This week I decided to divide up my groceries and take two pictures; one of my Weis groceries($17.21)…
…and one of my Aldi groceries($35.74).
In addition to those two trips, I spent $5 at CVS…I got a bottle of Irish Spring body wash, a tube of Colgate Toothpaste, one Dry Idea deodorant, and two small boxes of Wheat Thins. However, after buying those things I got $5 in ExtraCare Bucks(they’re like cash to spend at CVS), so it was basically a wash. Even if I add that in, though, I only spent $57.95, so I’m over $20 under budget.
Saturday
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Grilled Cheese sandwiches(and I may eat some leftovers, because I don’t really like chicken noodle soup!)
- a fruit salad and some random vegetables that need to be eaten
Sunday
Monday
- Grilled Honey-Mustard Chicken with grilled potatoes
- green salad
Tuesday
- Cheddar and Bacon Quesadillas
- Chips and salsa
- some sort of fruit…whatever needs using by then
Wednesday
- Cilantro Chicken Panini sandwiches
- Spinach salad
Thursday(this is Lisey’s birthday, so she chose the menu)
- Stuffed Shells
- Garlic Bread
- Fruit
- Chocolate Cake(the Peeps are all for decorating her cake, in case you were wondering!)
Friday
- Deep Dish Pizza
Julia
Wednesday 25th of March 2009
We have a visa from Amazon.com (based here in Seattle, so I consider it a local business ;-) which gives us about $25/month in free certificates. Nowadays, they have just about everything, including food, on their site, so I have plenty to choose from. We pay the card in full every month, never carry a balance, so it's free---extra moola is the best! And I can occasionally splurge on our own copy of a book that we originally got from a library, they have tons of used books to from individual sellers which I love to use.
Kristen
Tuesday 24th of March 2009
Liz, that stinks. But, kids usually eat more yogurt than husbands do, so you'd probably prefer that the kids eat it. It'll save ya more money!
I drained some of mine today to make a thicker yogurt and I'm sending it in the husband's lunch with some cherry preserves on top. Wish me luck! lol Hopefully he'll like it.
Clare, thanks for clarifying. I plan to do a post on that. None of my cards have an annual fee, and I pay everything off each month, so the rewards are just extra moola. Love that!
Clare
Tuesday 24th of March 2009
I was wondering about reward credit cards. I know that airline rewards cards have been around for awhile, but more and more I hear about other sorts of reward cards. Do they usually have an annual fee? I've got a cc on which I don't carry a balance (or pay a fee) that gives some percentage of my purchases to my college, but as I read about what you're buying w/your rewards, I'm beginning to think that maybe I'm missing out on something good.
Frugal Liz
Tuesday 24th of March 2009
My husband hates my homemade yogurt.:(
My kids like it, though, so I guess that's what really matters.:P
Kristen
Monday 23rd of March 2009
Valerie-I was waiting for someone to notice that! lol My husband is fond of cherry yogurt, and I still haven't figured out how to make it for him(I bought some frozen cherries and am going to give that a shot next time I make yogurt). So, every now and then when yogurt is on a good sale and I have some coupons, I buy him 10-12 little cups of yogurt.
I know it produces a lot more trash than my homemade yogurt does, and even on sale with coupons, it's not as cheap, so that's why I'm going to try to figure out how to make it myself!