Grocery Shopping Victory!

Friday, January 7, 2011

With the hubby at work and a pending "you're going to get it Asheville" snow storm on the way in a few days I decided I needed to head to the store to grab this week's menu items. I am using www.e-mealz.com for my weekly dinners. It is a service that costs $15 for three months and I receive a weekly menu with five dinners, a pre-made shopping list of all the ingredients and directions for all the meals. There are many different plans from which to choose and we use the Wal-Mart plan for 2. The list of ingredients is broken down by category such as dairy, produce, boxed, etc which makes shopping that much easier.

I decided that I would take my list and go to Aldi's to get what I could there first and then get the remaining food at Wal-Mart.

Here is what I bought at Aldi:

Pkg of 3 tomatoes: $1.69

Bag of frozen peas: $0.88

Broccoli: $1.49

Refrig. Pie Crust: $1.89

Kielbasa Sausage: $2.49

Pasta Sauce: $1.79

Bag of Kettle Chips: $1.99

A dozen eggs: $1.29

Gallon of Milk: $2.39

Honey Wheat Bread: $1.19

Hoagie Rolls: $1.69

Total with tax: $19.17

My purchases at Wal-Mart:

Box of fruit popsicles: $1.25

Box of chocolate popsicles: $1.25

Box of Triscuits: $1.98

Bag of frozen okra: $1.50

Bag of shredded cheddar cheese: $1.86

Cornbread mix: $0.54

Can of chicken broth: $0.72

4 cups of Yoplait yogurt: $0.50 each

3 cups of Bryers yogurt: $0.54 each

Container of shredded parmesan cheese: $2.18

Can of diced tomatoes: $0.63

Can of crab meat: $1.63

Chicken gravy: $0.72

Whipping Cream: $1.68

1 Granny Smith Apple: $0.96

1 Yellow Onion: $0.76

2 Navel Oranges: $0.66

Total with tax: $22.38

Total of both purchases: $41.55 Yea!

Here is a photo of all the food:

This is for all dinners for the next week, lunches and snacks. Before I went to the store I checked the list and crossed off all the items we already had on hand or left over from last week. I also took inventory of all the lunch items we had and planned my purchases accordingly.

As for breakfast, I usually make chocolate milk and eat a piece of fruit. I also have oats to make oatmeal, grits and bread to make toast. If we have cereal I eat that instead of the milk and fruit, but without a coupon cereal is pretty expensive so I skipped it this week.

I am so very pleased with today's purchases. I think I will continue this system for my future shopping adventures.

Have you had any financial wins lately? I would live to hear!