You know when you send your husband to the store to buy 1 thing and he comes home with 3? It will kill your grocery budget every single time. I should know this by now, right?
Costco $17.67
I was craving a baked potato with BACON so I asked the HH if he wouldn’t mind running to Costco for potatoes {they are HUGE!}. He came back with the potatoes, 2 gallons of milk and a box of lemon bars. He knows I LOVE lemon bars and it was a totally sweet gesture… but because of those bars I am now over budget for the month. 🙁 Sadness. Now if I want to stay remotely on track for the year I am going to have to resist the urge to buy anything for the rest of the month.
By the way… those lemons bars…freakin’ delicious! 😉
Harbor Greens Market $10.64
We ran errands together {or really, the HH chauffeured me around town because I don’t like driving} and one of our stops was Harbor Greens. Until about 2 weeks ago, Harbor Greens was the only grocery store on that particular side of town. The QFC store had closed last year as well as the Old Safeway/Haggen store.
Then, on the exact same day, Safeway re-opened and Main and Vine opened up. It’s gotta be hurting Harbor Greens right now something big. Hopefully when all the hype dies down Harbor Greens will be back to normal. Luckily one thing Harbor Greens has that the other stores don’t have is a massive plant and garden section in the spring, summer and fall months. So hopefully, that will lure peeps back to shopping there.
Fred Meyer $ 7.38
Eggs $1.50 per dozen and sugary cereal for the boys that will stay hidden in my secret hiding place until I leave next month for the east coast, $1.69 a box.
Here are some of the foods we ate last week {minus the snacks}:
Monday
Breakfast – Eggs, bacon and toast
Lunch – I have no idea
Dinner – Leftover Pot Roast Stew
Tuesday
Breakfast – Banana, steel cut oats
Lunch – 4 slices Shirley’s cinnamon raisin bread
Dinner – Domino’s Pizza Deal
Wednesday
Breakfast – Cinnamon raisin toast, banana, orange juice
Lunch – Breaded chicken and sweet potato fries
Dinner – Chicken Soup and homemade biscuits
Thursday
Breakfast – Steel cut oats, smoothie
Lunch – Panera chicken cobb salad and bread {My gift cards are now depleted} 🙁
Dinner – Smoothie
Friday
Breakfast – Eggs and sausage
Lunch – Egg salad sandwhich with homegrown sprouts
Dinner – Pasta and no knead crusty bread
Saturday
Breakfast – Steel cut oats with strawberries and blueberries
Lunch – Soup: Clam chowder for the HH, tomato soup for me
Dinner – Baked potato with butter, sour cream and bacon {+movie snacks}
Sunday
Breakfast – Big Breakfast sausage, eggs, and toast
Linner – Toasted ham and cheese sandwiches
All and all, not a bad week. Now, if I can just stay out of the stores this week I think I’ll be okay.
~Mavis
Total Spent This Week $35.69
Total Spent in February $102.89 {Noooo!}
Total Spent in Janaury $105.36
Freebies we’ve been gifted or were earned in 2016: $200
- $100 gift card to Whole Foods {Christmas gift from my parents}
- $100 gift card to Trader Joe’s {Christmas gift from my parents}
- 22 packets of vegetable seeds
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