Thursday, September 1, 2011

Feeding my family for the month

I tried something a little different this month....this is what I did....

I should also tell you that I had not been grocery shopping in over 3 weeks. (picking up bread and milk does not count as a grocery trip. :)
  • I made out a menu of 20 meals (enough for a month , Sunday - Thursday...I do not cook on Friday or Saturday)
  • Made out a grocery list of items needed for those 20 meals. I only wrote down what I needed to purchase. (I had several items in stock at home.)
  • I also went though the sales paper and picked out any additional items I wanted to purchase with my coupons.
    • Here are A FEW of those deals:
      • Degree Deo for $0.32 each (Regular $2.32)
      • Fab (50 oz) for $1.74 each (Regular $4.48)
      • Lays Chips for $1.25 each (Regular $2.50)
      • A-1 Steak Sauce for $0.96 each (Regular $3.16)
  • Here is a list of items for my trip:
    • Baby Carrots
    • Nectarines
    • bag of Onions
    • Head of Lettuce
    • 5 pounds of hamburger meat
    • tomatoes
    • Taco Seasoning
    • Tortilla Wraps
    • fresh broccoli
    • red onion
    • bell peppers
    • mushrooms
    • sour kraut
    • enchilada red sauce
    • enchilada green sauce
    • chili beans
    • black beans
    • bread
    • hamburger buns
    • potatoes
    • french onion soup
    • bakers Joy spray
    • Rigatoni w. chicken TV dinners
    • French Fries Tator Tots
    • hash browns
    • liquid hand soap
    • Fajita Seasoning mix
    • Liquid Tylenol
    • Sweet moments
    • Flaky biscuits
    • A-1
    • Gatorade
    • Pop Tarts
    • Kraft Single Slices (cheese)
    • Lunchables
    • Mac N Cheese
    • Degree Deo
    • Mouthwash
    • Dawn Dish Soap
    • Cascade
    • Zest Bar Soap
    • Fab Laundry Soap
    • Wisk Laundry Soap
    • Mt. Dew
    • Lays Potato Chips
Final cost.......................$229.99
Without price matching, sales and coupons this
would have cost me $ 317.99
Total Savings $88.00

And this is why WAL-MART is one of my favorite places!!!