Weekly Shopping & Meal Plan

Just got done with my shopping spree for this week, although my shopping sprees have been lasting a lot longer then a week. Last weeks, weeks worth of shopping lasted 17 days and this week i planned on more meals so it might last that long again. It lasted that long because some of the items i bought for certain meals where able to actually be stretched for more then one meal. Love it when that happens! Like the chicken i bought last shopping trip has still lasted and will be used for the Baked Chicken and Spinach Flautas and the Cheddar & Cracker Chicken.

Ad matches used:

• (Dillons) Kroger Bread 24oz $1
  • Regular $1.28
• (Dillons) Kroger Chunk Cheese 12-16oz $2.99
• (Checkers) Best Choice Hamburger Buns or Hot Dog Buns 8ct $.50
  • Regular $1.08
• (Checkers) Best Choice Shredded Cheese 6-8oz $1.50
• (Checkers) Best Choice Frozen Potatoes 28-32oz $1.39
• (Shurfine) Large Eggs $1.28
  • Regular $1.78
• (Save-a-lot) Hillshire Farm Beef, Smoked, or Polska Sausage 12oz $1.99
  • Regular $2.98
  • Plus i had coupons which made is $1.49ea
• (Save-a-lot) General Mills Cereal 11.5-12.3oz $1.99
  • Regular $2.98
  • Plus i had coupons to bring them down to $1.49-$1.24ea
• (G&W) Tomatoes On The Vine $.69lb
• (G&W) Farmland Sliced Bacon 12-16oz $3.50
  • Regular $4.28
• (Aldis) Strawberries 1lb $1.29
• (Aldis) Kiwi 16oz $.99
• (Aldis) Starburst Jelly Beans 14oz $1.79
  • Regular $1.98

Total i spent about $66 for this weeks shopping which i know will feed us more then a week, like i said. I was excited to get it down to $66. I budget $100 a week but my goal is $50 a week. So with the stockpile money i spent i guess it was over $100 lol but oh well… i could have done fine with just $66 for the week so that is good.

My Shopping List:
AD = Ad match
Q = Coupon

Fresh Foods	Dry Foods	Cold Foods
Bananas Jalapeno Peppers Tomatoes On The Vine $.69lb (AD) Green Onion Green Bell Pepper Strawberries (AD) Kiwi (AD) Cantaloupe	Bread 24oz $1 (AD) Hamburger Buns 8ct $.50 (AD) Bacon Bits Chips Pizza Sauce Taco Seasoning Black Olives Shells Mushroom Soup Cereal (AD-Q) Starburst (AD)	Heavy Cream Frozen Corn Meatballs Plain Yogurt Ham Slice Shredded Mozza. Cheese (AD) Monterey Jack Cheese (AD) Large Eggs $1.28 (AD) Frozen Potatoes 28-32oz $1.39 (AD) Hillshire Farm Sausage $1.99 (AD-Q) Bacon Pie Crust

I also spent about $48 in stockpile goods between two stores. That was 10 boxes of cereal, 4 packages of sausage rolls, 2 packages of bacon, 10 packages of cinnamon rolls and 4 packages of crescent rolls. That is an average of $1.60 an item. Pretty good!

So far for prepared meals i have stockpiled are:

• 2 Meals of Creamy Chicken Pasta
• Oven Fried Chicken Tacos
• Corn Dog Muffins
• Banana Bread Muffins
• Pancake & Sausage Muffins
• Scrambled Egg Muffins
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Bagels

In addition to those meals i have frozen i also believe that i will have extra Baked Chicken and Spinach Flautas, Southwestern Eggrolls & Quiche that i will be adding to my meal stock after this week.

That should be able to help me once my baby is born, which is suppose to be sometimes within 27 days :)