Sunday was
Easter! And it was a really nice day for
our little family. I hosted dinner and
no surprise I served up a lovely roasted turkey breast and all the
trimmings. It was my first holiday meal
to prepare since I started my keto journey and it turned out great. No one was disappointed or felt like they
were missing anything and keto was a big topic of conversation at the dinner
table too.
We had plenty of
leftovers from Easter Dinner which I really appreciated on Monday since I was
late getting home from work. We all just
filled a plate and heated it up when we were hungry which made for a very easy
night.
I stopped in at
Albertsons after work on Tuesday to pick up butter that was on sale. I perused the markdown meat bin and found
steaks and burger patties including a rib eye for 5 bucks! Rib eye is my favorite cut and I was super excited about that.
Thursday after
hitting up the orthodontist's office for my oldest to get a new retainer we
stopped on the way home at Fred Meyer to pick up milk, blackberries and cheese
that was on sale dirt cheap. We also found
some markdown yogurt for the girl's lunches as well as some rolls and bagels.
With all of my
marathon shopping I did last month I completely forgot about using my $10
budget to add to the school lunch bin and it was looking pretty thin. I added that $10 to this month's budget and
picked up two bags of assorted packages of chips on sale for $5.99 each. Since they don't eat chips every day this
should get us through the end of the school year, no problem and I still had
some $$ to add a few more items.
After work on Friday
we hit up the dollar store to see what they had to offer. I was able to add a box of Little Debbie
donuts and a package of individually wrapped cookies. They desperately needed to stock their
shelves so we didn't get much on that trip.
Saturday arrived and
for the first time in a long time we didn't need to go anywhere or do
anything. So we STAYED HOME. It was really nice.
I washed out some gallon sized Ziploc bags to reuse.
I worked a small amount of overtime.
We gave our kitchen scraps to our hens and added coffee grounds, eggs shells and onion skins to our compost bin. We set out a very full recycle bin and a nearly empty trash bin at the curb last week.
How was your thrifty
week?
I was just at the Dollar Store yesterday, for a calculator and their shelves were bare, too! AND no calculators! But I was able to pick up a few simple items that were also on my list.
ReplyDeleteThey had a help wanted sign up so I figured they were shorthanded. Loads of boxes stacked everywhere but only one guy was stocking shelves.
DeleteAt first I thought, "potato chips to last to the end of the school year?" and then I remembered it's only two months away! It''s going by so fast, it seems as I've gotten older, time seems to go faster!
ReplyDeleteI like your Easter napkin folding :)
I hope this comment takes, the last one I tried disappeared. My computer has been acting wacky lately.
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My oldest folded the Easter napkins. She's so talented. I know, only two more months of school. Time does go faster as we age, I think so too.
DeleteThis was a pretty thrifty week here, although I did get takeout Chinese last night for dinner.
ReplyDeleteLove the napkin fold!
My daughter's creation. :)
DeleteThose are some really nice deals, especially on the yogurt. I'm pretty sure either Savingstar or Ibotta had a rebate on the yogurt, so be sure to check if you use either of those grocery apps.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check those out. Thanks!
DeleteLooks like a good shopping week. I bought a ribeye for hubby and I last week, from the mark downs too. Oh it was so delicious. (we started the low carb thing again last week)
ReplyDeleteOh good for you. I bet that was a yummy steak. Mine is in the freezer right now but it makes my mouth water just thinking about it. We can all be low carb buddies. ;)
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