Weekly Shopping Trip--Savings $42.14

This is garage sale weekend so I decided to continue to use my stockpile so that made my grocery trip rather short and to the point with only needing a few things.

So here is the breakdown of what I purchased this week:

Meijer:

• 1 gallon milk $1.98
• 10 cups Yoplait yogurt $4.70
• 1-4pk Yoplait yogurt FREE
• 4 tubes Pillsbury Grands Biscuits $1.96
• 6 tubes Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $8.84
• 2 tubes Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $2.98
• 1 pkg. Mini Warm Delights $1.49
• 1-3pk Kleenex $2.49
• 2 boxes Ziploc Freezer Bags $2.00

Total OOP: $29.26 (with sales tax)

Total Savings: $26.65

Total without sales & coupons: $55.91

Family Fare: (no coupons used here and forgot to take a pic of the trip!)

• 1 bag each of Fritos/Pretzels/Cheetos $7.00
• 3 lbs paula red apples $1.49
• 8 lbs potatoes $2.49
• 1 head lettuce 88¢
• 5 Oscar Mayer Lunchables $4.40 (splurge for kids' lunch during garage sale!)
• 3-64oz bottles apple juice $2.91

Total OOP: $19.17

Total Savings: $15.49

Total without sales: $34.66

Grand Total OOP: $48.43

Grand Total Savings: $42.14

Grand Total without sales & coupons: $90.57

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Garage Sale Mania!

I am in the midst of setting up for a TWO day Garage Sale!!

There are others on my street that are hosting one so it should be a bit crazy around here over the next few days! We are to get rain this weekend too hopefully that won't keep the buyers away!

I'll be back around at the beginning of the week with the Meijer Deals and much more!

Menu Plan Monday 8/23-8/29

Last week's menu plans went off without too much trouble. We ended up at my parents’ house one night so plans changed in order to accommodate them so there was a couple of things that ended up not being made last week.

Last week I said that I worked at getting all the items I needed for 2 weeks so I wouldn’t have much in the way of shopping for this week’s shopping trip. I was able to exercise some self-control and only purchased those perishable items I needed along with a couple of things that I needed due to being out of them on my shelves. I should be able to do the same thing again for next week despite it being a payday week, as we will be going on vacation for several days around the Labor day holiday so we won't need much in the way of food that is provided by me during that time.

This week’s menus are some of our favorite simple meals! For some odd reason there isn’t much in the way of leftovers this week for hubby’s lunch again! While this is a bit frustrating for me it should be alright as he will be out of town for work for most of the week. Also at the end of the week, I am hosting a garage sale so I am planning simple meals that my kids can help me with so that I can get things around for the garage sale.

For this week’s lunches (that are listed below), are for the kids and me! Unless we are having leftovers, our lunches are served with fresh fruit or carrot sticks along with fruit juice or water. Hubby usually takes a dinner leftover along with various snacks for his work lunch so I don’t take the time to plan his lunches. He just takes the next oldest leftover on the stack in the fridge.

A special thanks to Laura-Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday! Need help with your menus; go check the over 300 other delicious meal plans that have been linked at Laura-Organizing Junkie’s site or look down in my right sidebar for my menu suggestion lists!

Sunday (8-23)

Breakfast: eggs, sausage or steak, hash browns, and jiffy muffins

Lunch: mini pizzas

Dinner: McDonalds (after church)

Snack: snack basket

Monday (8-24)

Breakfast: cereal and toaster strudel

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner: chicken club sandwiches served with fries and carrot sticks

Snack: snack basket

Tuesday (8-25)

Breakfast: waffles and sausage

Lunch: sandwich & chips

Dinner: cube steak & fish served with crashed potatoes and corn

Snack: snack basket

Wednesday (8-26)
Breakfast: bagels, cereal, eggs

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner: roasted chicken served with mashed taters & gravy, corn and biscuits

Snack: snack basket

Thursday (8-27)

Breakfast: Pancakes and sausage

Lunch: sandwich & chips

Dinner: skillet pork chops served with mac & cheese and peas

Snack: snack basket

Friday (8-28)

Breakfast: cereal and toast

Lunch: sandwich & chips

Dinner: creamy chicken served with noodles and peas

Snack: snack basket

Saturday (8-29)

Breakfast: “Cook’s Choice”

Lunch: ???

Dinner: grilled burgers and fries

Snack: ice cream or popsicles