Grocery Shopping/Menu Plan | Two letters

Dear Child,

Just so you know, when I ask everyone to go to the bathroom before we leave for grocery shopping, that does indeed include you.

Love,

Mommy
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Dear Aldi,

Next time a child excludes herself from the pre-shopping bathroom trip routine, could you please make sure the ladies bathroom is not out of order?

Thank you.

Kristen
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After a week off, we headed back to Aldi and Weis for our grocery shopping. Aside from the bathroom fiasco, nothing went terribly wrong. But, I was reminded again that grocery shopping with 4 children is not exactly my most favorite activity in the whole world. 😉

I spent $74.31 at Aldi and $27.32 at Weis (which included a purchase of a pound of local sausage).

I got all of this produce from my parents’ garden when we went swimming this week (they’re on vacation, so the garden produce is up for grabs. Yay!).

Since I had some extra grocery money from not shopping last week, I also did some other local food shopping…at the produce stand, I got watermelon, beans, peaches, and corn. I also stopped at the local organic store, where I bought wild tilapia, local chicken, bulk cardamom, and a bunch of cilantro. While I was there, I learned that I can actually bring my own containers for the chicken, fish, and spices, which is totally awesome. I’m definitely going to do that next time.

I spent $12.81 at the organic market and $11 at the produce stand.

All told, my grocery spending for the week was $125.44. I had $65 extra going into this week, so I still have about $40 of extra grocery money left over. Sweet.

Saturday

• Grilled Pizza
• green salad

Sunday

• We’re having several families from church over to our house, so we’re grilling out and everyone’s bringing some side dishes. I’m going to make Chocolate Parfait bars and maybe something else too if I have the time.

Monday

• Mr. FG will be out with his dad at a baseball game, so it’ll just be me and the kids. Soo, we’ll probably have a clean-out-the-fridge kind of night.

Tuesday

• Mandarin Chicken Salad
• Garlic Breadsticks

Wednesday

• Tacos
• fruit salad
• green beans

Thursday

• Aussie Chicken
• Two-Tone bread (this got bumped last week, but I hope to get it made this week so I can take photos and share it with you in a Wednesday baking post)
• green salad

Friday

• Home date night with Mr. FG…the kids will eat something super easy, and I think we might get a meal from Quiznos is the $3 meal deal is still going on.