This Week’s Shopping Trip Under $40
November 21, 2008 by Katelyn Thomas
Filed under groceries
I haven’t been out to shop much because I am trying to get to a whole boatload of chores. I got a new used car for $60. (swapped my old one for my mom’s car because hers was in much better shape and she was going to do a push, pull, tow trade in.) After that incredible deal, groceries for $40 sounds downright spendy, doesn’t it?
Money Saving Mom, who inspired me to take on the $40 a week grocery challenge, has a wonderful series of posts on budget Thanksgiving. Be sure to check it out if you are looking for ideas to have a nice Thanksgiving without breaking the bank.
So, on to what I bought:
Walgreen’s
This week, Walgreen’s big holiday buy was French’s onion rings. I had two 75 cents off coupons, so I got two cans at 54 cents each – $1.04
I also got 3 boxes of cereal for a total of $5 and milk for $2.99
I picked up 2 peanut butters for $2 after coupons, but I got them for the food bank collection box, so I’m not sure if I should count them or not. (Please try to toss a little something in your local food bank boxes. Maryland Food Bank needs 50% more donations and I’m sure yours are all really struggling to keep up with the demand from people who have lost jobs and need food, too.)
Total spent at Walgreen’s was $9.03 or $11.03, depending on whether I count the PB.
Food Lion
At Food Lion, I spent a total of $36.24, but $5 was for the food bank. Even if I don’t count the food bank $$, I am 27 cents over budget for my total trip. Not too bad, but I could have done a bit better.
Chicken. Lots and lots of chicken – $11.98
Bread – $2
Country Crock spread -39 cents
Cocoa – $1.25 (More than I usually spend, but we’re desperate for some nice hot cocoa with the snow falling.)
frozen veggies – $1
Eggs – $1.69 (higher than I wanted to pay, but I don’t like to drive in the snow, so I wasn’t about to go across the bridge to save a few cents on eggs.)
Gerber pacifier – 9 cents (for my baby gift basket stash.)
Juice – $1.89
Cheese – $3.03 (Remember when you could get cheese for $1 a block?)
Ground beef (for my brother’s jerky.) $3.03
Sparkling water 4 pack – 89 cents
6 cans veggies – $4.14
Express complete salad – paid me a penny to remove from store. Keep an eye on those printable Food Lion coupon emails!
Something for 99 cents. The groceries are away and the receipt description makes no sense.
Wipes – free (travel size Food Lion brand. Print this coupon from the baby steps section of the site. We use them in the art studio.)
Powerade – free with coupon from My Coke Rewards
2nd harvest box for food pantry $5
So, that’s my trip. How did you do?
Photo by David Lat
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