WOW! I didn’t even get my grocery shopping trip post up last week…. It was a crazy week. And the Feed Your Family for Less posts…take time… So I hope you are liking it! I can’t be doing all this for nothing right?!
What I am thinking of doing is one week I’ll do Feed Your Family for Less at Tops and BJs.
And the next week do My weekly grocery shopping trip.
I don’t know.. Just an idea for right now. As always share your thoughts with me! ( If I remember to turn the comments on! 🙂
My mom is coming this week. So I tried to plan to have enough snacks and things for us without having to run to the store while she is here! ( She lives 12 hours away so this is VERY EXCITING!)
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I try to use what I have already and stock up on things when they are bargains so I don’t have to pay full price. We work hard for our money so I want to make the BEST choice I can.
Trip to Aldi’s on 5/24( So these prices are effective this week)
1 3lb. bag of Gala Apples– $2.99
1 Butterscotch Chips $1.59 ( Gotta get some yummy peanut butter cookies made with this chips in them for Mom!)
1 Sweetened Condensed Milk– $1.39( We are making homemade ice cream this week!)
1- Gallon of Whole Milk $2.08
3- bags of Mangoes( 3 in each bag) $5.37- Going to use these in Salads and maybe try to dry one and see how they turn out!( Anyone use their dehydrator for mangoes? (store bought are so expensive and loaded in sugar!)
1- Bag of Red Grapes $1.98
1- Fit and Active Rice Cakes $1.29( Ughh this was a give in to the girls asking!)
1- pack of Hummus $1.79
1- Cheddar Cheese block $1.79
1 Bunch of Bananas- $0.95
1- bag of Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips $1.59
1 pack of Vine Tomatoes $2.49
1 Salted Butter Quarters $2.69( We use these for the table, cheaper and better than the spreads!)
1- Feta Crumbles $1.79( anyone know if this is a good price?! I haven’t bought this cheese in a LONG time!)
1 Baby Bella Mushrooms $1.79
1 Vanilla Greek Yogurt $3.89( This is killing me in price! I HAVE To master my own…)
1- Package of Wheat tortillas $1.39 ( Husband is getting wraps this week for lunch!)
1- pack of baby carrots $0.89
3 pack of Cucumbers $1.69
1 bag of Lemons $1.89
2 Mild Salsa $1.89 ( I am down to ONE jar left of our own canning tomatoes.. )
1- Brown Sugar $1.19
Total: $50.28
BJ’s Wholesale Club.( I bought this on Friday 5/22)
1- Kettlecorn Popcorn 21 oz. $5.39
Used the $1.50/1 BJS coupon
1- Frigo Heads Light String Cheese $6.99 ( I was getting string cheese at Aldi’s but these taste way less salty to me! Anyone else?!)
Used the $1.75/1 BJs coupon
2 Pack of Skippy Natural Peanut Butter $12.49
Use the $2/1 Bjs coupon
1- 5 quart Canola Oil $9.59
Use the $1.50/1 BJs coupon
2 Earth’s Pride Organic Lemonade $4.99
1 Box of Harvestland All Natural Chicken Breasts $10.99
Used the $3/1 Bjs coupon
Used the $1/1 printable coupon here
Total Before Coupons: $50.44
Total After Coupons: $39.69 Â (And this trip lasts us longer than a week!)
Tops Trip 2 from Saturday 5/23:
I did not take a picture. We had a frantic moment shopping this past Saturday with the girls( They were wonderful) But my cashier was too chatty distracting me from watching the register. I swiped my card for $50 and thought Wait I never spend that much at Tops…
Get out of the Chaos. All our Chips were full price at $4.19 and my watermelon ordeal.. Basically we got a rotten one cashier went to grab us a new one. We had originally grabbed the $6.99 one and she gave us the $3.99 one..
I was irritated and hungry with the girls after waiting SO LONG in customer serivce but I was refunded $15 just from that..
So we got…
1- Seedless Watermelon $3.99
Used the $1/1 Tops Late week click to card coupon (NLA)
1 Bag of Lay’s Family Size Potato Chips $4.29( I am not even sure if this chips thing is right looking at my receipt)
Used the $1/1 Tops Late week click to card coupon (NLA)
4- Bags of Tostitos Tortilla Chips $4.29
Fisher Bites $2.50
Used the $1/1 printable  coupon ( NLA)
4 Kraft Dressings B1G1 $6.58
Used one $1 off Produce when you buy 2 Kraft Dressings tear pad coupon
Used one $1/2 printable coupon here ( zipcode 28262)
Joy Ice Cream Cones $2
Used the $0.35/1 printable coupon doubled here
2 lb.s of Strawberries $4.99
Used a $1.50 off purchase coupon from Windex Deal here
Oscar Mayer Natural Lunch Meat Ham $3.50
Used the $0.75/1 printable coupon doubled here( Just a note we did not like this ham and I am really glad I only got one package There is Turkey too though maybe i’ts better!)
1 Planters Honey Roasted Peanuts $2.99( Then for buying 6 participating items I earned 200 gas points.
Total Before Coupons: $28.14
Total After Coupons: $19.44
I earned 342 Gas points this week and I have a total right now of 700. We will fill up for gas on 30 gallons this week so that is a savings of $21.
I will submit for $0.25 back on Mangoes with Checkout 51 here
My Total Weekly Amount Spent on groceries for 3 adults 2 kids
$83.17 ( Over my $65 a week budget goal but my mom is coming so it’s all worth it!)
Here’s what I’m Planning for this week for meals
Breakfast: Eggs & toast, Homemade Pancakes, Homemade muffins, Smoothie
Lunch: Chicken wraps, Avocado Cucumber Wraps, Ham and Egg Omlets ( The kids wont eat that Oscar Mayer ham on bread..)
Dinner: Whole Grilled Chicken with pasta salad, Chicken breasts stuffed with steamed veggies, BLTS, Â Venison Kebabs, Tacos with homemade tortilla shells, Grilled Venison Back Straps with Mango Salsa and Chips,
And we will treat my mom to dinner at a restaurant one night!
What are you serving for dinner this week??
Are you grilling out a lot like we are? ( I am excited to use our newish grill!)