That Monday and Tuesday didn't happen - food-wise anyway - 'cause I don't remember much of anything. So that brings us to today. Mama and I went grocery shopping today (by the way, Aldi's has great prices on chicken this week! We were totally out of chicken, so I was delighted to find that!). The grocery total is now: $46.62. Yeah, ouch... Thankfully payday is just around the corner!
Breakfast: Get whatcha want (I'm assuming... Daddy was the only other one up when Mama and I left this morning.)
Lunch: Mama and I had Einstein's Tuscan Pesto Chicken (or something like that) and smoothies. It was all quite good, but we thought it was rather pricey.
Dinner: Cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and smoked sausage with corn on the cob on the side.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Here, There, and Everywhere
Mama and I went grocery shopping yesterday. We hadn't been for a real shopping trip in quite a while, so this one was ginormous (and expensive!). Our first stop was to Nashville Cash and Carry, which, by the way, is definitely a good place to go if you're looking for cheap, but reusable, plastic containers! Then we were on to a slightly frustrating experience at Hobby Lobby (not for groceries though). Insert lunch intermission here. From there we went to Walmart where we spent forever, then we hit Sam's and managed to do that in about a half hour (even though we forgot to use the order-everything-online-first thing!), and then back to Hobby Lobby for a rather less frustrating experience (but again, not grocery-related). After all that, we were finally homeward bound! And exhausted. We ended up spending, between this trip and the quick trip Daddy made Friday, $638.84. Ouch. That brings the total to a rather uncomfortable $94.66. Hopefully we won't need anything for quite a while now though.
Here's what I know that we ate yesterday:
Breakfast: Blueberry muffins
Lunch: Thanks to an endorsement by a friend, Mama and I went to McDougal's Chicken Fingers & Wings for lunch. We got the cheapest batch of wings, and they were really quite good. We got them tossed in the original buffalo sauce and the gold sauce. I liked them both, and the buffalo ones reminded me a lot of Daddy's hot wing sauce - only a bit milder. The gold isn't what to get if you're wanting normal hot wings, but it was surprisingly good, and a nice change of pace. We want to go back and try out some of the other sauces. Mama's intrigued by the lime chipotle sauce's description, whereas I'm curious to see why the honey bee sauce is their best seller. So, yeah, we'll be going back!
Dinner: Beef hash
Here's what I know that we ate yesterday:
Breakfast: Blueberry muffins
Lunch: Thanks to an endorsement by a friend, Mama and I went to McDougal's Chicken Fingers & Wings for lunch. We got the cheapest batch of wings, and they were really quite good. We got them tossed in the original buffalo sauce and the gold sauce. I liked them both, and the buffalo ones reminded me a lot of Daddy's hot wing sauce - only a bit milder. The gold isn't what to get if you're wanting normal hot wings, but it was surprisingly good, and a nice change of pace. We want to go back and try out some of the other sauces. Mama's intrigued by the lime chipotle sauce's description, whereas I'm curious to see why the honey bee sauce is their best seller. So, yeah, we'll be going back!
Dinner: Beef hash
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Two Week Mark!
Mama and I left around 9:30 this morning. We hit Aldi's, Walmart, and Publix. We didn't get extremely good deals, but I am pleased with our accomplishments. Today's total is : $269.40 for 103 items.
We discovered that, of the three stores, Aldi's has the best price for cheeses. We also got eggs, chocolate chips, celery, carrots, and AA batteries there for decent to good prices. This week only Publix is running a special where you can buy one bag of Nestle chocolate chips and get one bag of Publix brand chocolate chips for free. That made the price of chocolate chips slightly better at Publix than the price at Aldi's.
We determined that Publix has the best price on mayonnaise (Sauer brand) and high-efficiency laundry detergent, but not much else. Walmart was the best and most convenient for most things.
There is still a Costco run to make before the end of the week, but there aren't too many items on that list. I'm hoping it won't be too cripplingly expensive.
All in all, I believe we've done very well. The list wasn't terrible, the prices were ... fair, and it's been a full month or more since we've done shopping like this. I certainly expected things to be far more difficult, long, and expensive.
