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Happy week 10! We ate a lot of turkey sandwiches this week for lunch after last week’s 23 lb turkey! Groceries were very minimal and I only spent $72.30. I was only going to pick up a 1 lb package of ground beef to make meatballs but Caledonia was offering 80/20 big packs for $3.99/lbContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 10 of 52”

Week 9 groceries were pretty significant for us. I always say buy only what’s on your list when you shop, but last week I made an unexpected purchase. A 23 lb Butterball turkey jumped right into my cart! Yes it was the last frozen turkey from the Thanksgiving season and it was only 99 cents/lb.Continue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 9 of 52”

In week 6 I tried not to buy much of anything in the category of groceries. I used what we had in the pantry and freezers and came up with some pretty great meals for us. Total spent in week 6- $34.39 I had a lot of ground beef in the freezer so tacos andContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 6-8 of 52”

I bought a lot of groceries in week five but also got some really great deals! The store had a sale on split chicken breasts and fresh chicken wings for $1.49/lb! Have you seen the price of chicken wings lately in a restaurant?? Each package of wings had 8 full wings in it so that’sContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 5 of 52”

I am so excited with how Week 4 went and actually for all of January! The only items I purchased were a frozen dinner bowl , a loaf of Italian bread and a couple of other odds and ends for a total $23.54. We had everything else we needed to get by and if IContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 4 of 52”

Week 3 went way better than week 2. I was finally on the mend from being sick for two weeks straight and felt more like cooking! Even though I said I wasn’t going to spend a lot at the grocery store there were a few things I saw in the weekly ad that I couldn’tContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 3 of 52”

Week 2 didn’t go so hot in the meal department. I was sick all week and the only meal I actually made was goulash which we ate for two nights and two lunches. There are two other occupants that live in this house and one doesn’t cook at all and the other worked three outContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 2 of 52”

Happy New Year! The new year started perfectly with January 1st being right on Sunday, which is of course my grocery shopping day. I shopped mostly the sales this past week, using only the super coupons given in the weekly ad at one store and stocked up on meat at another. Here are a fewContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 1 of 52”

Food costs have been insanely expensive but last week I caught an amazing sale! When sales are offered that are that good it’s time to stock up. One piece of advice is don’t be afraid to pre-order sale items especially meat. When I saw the sale ad I called and ordered 20 lbs of bonelessContinue reading “What We Have Been Eating Lately”

Happy September 1st! Time for the August grocery shopping update. I budgeted $400 for groceries this month because there were five weeks in August. Total spent on groceries for August $438.39 that’s $38.39 over budget. I’ll have to do better in September for sure but considering I was $60 under budget last month I stillContinue reading “Week 32-36 What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries”