11/11 - ALDI and Amazon
Well, I went over my monthly $400 budget. I'll just have to try to stay within $500 instead. Or maybe I just borrow from next month? I'm still figuring this out.
When I went shopping on Wednesday for food for this weekend with friends, I used as much as what we had, used inexpensive ingredients, and got really excited about all the great sales on foods I consider staples. So, I stocked up feeling grateful for all the money I was saving!
*$2.49 - Butter (I HAD to get a bunch more! It's an incredible price and I plan to use a bunch for homemade cinnamon rolls)
*$2.49 - Butter
When I went shopping on Wednesday for food for this weekend with friends, I used as much as what we had, used inexpensive ingredients, and got really excited about all the great sales on foods I consider staples. So, I stocked up feeling grateful for all the money I was saving!
*$2.49 - Butter (I HAD to get a bunch more! It's an incredible price and I plan to use a bunch for homemade cinnamon rolls)
*$2.49 - Butter
*$2.49 - Butter
*$2.49 - Butter
*$2.49 - Butter
*$2.49 - Butter
$3.79 - frozen ground beef
$3.79 - frozen ground beef
$3.79 - frozen ground beef
$1.79 - non-organic half gallon milk for recipes
*$0.89 - cream cheese (Michael is going through this like crazy with is bagels)
*$0.89 - cream cheese
*$0.89 - cream cheese
*$1.49 - colby jack block cheese
*$1.49 - colby jack block cheese
*$1.49 - mild cheddar block cheese
*$1.49 - mild cheddar block cheese
$3.89 - bacon (my friends LOVE it and I want some in every recipe and some to eat plain)
$3.89 - bacon
$2.99 - salami (for cheeseball - for football game)
$0.89 - green onions (for cheeseball)
$1.29 - celery (for veggie platter - for football game)
$0.49 - cucumber (for veggie platter)
$0.49 - cucumber (for veggie platter)
$1.45 - club house crackers (for cheeseball)
$1.49 - portabello mushrooms (for shepherd's pie)
$1.99 - grape tomatoes (for veggie platter)
*$1.49 - hazelnut coffee syrup (to try to make Michael's favorite hazelnut cream cheese)
$0.79 - 3 pk yeast (for cinnamon rolls)
$1.99 - 2pk foil pans with lids (by the time my friends are here, I plan to have every meal/casserole/etc ready to go in disposable pans - minimal dishes)
$1.99 - 2pk foil pans with lids
$1.99 - 2pk foil pans with lids
$1.09 - 2 lbs powdered sugar (for cinnamon rolls)
$2.19 - eggs (for breakfast)
$0.85 - hamburger buns (for meatloaf burgers)
$0.99 - wheat bread (for pb & js for kids who don't like what the grown ups are eating)
$5.52 tax
$74.48 TOTAL
*I put a star next to everything that was on sale (and it makes sense why I bought so many!)
Monthly numbers so far (Oct 20 - Nov 19):
10/26 - ALDI - $11.43
10/28 - ALDI - $63.74
10/28 - Foodland - $32.42
11/3 - ALDI - $127.55
11/3 - Walmart - $48.99
11/9 - ALDI - $64.95
11/11 - ALDI - $74.48
Total so far - $423.56
So the next question is, do I count the medicine I just bought in my grocery bills? Michael takes Prevacid daily and Kara takes Claritin daily. I just stocked up on both on a great sale on Amazon.
I bought 2 50 packs of Claritin for Kara. She takes 2 a day, so that will last 50 days. Usually a great price is $1 per pill, so getting a 50 pack online for less than $40 saved me more than $20 today.
Then I bought 4 42 packs of Prevacid for Michael. He takes at least one per day, so that should last him several months. Getting a 42 pack at the store is a standard $25 or so price. Not too bad - sometimes coupons help lower that. I found a deal on Amazon for $18.49 each. That's why I bought 4. I saved $26 - basically I got one for free. ;-)
All with free shipping, I saved almost $50. I spent $156.23 though.
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