Really Bad Grocery Trip Under $40
September 26, 2008 by Katelyn Thomas
Filed under groceries
I’m going to show you this week’s shopping trip so you don’t feel quite so bad when you’re sick and do a horrible job shopping or you have a stressful week and end up ordering pizza on Friday. Sometimes, things happen. This week, I had this ghastly virus that is running rampant through our entire county and I couldn’t even bring myself to leave the house until yesterday, when I made a very fast and very poorly planned grocery trip. I did stay under $40, but thank goodness for stockpiles. Without them, we would starve by Sunday!
* I bought Purina One Chicken dog chow for $16.99. (Not a bad price, but I let a coupon expire. This is the only food that is under $40 a bag that doesn’t make Sophie scratch herself to pieces.)
* Chew treats for $1.99 (Too sick to try baking dog treats…)
* Two packs sausage $2.60
* Workbook for the little guy $1
* Steak rolls $2.79
* French bread 79 cents
* Marinade $1
* Two soups $3.90 (Yikes!)
* Cough drops $1.59 (And if I could have gotten out of bed Saturday, I could have spent 50 cents a pack!)
* Note pads $1
* Chicken $3.99
Grand Total $39.52
If I didn’t still have some produce and a stockpile, we’d have a very weird menu! Anyway, I’m back on task and will be using my Walgreen’s rebate gift card and Register Reward to pick up some essentials, like milk, along with the $5 off $20 coupon that is good today and tomorrow.
Aww..I can make you feel much better…even though I am an EXTREMELY frugal sort, with 6 kids still at home and livestock to feed, plus 3 cats and a dog…our grocery bill runs about 600-700 a month and then about another 150 for feed for hte goats and chickens.
There, ya feel better now?
Marye,
Much, much better. Thanks! Goat feed was out of sight two years ago and chicken feed was shooting up. I can’t imagine what it costs now. At least the chickens give you eggs, or at least I hope they do. Do you milk your goats?
yes we do. So we basically don;t buy milk, ricotta, etc. or eggs.
With organic milk at over $6 a gallon it does balance out..but with kids with high metabolisms and being very active…sigh…
Some weeks are like that. I hope you feel better soon.