tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16213610565394506412011-07-28T07:17:29.606-07:00Just like home economics in school, here you can read about buying groceries and preparing meals as well as caring for my family. All with a small budget, a little creativity, and a lot of coupons!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874564028571451238noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621361056539450641.post-78428227527813343562009-07-14T11:17:00.000-07:002009-07-14T11:32:17.780-07:00So I went to the grocery store and purchased my food for the week. Luckily, I still have a lot of fresh fruit and veggies from last week so I don't need to buy a lot of those. Boy do they add up quickly! <div><br /></div><div>I purchased the following: one dozen eggs, a package of radishes, a bunch of fresh broccoli, a package of rolls, a container of blue cheese, a small bunch of grapes, and a gallon of vinegar. Last week I earned a $4 off your next order Catalina coupon so my OOP was $8.09. A great start!</div><div><br /></div><div>With a hubby who loves dry cereal and a toddler who downs milk, I needed to buy two gallons of milk for the week. One whole milk and one 2%, realizing that it would cost me another $6 I tried to come up with a cheaper alternative. Then I remembered that drug stores now carry milk AND that I had some Extra Bucks. Yes.</div><div><br /></div><div>I needed to go to CVS anyway because they have the Electrasol Tabs on sale this week for $3.99 and there was a $4 coupon in the paper.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I went to CVS and purchased two gallons of milk and the Dishwasher tabs. I used one $5 ECB and one $2 ECB and the coupon, final OOP $0.0! Yes!</div><div><br /></div><div>Dinner tonite will be Wachai Ferry's Cashew Chicken with steamed broccoli and baby corn. Last week I bought the chicken and used the Fresh Tyson Chicken $1 off coupon. I purchased the baby corn and had a coupon for it via Kroger's coupon mailing. The Wachai Ferry is from my stockpile purchased months ago with a $1.50 off coupon. Total cost for dinner: $7.78. Grocery outlay for the week, $1.50 for the broccoli.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1621361056539450641-7842822752781334356?l=thriftyhomeeconomics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874564028571451238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621361056539450641.post-25983510001709920442009-07-14T10:59:00.001-07:002009-07-14T11:06:17.170-07:00I've started the ALL YOU Grocery Challenge yesterday. According to the rules, I can only spend $25 per person per week on groceries. This will be a little less than my usual spending habits. I usually spend between $75-100 per week in groceries and may go out to eat once for about $30 (on average). I think that I will be able to adjust because of my stockpile, which I can use to create meals.<div><br /></div><div>The biggest speed bump for this week is that the hubby and I will be going to a MLB game on Sunday. This will be an all day event, leaving the house in the am and not returning until after dinner. I have spent the whole day trying to figure out how much money I will need for two meals. (one at the ball park and one in a restaurant). We are not taking the toddler, so I won't have a diaper bag to stuff food into!</div><div><br /></div><div>We will have fish, a salad, and homemade cornbread for dinner. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1621361056539450641-2598351000170992044?l=thriftyhomeeconomics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874564028571451238noreply@blogger.com0