With the weather in the mid 70’s, most of the last week was spent eating and working outside at the patio table. Each night before I went to bed I steeped iced tea in 4 recycled glass bottles for the next day to help keep me hydrated. I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time just drinking plain water and drinking hot tea when it’s in the upper 70’s just doesn’t feel right.
Iced tea… it’s kind of has its own season, don’t you think?
Anywho, with July 4th around the corner I stocked up on groceries for the next two weeks. Here’s what I purchased:
Fred Meyer $9.41
The milk was $1.79 a gallon, green beans $1.49 lb, mushrooms were on markdown for $1.39, day old donuts $1.39, peanut butter $0.99 with eCoupon and the gummi bears and beef jerky were free thanks to Friday freebie coupons.
And so it begins… My annual collection of treats to put in the stockings this Christmas. 🙂 The Gummi bears will expire {and probably get hard} by then but the beef jerky will make it to Christmas. I’ve collected Friday freebie items for the past 2 years to put in everyone’s stockings and it’s become such a fun tradition I’m doing it again. True, my husband rolls his eyes at my frugal stocking stuffers, but HEY, I have fun collecting the items. When I was a kid, the only things in my stocking were an orange and a handful of candy.
So beef jerky and other random goodness? I think it’s pretty cool.
You know what else is cool? Simple dinners.
Oroweat Bakery Outlet $7.29
The bagels were 4/$5.00, white bread {for Monkey Boy} was $0.80, and the hot dog buns were free with the purchase of any condiment {we needed soy sauce so I grabbed that for $1.49}.
Fred Meyer $16.98
The HH wanted fish sticks {gag} $4.99 and The Girl requested any kind of fish {11.99}. These were my “luxury items” of the week. Neither one was on sale but oh well, sometimes you’ve just got to make peeps happy and get them what they want.
Winco $53.59
I was over in Sumner, Washington this week so I decided to check out the Winco over there instead of going to the store I usually go to {Tacoma}. The produce offerings were tiny compared the what I usually see in Tacoma and the prices on the fruits and vegetables were higher too. Which I thought was kind of strange since the stores are only about 15 miles apart. Lesson learned. Shop the Tacoma location.
Some of the highlights:
Zoi yogurt $2.78, French fries $0.99, 2 lbs carrots $0.98, bulk brown sugar $0.65 lb {way cheaper than the bagged varieties} 2 lbs frozen veggies $1.68 each, Bologna and weenies $0.99 each, chili for Monkey Boy $0.99 and apples $0.79 lb.
My grocery spending was high last week but I was shopping for 2 weeks worth of groceries because I don’t like grocery shopping in the summers months {the stores are so crowded!} and because I am planning on doing a no spend week this week.
Life, you just kind of have to go with the flow…
How about YOU? Did you find any great deals at the stores this week?
~Mavis
Total Spent This Week $87.27
- Total Spent in January on Groceries $202.99
- Total Spent in February on Groceries $143.94
- Total Spent in March on Groceries $183.35
- Total Spent in April on Groceries $205.67
- Total Spent on Groceries in May $248.60
- Total Spent on Groceries in June $147.47
- Total Spent on Groceries in July $87.27
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- Total Spent in January on Take Out, Date Nights, and Bakery Treats $42.19
- Total Spent in February on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $118.45
- Total Spent in March on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $25.29
- Total Spent in April on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $62.50
- Total Spent in May of Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $54.52
- Total Spent in June of Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $119.15
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