We're still in the black!!! The current balance, I believe, is $141.83! AND I officially get "paid" again tomorrow (I think... or it may be Friday...)! AND we're going to pick up our beef on Saturday (along with some of the processor's delicious and inexpensive bacon, hopefully)!
While I'm here, here's today's menu review:
Breakfast: Old-fashioned oats w/ butter and brown sugar or rapadura
Lunch: Mama and I were in town, so we grabbed a box of granola bars. Those at home had ham and bean soup.
Dinner: Chicken pot pie, I believe.
We discovered that, of the three stores, Aldi's has the best price for cheeses. We also got eggs, chocolate chips, celery, carrots, and AA batteries there for decent to good prices. This week only Publix is running a special where you can buy one bag of Nestle chocolate chips and get one bag of Publix brand chocolate chips for free. That made the price of chocolate chips slightly better at Publix than the price at Aldi's.
We determined that Publix has the best price on mayonnaise (Sauer brand) and high-efficiency laundry detergent, but not much else. Walmart was the best and most convenient for most things.
There is still a Costco run to make before the end of the week, but there aren't too many items on that list. I'm hoping it won't be too cripplingly expensive.
All in all, I believe we've done very well. The list wasn't terrible, the prices were ... fair, and it's been a full month or more since we've done shopping like this. I certainly expected things to be far more difficult, long, and expensive.
We're still in the black!!! The current balance, I believe, is $141.83! AND I officially get "paid" again tomorrow (I think... or it may be Friday...)! AND we're going to pick up our beef on Saturday (along with some of the processor's delicious and inexpensive bacon, hopefully)!
While I'm here, here's today's menu review:
Breakfast: Old-fashioned oats w/ butter and brown sugar or rapadura
Lunch: Mama and I were in town, so we grabbed a box of granola bars. Those at home had ham and bean soup.
Dinner: Chicken pot pie, I believe.
Monday, August 29, 2011
The Challenge - Assets, Part 4
Wow! When I started listing my assets, I never imagined it would go on this long; this is great!
Today, I'm going to introduce y'all to where we get some of our fresh foods. It's quite simple, really, and a huge help to the grocery budget. We're farmers. I alluded to that fact in the last post. We don't make our living farming yet, but we get quite a bit of food from it. Our farm is Belle Springs Farm in the hills of middle Tennessee. We just recently started trying to make a more viable business out of our farm, so things are still works in progress. For just our family though, we've supplied a nice portion of our own beef, chicken, pork, and dairy in the past 3-4 years. At the time of this post, we have the following:
Today, I'm going to introduce y'all to where we get some of our fresh foods. It's quite simple, really, and a huge help to the grocery budget. We're farmers. I alluded to that fact in the last post. We don't make our living farming yet, but we get quite a bit of food from it. Our farm is Belle Springs Farm in the hills of middle Tennessee. We just recently started trying to make a more viable business out of our farm, so things are still works in progress. For just our family though, we've supplied a nice portion of our own beef, chicken, pork, and dairy in the past 3-4 years. At the time of this post, we have the following:
- 1 old dog, a blue heeler named Lily
- 8 Jersey dairy cows
- 3 cows - only 2 currently in milk. (Herd shares available! See farm link above for details!)
- 2 hopefully bred heifers. We hoping to get a vet out here soon to check on that.
- 2 young heifers
- 1 bull
- 32 beef cattle... or so. Mostly Angus.
I'm looking forward to the day when I can once again add chickens (layers and broilers), turkeys, and pigs to this list. As it is, I'm grateful for the endless supply of milk and the possibility of beef.
That's our farm. We're extremely blessed to live right next to Beaverdam Creek Farm! We have a CSA share from them. Let me tell you! Those Certified Naturally Grown veggies are delicious! Some of the veggies we have recently received in our CSA basket have been the following:
- Green beans
- Okra
- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Peppers
- Onions
- Garlic
- Leeks
- Squash (yellow, patty-pan, acorn, and butternut!)
- Watermelon
- Cantaloupe
- Basil
It's so wonderful to have fresh, organic, in season veggies available to us! I'm looking forward to figuring out creative ways to use them in my meal planning!
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