I was happy to have the extra money in our budget this month that
was leftover from last month because there were quite a few good deals on
meat.  I was able to stock us up on boneless
skinless chicken breasts and lean ground beef. 
I also found rib eye steaks for Mother's Day for only $5.99 a
pound.  They were so delicious.
| Cash & Carry haul | 
This month I went waaaaaaaaay over budget in the non food department.  A few good sales made it nice for me to stock
up on toilet paper and some toiletries.  My
non food items budget is $25 a month and I had 91¢leftover from April to roll
over and add to it making it $25.91.  My
total spent ended up at $43.81 so I am $17.90 in the hole.  Eek!
| Flat of strawberries - $8.95 | 
I started the month with $160.18. 
After spending $134.18 I have exactly $26.00 left to rollover and add to
next month so I'll be starting the month with $151.00.  Not bad, huh?
Without further adieu, here is the list of food I bought.  The items highlighted in red are my stock up
items:
| 
Groceries | 
$$$ | |||
| 
Ground beef - 10# | 
    
  20.87  | 
Cash & Carry | ||
| 
Bell
  peppers - 6ct | 
      
  2.67  | 
Cash & Carry | ||
| 
Lettuce
  - 3ct | 
      
  2.47  | 
Cash & Carry | ||
| 
Cheddar - 5# | 
       9.98  | 
Cash & Carry | ||
| 
Bagels
  - 6ct | 
      
  1.99  | 
Markdown | ||
| 
Hamburger
  buns | 
       0.99  | |||
| 
Hotdog
  buns | 
       0.99  | |||
| 
Mixed
  veg | 
       1.99  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Green
  onions | 
       0.69  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Bananas | 
       1.27  | |||
| 
Graham cracker pie crusts (4) | 
       4.00  | 
Dollar Store | ||
| 
Steaks | 
    
  16.05  | 
Store Coupon | ||
| 
Mexican
  crema | 
      
  0.49  | 
Markdown | ||
| 
Veg
  medley | 
       1.49  | 
Markdown | ||
| 
Bagels
  - 6ct | 
      
  1.79  | 
Markdown | ||
| 
Tater
  tots - 5# | 
       4.48  | |||
| 
Onion
  rings | 
       2.48  | |||
| 
Chicken | 
    
  17.36  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Potatoes | 
      
  0.41  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Pepperoni | 
      
  1.00  | 
Dollar Store | ||
| 
Cream
  - qt. | 
      
  4.14  | |||
| 
Chips
  (2) | 
       2.00  | 
Dollar Store | ||
| 
Cookies (4) | 
      
  4.00  | 
Dollar Store | ||
| 
Chips (5) | 
      
  4.77  | 
Store Coupon | ||
| 
Milk
  - 1/2 gal (3) | 
      
  2.37  | 
Store Coupon | ||
| 
Orange
  juice - 1/2 gal | 
       0.79  | 
Store Coupon | ||
| 
Raspberries
  (4) | 
      
  3.96  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Cream cheese (2) | 
      
  1.98  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Ground pork - 2# | 
      
  4.32  | |||
| 
Oranges | 
      
  0.99  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Strawberries - 8# | 
      
  8.95  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Avocados
  (3) | 
      
  1.48  | 
Sale | ||
| 
Onions | 
       0.97  | |||
| 
Total | 
 $ 134.18  | |||
$134.18 ÷ 30 days ÷3 people = $1.49 per
person per day!
I'm still looking for a good buy on sugar and peanut butter.  
Did you stock up on anything this month?  Any super deals?
This budget month runs from
May 1 through May 31.

 
You did well! Our Winco had their heavy duty large boxes of aluminum foil clearanced at .99 each. I bought 4 boxes at that price and that will get us through the rest of the year! Rosauers also had their 2 pound blocks of Cheddar cheese on sale for $3.99 each. I bought 4 blocks at that price. Two blocks will be shredded and frozen, one will go into a HUGE pan of homemade macaroni and cheese that I am making for a big family party tonight and the other will be used for sandwiches and snacks for the next few weeks. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Great deals. I like your plans for the cheese. Love it when we get great deals like that. Enjoy your party!! :)
DeleteGreat bargains..
ReplyDeleteFound hamburger and hotdog buns for 68 cents. [bought some and put in freezer].Center cut pork chops for 1.68 lb, I bought 2 family packs and divided them up.
Comp ad peanut butter at Wal mart for 99 cents.. I bought 4 jars.
Hope you and family have a blessed Memorial day weekend.
Great buys!!! I want some 99 cent peanut butter. Have a great weekend!
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ReplyDeleteCool! I'll check that out. Thanks Heather.
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