1/20 - ALDI and Foodland

While it's a fresh month since it's the 20th, I'm hoping to make up for going over last month.  I'm hoping to only spend $340 this month.  Boy that sounds like a tiny bit!  I doubt this is going to work, but here we go!

1/20 - ALDI
$2.95 - half gallon organic milk
$2.95 - half gallon organic milk
$2.95 - half gallon organic milk
$2.95 - half gallon organic milk
$1.59 - generic garlic bread (take that Walmart garlic bread that is $2.00!!)
$5.49 - generic chicken tenders
$6.49 - 2.5 lbs frozen boneless skinless chicken thighs
$6.79 - 2.5 lbs frozen boneless skinless chicken tenderloins
$2.19 - coffee creamer
*$1.68 - whole chicken (seriously, this is amazing - $3.68 with $2.00 off coupon sticker!)
*$1.49 - strawberries (my favorite and you can't beat that price, even if they are January strawberries)
$1.39 - flour
$1.69 - sugar
$2.65 - 12 pk name brand Pop Tarts
$6.50 - skirt steak
*$1.49 - generic cheese its
*$1.49 - generic cheese its
*$0.99 - baby portabella mushrooms (yum!)
*$0.69 - Christmas sprinkles on sale (red - for Valentines Day)
*$0.69 - Christmas sprinkles on sale (red - for Valentines Day)
*$0.69 - Christmas sprinkles on sale (red - for Valentines Day)
*$0.69 - Christmas sprinkles on sale (chocolate)
*$0.69 - Christmas sprinkles on sale (rainbow)
$2.29 - generic nutella
$2.29 - generic nutella
$1.49 - peanut butter
*$0.99 - tortilla chips (on sale, so I stocked up - the Superbowl is coming)
*$0.99 - tortilla chips (on sale, so I stocked up - the Superbowl is coming)
*$0.99 - tortilla chips (on sale, so I stocked up - the Superbowl is coming)
$1.49 - generic wavy chips
$1.49 - generic sour cream and onion chips
$0.99 - wheat bread
$0.85 - hamburger buns
$5.68 tax
$76.71 - Total
Nice!
* I put an asterisk next to things on sale.

Then I went to Foodland to get what ALDI didn't have.

1/20 - Foodland
*$5.00 - Michael's pizza (sweet, I didn't realize it was on sale!)
*$5.00 - Michael's pizza (I wish they had more than 2)
$3.28 - vanilla (I wish ALDI had vanilla - this is crazy expensive)
$1.06 tax
$14.34 - Total

When you add those up, you get $91.05.  When you subtract that from $340.29, you get $249.24.  I'm on a roll!  Maybe I CAN do it after all.  We shall see.

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