What I Spent
Last Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a break from studying, and I went to Sam’s Club. Except, silly me, I should have thought about the fact that Sunday afternoon at Sam’s Club is probably worse than studying. Ha.
It was so crowded. And they were behind on rotisserie chickens, so everyone was standing around waiting for chickens, with plenty of bad attitudes to go around.
And then when I went to check out, I realized that somehow I had lost my Sam’s Club card in between entering the store and trying to check out.
Sooooo, I had to go over to the customer service desk to get a new one.
I did eventually make it out, but not with a chicken. Because no chicken is worth standing in a line of angry people. 😉
I spent:
- $140 at Sam’s Club
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
- $15 at the mall food court
- $24 at Safeway
So, $209 for me this week.
What We Ate
Saturday
I worked 7:00 am – 7:30 pm, and I picked up the Panera meal I mentioned in this week’s Five Frugal Things (free because of a gift card!)
Sunday
Zoe was at work and I made myself some whole-wheat blueberry pancakes.
Monday
I guess I was in a breakfast-y mode because we had Swedish pancakes for dinner with berries and cream.
Tuesday
Chicken quesadillas, with some fruit on the side.
Wednesday
Zoe was at work and I had a tuna melt for dinner.
Thursday
Zoe had an errand to run at the mall with me, so we popped into the food court and got some food at a place that is a bit like Mezeh or Cava.
Mine was a falafel, rice, and salad dish. 🙂
Friday
I will figure that out after school today; we get out at 4:00, and after that, I will get my life in order and plan out the next week. 🙂
Joyce
Monday 30th of September 2024
Hi! I make a weekly menu and try to stick with it. I’ve gotten better at freezing leftovers so I have them at the ready when I don’t feel like cooking or run out of ideas. Saw your pancake dinners. Have you ever made a sheet pan pancake? It’s a good thing to and put extra pieces in the freezer so you can pull out as nededed later. There are easy recipes online.
Blue Gate Farmgirl
Friday 27th of September 2024
Hiss boo to weekend grocery shopping. One of the benefits to working weekends...shopping during the week! $38 @ an estate sale - the person was a prepper with 1 gallon cans of sealed dried beans/gf oats/freeze dried whole milk @ $2/can. I also picked up 5 gallon buckets with sealed screw top lids. I use these for storing cereals in the larder. $34 @ Costco - dairy and a chicken $58 @ Grocery Outlet for NutroMax cat food Sunday supper was taco bar and apple slab pie w/homemade soft serve Monday - taco salads Tuesday - Roast beef dinner Wednesday - hot beef sammies, pea salad & butterscotch pudding Thursday - Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas Friday - Asian Cabbage Chix Salad Sat - work - baby greens, chicken, spiced walnuts, apple salad w/homemade blue cheese viniagrette.
Selena
Friday 27th of September 2024
WWA Sat - dine out burger for better half, steak sandwich for me Sun - usual dine out Mexican Mon - leftover Mexican, left over pizza Tue - goulash with added odds-n-ends veggies from the frig Wed - burgers grilled at home oven cooked potatoes (including a bonus potato we missed when we dug the last plants), cooked apples (before they went bad) Thu - leftover steak from freezer (including from Sat), lemon pepper noodles (free food from friend) tossed with butter, olive oil, and Parmesan/Asiago/Fontina blend Fri - pounded pork tenderloin w/stuffing, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions w/cream of mushroom soup. One pot oven meal.
Nora8
Friday 27th of September 2024
I too try to avoid shopping on weekends. Though, last week I ended up at Market Basket, which is always crazy packed, at noon on Sunday and it was much less busy than usual. I'm trying to move my shopping there so I'll have to keep that in mind.
WIS: $137 at BJs, $149 at Market Basket, and $77 at Stop & Shop for a total of $363
WWA: Monday - There was a sports fundraiser at a local pizza place. Tuesday - Breakfast for dinner Wednesday - Chinese take-out; I was at Back to School Night and that's what they wanted Thursday - Baked ziti (prepped early because I had another Back to School night), cut veggies Friday - Take out pizza because I'm on my own driving three kids to/from three different sports fields between 5:30 & 8:00 tonight
Happy to say all four Back to School nights are now done so we're only left with evening sports for a bit.
JEG
Friday 27th of September 2024
I just reviewed my food spending for the month and it is about $300 for the 2 of us. We don't generally eat out because it would be take out. I have an aversion to being the one who has to go out and pick it up someplace. And now I am trying to eat in a better fashion to see if it improves some symptoms I have. This past week: Friday: Feta/pesto Turkey burgers. Saturday: Salmon with rice and something Sunday: Green pizza--with pesto, broccoli and artichokes. Monday: Whole grain pasta with a vegetable sauce (-minus the tomatoes). Tuesday: Whole grain pasta with left over sauce mixed with left over taco soup Wednesday: rotisserie turkey thighs, sweet potato, and I can't remember the vegetable. Thurs: chicken, brown rice pilaf, and roasted (purple) cauliflower
I picked a lot of tomatoes from the garden, but they are off the new foods. My husband enjoys them. I was going to pick up a rotisserie chicken at the market the other day but they did not have any 2 days in a row. I wonder what is going on. Last week they were piled high with them.