Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Week of 1/8/12 - Shopping

I ended last week with still $11 for the budget (spent $5 mid-week for coffee creamer), added to this weeks total gives me $96 for this weeks shopping.  There were a lot of sales this week at Safeway which helped a ton. I saved 41% of my bill.

Safeway:
1 bag Dry Black Beans      $1.99
1 bag Dry Split Peas          $1.99
2 Quaker Oat Containers   $5.49  (BOGOF)
1 box Nut Thin Crackers   $3.49 (my favorite GF cracker!)
1 Large Container Coffee  $7.99
4 bags of Frozen Veggies  $6.38 (buy 2 get 2 free)
1 brick of cheese                $4.49
1 container cream cheese   $2.00
Orange Juice                      $2.50
2 boxes stick butter            $5.00
Lunch Meat                       $1.99 
31 lbs Pork Spareribs         $15.76 (BOGOF)
Green Cabbage                  $1.68
Baby Carrots                      $1.50
2 packs of berries               $3.99 (BOGOF)

Total: $66.24


Trader Joes:
Earth Balance Spread     $3.99
TJ's High Fiber Cereal   $2.29
Raw Broccoli Slaw        $1.49
Organic Baby Spinach   $1.99
2 Red Bell Peppers         $2.29
1.5 lbs Zucchini              $2.29
Pearl Tomatoes               $2.49
Soy Sauce                       $2.99
Applesauce                     $1.69
Half & Half                     $1.79
11 Bananas                     $2.09
2 Dz Eggs                      $3.58
Milk                               $3.29

Total : $32.26


My grand total is $98.50, putting me $2.50 over for the week.  That gets taken from next weeks total!  

Side note, the pork ribs were an unplanned buy. We couldn't pass up that price though.  When I got the packages home, I cut the ribs up into smaller portions. Two large-ish portions for two rib night meals, and then 7 smaller portions that will be cooked and cut up for other meals (like pork fried rice).  So I have 9 pork meals I can plan.  I probably wouldn't plan more than two pork nights a week, so we are looking at at least 4-5 weeks of pork meals.  That combined with my chicken deal last week means my freezer is full of meat to last me the next two months!  

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