Since we only spent $60 at the grocery store last week, we had some extra in our $70 budget to play with this week. And I used it for a few stock-up deals + to splurge on steak!
Our total was $76 for everything pictured here.
I’ve never had Irish Soda Bread before, but I couldn’t pass it up at $0.99/loaf. I tried it toasted with butter and it is SO good!
The peaches/nectarines were just $0.97/lb. with the digital coupon and we’ve been loving them. They are so yummy!
The cheese was on sale for $1.27/bag with the digital coupon. And I was excited about the cage-free eggs marked down to $0.70/dozen!!
We used potatoes and cheese we got on sale + ground beef and tomato soup we got marked down + peas we had in the freezer to make a “Shepherd’s Pie” of sorts.
I cleaned out the pantry last week!
It’s so nice to have it all organized and clean!
Remember all the pumpkin and chocolate chips I got marked down!
We’ve been loving having Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins this week for snacks!
And of course, we had Breakfast for Dinner one night last week using sausage I had gotten on sale and frozen awhile back.
Kierstyn and Silas made Homemade Cinnamon Rolls for a snack last week, too.
I haven’t really been able to stomach salads recently, so I’ve been getting creative with lunches.
I finally started tracking my grocery bills and I was shocked to find we are spending a thousand dollars a month on groceries for 4 people! Two adults, one teenager and one toddler! Two of us eat dairy and gluten free and that adds up. I never feel like I have time to search for deals. It feels like it takes so much time. But I love your blog!
I’ve found it’s so helpful to look at where the most money is being spent and then to figure out if there are creative tweaks or alternatives for those areas!
How do you save so much at the store? Do you buy only items that are on sale? I would love to know your secret.
Yes, I practice the Buy Ahead principle… so I try to only buy things (as much as possible) that are at their lowest price and stock up on enough of them to last for the next few weeks or months (depending on the item) and then we plan our menu based upon what we already have on hand (that we have purchased in previous weeks at rock bottom prices).
Crystal is right. I also buy items that go on sale only when they are on sale. Holidays, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, are the best stock-up days. If dates are good, I try to buy enough for a year (oil, sugar, flour, condensed soups, canned pineapple, etc.). Of course, there are only two of us at home so I have room to store items.
With your $70 a week budget, does that only apply to food items? Usually when I go to the grocery store I am also buying things like shampoo, soap or toilet paper. That really makes the price go up! Oh, how I miss Kroger deals! We live in a town with Schnucks, Meijer, county market or Ruler foods. One more question… do you take out $70 in cash each week? Or just keep track on a paper note? Thanks!
It does include those items — I stocked up on toilet paper a few weeks ago and we should be good for another few weeks. I try to buy soap and shampoo when there are really, really good deals, so we currently have a big stockpile of those from the last few years of good deals! We used to do cash, we use our debit card and track all purchases on YouNeedaBudget.
Love seeing the Duocal mainstream in someone else’s pantry too! My kiddo (with a different chromosomal disorder) has been eating it in various foods for years. That and his high calorie drink have been game changers for us!
🙂 If you know, you know, right?? We currently put scoops in both his formula and his oral foods every day. Trying to do all we can to up that calorie intake!