Actual Grocery Buys 8/14/08

Walmart
Sugar Free Cherry Drink mix 1.50*2= $3
Chk Buillion- 1.82
Italian Salad dressing mix - 3.58
Gatorade- 4.98
enchilada Sauce- 1.98
Canned diced tomatoes- 1.08 *2= 2.16
Fiber one cereal- 3.98 - $1 off coupon
distilled water for baby formula- 3*.68= 2.04
Garment Rack- 9.98
drying rack- 9.98
ironing board- 8.88

total with tax- 55.81

Kroger
q-tips- 4.19
ground beef- 8.36
Luna Bars- $1 *2=$2
Kashi roll bars .79 *4= 3.16
cliff z bars .69*6 - $2 in coupon= 2.54
JAy rob protein powder 1.99* 2= 3.98
watermelon- 5.99
bananas- 1.55
frozen corn- 1.00
shredded lettuce $1 *2 = $2
tomatoes- 1.14
cucmbers- 1.98
smoked sausage- 2.50
frozen chicken breasts- 4.99 for 2.5 lbs * 3= 14.97
ground turkey- 1
wonderbuns- 1*4=4
Lil Debbies nuttybuddy- 1- .25 coupon that was double- total price .50*2 = 1
Lil debbies snow caps - same but 1.19= 1.40
total- 72.10

total shopping for week- $127.91
total coupon savings to go into savings account= $5

Ok I didnt do as well as I thought I would. But it was a real eye opener to see how much I really spend compared to how much I think I spend and I forgot a few things that I needed- canned drinks to sell at the yardsale we are having on saturday and carrot chips, yard sale stickers and darn it I just remembered I forgot the lemons for the hummus. Oh well, I need to go get WIC tomorrow anyway so I will just get the rest then. And while I did go over budget- and I will prolly spend another $10 or so, I got a lot of meat that will not be used this week. I purchased ground beef instead of the premade patties because there was a pkg marked down because it was going out of date tomorrow. I also bought more chicken then I planned because the frozen was on sale too not just fresh and that is way easier for me than the fresh that I have to divide and freeze/cook by the expiration date. I also got an ironing board because ours bit the dust when we moved. I am definitly going to have to try better next week.
Check back to see the meals and recipes that get made this week!