I get paid once a month.
I plan ideas for dinner for the whole month.
The man of the house gets paid every two weeks.
We use his paycheck to get groceries.
Our budget is currently $140 for two weeks of groceries.
I go shopping weekly to catch the sales prices/markdowns. That gives us $70 weekly to spend.
Tonight I busted that budget when I went grocery shopping at Aldi's. Just by $3.95 so it wasn't too bad. I blame it on some good deals. I don't have any pictures of my grocery haul but I will share what we got.
french vanilla coffee creamer - 1.79
2 bags of self rising flour - 1.25 each
2 cans of black beans - .55 each
big can of pinto beans - .89
1.68 lb of bananas - .71
flat leaf spinach - 1.19
sour cream - .89
2 paper bags (shame on me) .07 each
2 packs of apple cider donuts marked down to .99 each
brussels sprouts - 1.99
baby carrots - .89
zucchini - 1.69
squash - 1.69
2 boxes of frozen breakfast sandwiches - 3.39 each
snowmen cinnamon "teddy grahams" crackers - 1.99
2 cans of diced tomatoes w/green chilis - .45 each
evaporated milk - .59
flour tortillas - .99
burrito tortillas - 1.29
2 bags of chips - 1.09 each
beef broth - 1.19
gal of milk - 2.69
2 cans of cream of chicken soup - 49 each
shredded cheddar cheese - 2.49
2 packs of whole wheat sandwich skinny's that was marked down to .69 each
chicken thighs - 4.39
gala apples - 1.49
sliced cheddar cheese - 1.79
bacon bits - 1.29
Hot cocoa (k cups) variety pack - 7.89
coffee of Christmas (k cups) - 6.99
rotisserie chicken deli meat - 2.49
Total: $73.95
My total would have been less if I hadn't got the marked down goodies or the coffee/hot chocolate k-cups. I would love to get our total grocery budget even less for this next year. But... we are a family of five. It would be really hard to do especially during school holidays and breaks. Three of us eat at school for breakfast and lunch during the school year. I need to work hard at getting us a garden going for the summer of 2019. That would save us tons of money over the course of the year because I would can what we don't eat.
Anyways... I am tired after this grocery shopping and Christmas shopping evening. I have to be at work earlier than the normal tomorrow so I must get into bed. I have my Dec menu ideas almost planned out completely and will have it up in the next couple of days. Good night!
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