What I Spent
You can tell by my shopping that I’m in a very different stage of life than I was years ago, when I shopped about once a week due to having four small kids in tow.
At this point in my life, I’m out and about a lot more, and it’s a lot easier to make small stops instead of one big one.
Late last week, I made a $31.60 stop at Aldi.
On Saturday, I got my Hungry Harvest box, of course.
I spent $43.75 on the trip I told you about earlier in the week.
I made another stop at Aldi, where I spent $29.97.
And lastly, I spent $13.26 on a stop for bananas, lettuce, a lime, and tea.
So, I’m coming in at $143 this week.
October Spending
Week 1: $208
Week 2: $188
Week 3: $90
Week 4: $143
My total for October is $629, which is $29 over my budgeted $600 for four weeks. But I’m not really too worried about a $29 overage for the whole month, especially since I underspent by $73 in September.
What We Ate
Monday
I made chicken taco salad to use up the corn and the corn tortillas from my freezer challenge.
Tuesday
We had orzo with sausage, asparagus, and green peppers.
But this is a photo from when I made it with yellow peppers. 😉
I also sliced up some apples and Asian pears.
Wednesday
I made Swedish meatballs over noodles, along with a green salad.
Thursday
I thawed some beef bones from a local farm, roasted them, and made beef broth.
Which I then used for a pot of tortellini soup.
We ate that with some applesauce from the freezer.
Friday
Zoe’s been wanting a BBQ chicken pizza, which not all of us love. So, I’m thinking I’ll make some small thin-crust pizzas so that she can have her BBQ pizza and the rest of us can have other varieties.
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WilliamB
Monday 30th of October 2017
My comment on my version of "What I Ate This Week" - being sick plays hell with plans and produce. I threw out much more than my usual, and ate much worse. Eventually I did get better and actually cooked two dishes: - lasagna (much easier when you have the meat sauce already made); - a CI shrimp stir fry, using veggies left over from a work party veggie tray.
Dunno what I'm going to do this week. Tonight is breakfast for dinner - a CI Dutch Pancake.
lisa
Monday 30th of October 2017
For the past week, we've had: beef stew, eggs, homemade mushroom pizza, oven chicken and fries and I'm making more stew.....The freezer has older items in it, so I needed to get the beef out and well, I make stew from any cut of beef. I will make homemade bread with it and maybe some cookies if I have time.
I have chicken thawing out and have no idea what to do with it. I'd like to try a white chicken chile with frozen hatch chiles. We'll see.
Marianne
Sunday 29th of October 2017
I don't have any food budget as there are 2 of us but this week I spent $20 at Aldi. $23 at Meijer to make soup for my dad and $63 at Costco. Monday and Tuesday we had leftovers as Sunday was beautiful so I cooked a grill full of chicken, taters and brussel sprouts Tuesday Tacos and salad Wednesday soup and sandwiches Thursday can't remember Friday we went to Aubrees with a birthday gift card so while the meal was free we left a large tip with our waitress who made our evening fun and funny. Saturday was Costco trip and I had a free pizza coupon and I made soup
On to my non food gripe. Bought a led reading lamp at Costco. Guaranteed for 35000 hours. Didn't last a fraction of that and Costco gave me my money back no questions asked. Lights with non replaceable lights are such a huge waste, we have replaced 2 on our garage so far that had 10 year guarantees. Home Depot prolly hates me as I keep my receipt & box and they have replaced them for the third time. Now our utility room light fixture died and it has the circle fluorescent bulbs that cost more than the fixture cost. UGH and all the new utility room fixtures have non replaceable bulbs. I seen a fancy chandelier at Costco yesterday...that may end up being my utility room light!!
Alison R
Saturday 28th of October 2017
We had: Monday - Rotisserie chicken (made at home), mac and cheese, broccoli roasted, fruit Tuesday - Sheet pan dinner (fish, zucchini, onion and baby red potatoes), fruit Wednesday - Chicken salad (made from Mondays leftover chicken), green salad, rolls, fruit Thursday - Grilled sandwiches and tomato basil soup, fruit Friday - Planned dinner out Saturday - Asparagus and cheese stuffed chicken breasts, stuffing, string beans, fruit Sunday - Orange chicken, rice, Asian cucumber salad, fruit
Cindy
Saturday 28th of October 2017
Mon.- Blueberry waffles, turkey sausage, fruit
Tues.-Baked chicken, baked potato, mixed veggies
Wed.- Salmon, lettuce salad
Thursday- turkey burger, sweet potato fries, fruit
Friday- chili, hot dogs, brownie