ALDI $215.57
I went a little crazy at ALDI yesterday loading up on meat, sugar for canning and supplies for party platters. Word on the street is New England can be a wee bit on the humid side in the summertime, so I just really wanted to make sure we’d have plenty on hand for Crock pot dinners, sandwiches and picky dinners for those days when cooking just really isn’t an option since we don’t have A/C.
I had a big laugh when I noticed ALDI had cherries on sale for $1.99 a pound.
And did a major eye roll when I flipped the package over and read that the cherries were from Yakima, Washington!!! Seriously. Cherries from Washington state: Pickers, Packers, Wholesale Company, Trucking Company, ALDI Warehouse, Individual store… and the cherries were $1.99 a pound.
Last week I paid $8.00 a pound for cherries I bought from a local farm, 5 miles down the road from me where the cherries were GROWN. Now if that’s not crazy, I don’t know what is. Someone please, explain that one to me.
In other news, we bought a new freezer for the garage. We sold our old one {that was 10+ years old} before we moved and like the last one, this freezer has those handy dandy baskets as well. The freezer is actually a little bigger than the last one, but I have a feeling that by the end of the summer, the freezer will be stuffed to the top with homegrown vegetables, freezer meals and a few baked goods. {This is the model we bought in case anyone is interested}
Care package from my mother. My parents just returned from a trip to Hawaii and were kind enough to send us those delicious little cookies from the Honolulu Cookie Company. I think the mini chocolate chip ones are my favorite. Lucy received a get well card, a lobster squeaky toy and a sack of treats. I wonder where my mother liberated the jelly beans from.
Favorite thing I ate last week: A random assortment of goodness. Rice, beans, sausage, eggs, and guacamole. I had it for lunch and was too full for dinner so I just drank tea and had a cookie instead. Being a grown up is cool. You can eat cookies for dinner and cake for breakfast if you feel like it.
Pickety bits… The best dinner on the planet when it’s 95 degrees outside and too hot to cook. This of course was the tray for the grown ups.
And because Lucy thinks she’s a mini human, she got her own platter. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I don’t know, maybe I’ve gone mad…. catering to our little fur baby. Who knows? But I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who considers their pet as just another member of the family.
It’s going to be a busy week, and you know what? I’m ready for it!!!
Did you buy anything exciting this past week? Any special plans for the 4th? We’d love to hear about it.
~Mavis
Total Spent this week: $215.87
Total Spent in July $215.87
Total Spent in June $206.47 <- Attempting once a month grocery shopping
Total Spent in May on Groceries $216.50 <- Included a stock up trip to King Arthur Flour
Total Spent in April on Groceries $169.98
Total Spent in March on Groceries $306.75 <– Apartment life, moving across the country and settling into a new house
Total Spent in February on Groceries $259.81 <- Living in an apartment and buying a lot of ready-made meals
Total Spent in January on Groceries $240.15 <– Packing mode and not cooking from scratch as much
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