got the following.

lemons
garlic
bananas
kiwi
bag of grapefruit
bagels
reduced loaf of bread from the bakery
eggs
popcorn
muenster cheese
1 lb pack of turkey
4 Buddig meat packs
string cheese
summer sausage
2 cans water chestnuts
taco seasoning
2 lunchables
Red Baron pizzas
sunflower seeds
pepperoni
2 packs frozen sausage
rice milk
wheat thins
ritz crackers
crackerfulls? They were free with the ritz
peanut butter crackers
6 pack applesauce
4 frozen OJ
crushed rosemary
pumpkin pie spice
brown sugar
pringles

My total for this week comes to $103.37. I lost track of where I was at at the grocery store and ended up going over a little. I was under budget for toiletries this week, so I pulled from there. Most of what I got at Wal-Mart will last us more than this week. So, it wasn't a great week for us for grocery spending, but hopefully I can get back on track for the next few weeks and keep it under $50 a week.

*This post is linked to the Grocery Cart Challenge.
 
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