Because
of the great holiday sales I typically will do my grocery shopping for November
right away and shop for December groceries as well. I do this for two reasons.
1. I can maximize my savings by taking
advantage of special holiday prices.
2. I don’t have to grocery shop from the
week leading up to Thanksgiving through New Years when grocery stores are the
craziest. I can happily skip the mobs
and playing bumper carts in the crowed aisles.
I plan
to go one time in December for some fresh produce and that will be about
it. I will post December’s budget next
month afterward. Hurray! It feels so good to have everything stocked
up and ready to go.
Crazy
thing! When I went to Winco I was
expecting to get a dirt cheap turkey with minimum purchase and they didn’t have
any. I asked the customer service clerk
if they were planning to get them in and she told me she didn’t think so this
year. She did tell me there were some
nice ones back there for 98¢ a pound (there weren’t many of those either). After prior years, that seems like highway
robbery! Fortunately we already have one
in the freezer so I’m good to go. We
just won’t have an extra one this year and I’m really okay with that. They take up a lot of room in the freezer
anyway, right?
Our
non-food budget spent this month was $21.05 for cat food, litter, hair
conditioner and light bulbs.
Here is
the final tally of everything I purchased this month:
Groceries
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$$$
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Breakfast
sausage (10)
|
8.80
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Bulk
cereal - 6.5 lbs
|
12.09
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Ravioli
|
2.54
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Tortellini
|
2.54
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WW
Flour - 5#
|
3.28
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Baking
powder
|
3.56
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Pizza
blend cheese - 5#
|
10.95
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Cash
& Carry
|
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Cereal
(4)
|
5.27
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
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Milk -
1/2 gal (4)
|
4.25
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
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Orange
juice - 1/2 gal (2)
|
1.25
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
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Dr
Pepper - 1 ltr (2)
|
2.00
|
Coupon
|
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Chicken
sausage
|
2.99
|
Coupon
|
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Italian
sausage
|
3.99
|
Coupon
|
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Pork
Cutlets (3)
|
1.96
|
Coupon
|
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Corn
(2)
|
0.98
|
Markdown
|
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Medium
Cheddar - 2#
|
3.99
|
Store
Coupon
|
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Taco
shells
|
0.50
|
Coupon
|
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Crackers
(2)
|
3.00
|
Coupon
|
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Iced
tea mix
|
2.32
|
Coupon
|
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Less
Store Rewards Coupon
|
(5.00)
|
Coupon
|
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Ramen
|
3.00
|
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Cranberry
sauce (2)
|
1.98
|
Store
Coupon
|
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Stuffing
|
1.58
|
Store
Coupon
|
||
Ground
pork (4)
|
7.72
|
Coupon
|
||
Mushroom
soup (4)
|
1.96
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
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Frozen
mixed veg
|
FREE
|
Store
Coupon
|
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Chicken
|
6.99
|
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Bread
(3)
|
4.00
|
Store
Coupon
|
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Apples
|
1.96
|
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Salad
mix
|
0.13
|
Store
Coupon
|
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Eggs -
12ct (4)
|
5.00
|
Store
Coupon
|
||
Bananas
|
1.11
|
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Evaporated
milk (2)
|
1.48
|
Coupon
|
||
Sugar -
4#
|
1.49
|
Coupon
|
||
Less Bag
Refund
|
(0.35)
|
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Weiners
- (2)
|
0.28
|
Double
coupon
|
||
Cheese
|
0.98
|
Double
coupon
|
||
Powdered
Sugar
|
0.98
|
Double
coupon
|
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Brown
Sugar
|
0.98
|
Double
coupon
|
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Salmon
fillets
|
4.94
|
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Mushrooms
|
1.74
|
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Less
Gift Card
|
(9.90)
|
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Tortillas
(2)
|
1.76
|
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Oatmeal
|
2.74
|
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Margarine
- 2#
|
1.68
|
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Molasses
|
2.78
|
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Linguine
|
0.98
|
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Barley
|
0.90
|
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Lentils
|
0.84
|
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Split
peas (2)
|
1.52
|
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Garlic
|
0.76
|
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Garlic
powder
|
0.55
|
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Pineapple
chunks
|
0.98
|
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Total
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$ 124.80
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That's so awesome!
ReplyDeleteNikki