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Week 17 grocery shopping was interesting! Our local Save-A-Lot has a stamp program right now where if you fill a book with 50 stamps you get an amount off your next order. If you fill one book it is $10 off your next order of $25, fill two books and it’s $25 off of $50Continue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 17-18 of 52”

Sorry for the late updates! The last two weeks have been a blur but I found some great after Easter deals! Week 15 I spent $76.44 and got some unusual ingredients because I wanted to try a new recipe I saw on Instagram and we wanted to cook on the grill for the first timeContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 15-16 of 52”

Week 14 was much better than last week! Meals wise we started off the week with ham and scalloped potatoes and asparagus for Sunday’s meal, Monday, I was by myself so I ate a salad with a side of couscous and sweet potatoes, Tuesday was ham with sweet potatoes and asparagus (can you see aContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 14 of 52”

Week 13 was a very tough week for us. Multiple evening meetings for both Scott and I, bakery orders, work, and two hour choir practices. Then on Thursday we drove down to Ithaca (two hours from us) for a new car and on the way found out Scott’s mom was taken to the ER withContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 13 of 52”

Week 12 I spent $46.25 on groceries at the store and $31.98 on Amazon for a 24 pk case of white tuna. That’s a total of $78.23 Here is what I bought at the store: No deals here! I bought 9 items and it cost me $46! Eeeks! They were all expensive items pretty muchContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 12 of 52”

Week 11 was all over the place in the meal department. Sunday we had a chuck roast with squash and veggies, Monday was my birthday! I didn’t want anything for my birthday but my husband did convince me to at least go out for dinner so we did do that Monday after work. Tuesday wasContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 11 of 52”

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”