Grocery Wrap Up – November – What, Already?!

 

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			$$$
Breakfast sausage (10)			8.80
Bulk cereal - 6.5 lbs			12.09
Ravioli			2.54
Tortellini			2.54
WW Flour - 5#			3.28
Baking powder			3.56
Pizza blend cheese - 5#			10.95	Cash & Carry
Cereal (4)			5.27	Store Coupon/Coupon
Milk - 1/2 gal (4)			4.25	Store Coupon/Coupon
Orange juice - 1/2 gal (2)			1.25	Store Coupon/Coupon
Dr Pepper - 1 ltr (2)			2.00	Coupon
Chicken sausage			2.99	Coupon
Italian sausage			3.99	Coupon
Pork Cutlets (3)			1.96	Coupon
Corn (2)			0.98	Markdown
Medium Cheddar - 2#			3.99	Store Coupon
Taco shells			0.50	Coupon
Crackers (2)			3.00	Coupon
Iced tea mix			2.32	Coupon
Less Store Rewards Coupon			(5.00)	Coupon
Ramen			3.00
Cranberry sauce (2)			1.98	Store Coupon
Stuffing			1.58	Store Coupon
Ground pork (4)			7.72	Coupon
Mushroom soup (4)			1.96	Store Coupon/Coupon
Frozen mixed veg			FREE	Store Coupon
Chicken			6.99
Bread (3)			4.00	Store Coupon
Apples			1.96
Salad mix			0.13	Store Coupon
Eggs - 12ct (4)			5.00	Store Coupon
Bananas			1.11
Evaporated milk (2)			1.48	Coupon
Sugar - 4#			1.49	Coupon
Less Bag Refund			(0.35)
Weiners - (2)			0.28	Double coupon
Cheese			0.98	Double coupon
Powdered Sugar			0.98	Double coupon
Brown Sugar			0.98	Double coupon
Salmon fillets			4.94
Mushrooms			1.74
Less Gift Card			(9.90)
Tortillas (2)			1.76
Oatmeal			2.74
Margarine - 2#			1.68
Molasses			2.78
Linguine			0.98
Barley			0.90
Lentils			0.84
Split peas (2)			1.52
Garlic			0.76
Garlic powder			0.55
Pineapple chunks			0.98
Total			$ 124.80

Do you do a big “holiday haul” this time of year?