I did some careful planning, and then some re-planning, and some major resisting at the store yesterday. I spent $93 on groceries. I came home and showed the receipt to my husband like a kid showing off a new bicycle. I did not get all the groceries for the week as there are 2 ingredients I decided can wait until Friday (payday) since they are for Fridays supper. However, technically it's still the same as I went shopping on Saturday instead of Sunday. Of course it takes into account that we already have things in the house, and in the freezer... but it's still money saved as I am spending LESS by using what we have. We're not just surviving on Kraft Dinner for the week either. There will be a steak stir fry, a grilled cheese & sweet potato fries night, chicken pot pie, etc, great lunches, and for breakfast nice cereals and smoothies. All that AND a bag of chips ;-)
I know it can't always be this way, some weeks are heavier then others, with dog food, laundry soap, etc, that really eat away at the budget. But this is the first time I've done a whole week for less than $100. And it was exciting. It may sound boring, but when you have your eye on some new dressers and curtains for your bedroom and are about to bring on a car payment, well then saving $47 on a shopping trip is pretty darned exciting after all!
Hooray!!!
Some trips do cost more, when you have to get dog food, laundry soap or meats. We have been stocking up on meat lately as there have been some great deals on chicken and in the summer time beef is usually always on sale somewhere. Jer and I have decided to start going through the flyers and picking out what we want from each store...giant tiger, zellers, sobeys and superstore. We do the majority of the shopping at teh superstore, but stock up on good deals at the other stores. This week at the sobeys here KD is 63 cents a box for the real KD...lol We'll be stocking up on those for sure! Chicken is on sale again this week so we'll be getting some more chicken. I know some people say that you spend what you save on gas, but if you were going to drive by those stores anyway...why not stop in and pick up the things on sale??
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