Thursday, December 29

Project Food Budget (Week 13)


The budget this week is $150 and this includes our New Years Eve treats and Chinese food.

This time of year the grocery stores in this area have a lot of "stock up sales".  We got the circulars for the two stores we shop at yesterday and planned out the shopping trips last night.

We did the first trip, as a family, this morning at store Y.  They had a number of buy 1 get 2, buy 1 get 1, and $1 sales going on.  We stuck to our list, and only spent $0.74 that wasn't on the list, and that was for an Angry Birds spiral notebook for Turkey.  In the end we spent $54.19 and SAVED $68.22.  And that was without coupons.  I love saving more than I spend.  We stocked up on chicken, frozen meatballs, half and half (that stuff has a shelf life of nearly 2 months), cranberry juices, and potatoes to name a few.

Tomorrow or Saturday we'll go to store X.  And Saturday night we'll spend the change on the festivities.

I am planning on making and freezing and taking some meals to my cousin who just had the baby, as well as stock up our own freezer.   I love having frozen meals ready to go... it really helps cut back on the "need" to eat on the go.

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2 comments:

Emily said...

What are your favorite kind of meals to freeze? I have never been good at that, and wouldn't even know what works well...

And way to go on the shopping trip!! That's an impressive amount of things for very little. Smart shopping, ftw!

By: Kate Nadeau said...

Pasta dishes are easy to freeze: ziti with meatballs, or pesto chicken. Shepard's pie and chili freeze well as well. I need to get some more for the new year.

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