I’ve not been too happy with my grocery savings. I used $7 in coupons this week, but I haven’t found items on sale that match my coupons, thus preventing my from buying in bulk, on sale, with multiple coupons, which is my goal. I know that I need to be patient about these sales…
I also need to keep in mind that we’re now eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner from home every day, with the exception of eating 1-2 meals out on weekends. That means that we will require more groceries and that we’ll run out of them faster. I just need to remember how much we’re saving from not going out to restaurants so much! Still, I am starting to crave sushi again…
This week, I stocked up on frozen chicken, shrimp, and fish. There was also a better price on a family size (as opposed to reg. size) of pork chops, so I bought more than I needed for my recipe. I’ll probably freeze the extra pieces for another week. I don’t anticipate buying as much meat, poultry, or seafood for a while. I’ll only need to buy beef or pork roasts.
Groceries for the week of January 26 (with $7 in coupons):
- Frozen Ciabatta Loaf 2.79
- Frozen Blueberries 3.49
- Frozen seasoned peas & mushrooms 1.89 (and coupon)
- Refrigerated crescent rolls 1.69 (I’m ticked, because a coupon came out in this Sunday’s paper, yet I shopped the day before!)
- Grands biscuits 1.17 x 3 (and coupons)
- Frozen waffle fries 1.79
- 4 cups HEB Shredded cheese 4.69 (I had coupons for Kraft 4 cup pkg, but HEB did not carry that size.)
- Frozen Breaded Tilapia 5.99 x 3 (on sale at store, plus 3.99 store coupon when buy 3)
- 4 lbs Frozen chicken breasts 7.96
- 1 lb Frozen, peeled shrimp 7.99
- 1 slice bacon .50 (to cook with green beans – Yum!)
- Frozen flounder fillets 5.99
- 1 lb Ground beef 3.19 x 2
- Boneless pork chops 8.90
- 24 oz cottage cheese 3.49 (and coupon)
- Cool Whip Can 2.00 (and coupon)
- Sliced mushrooms 1.99
- Orange juice 1.43
- Instant chocolate pudding box .39
- Paprika 2.59
- Hot chocolate boxes 2.34 x 2 (with coupon)
- 1 gallon milk 3.89
- Baking mix 1.92
- 1 Tomato .36
- 1 Cucumber .88
- Bananas 1.00
- Washed Lettuce 3.79
Total = $97 (Yikes!)
For more grocery buys, go to The Grocery Cart Challenge.