Let's pretend...

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.

Grocery Shopping

Right now, I think the grocery budget is in the hole, but I believe the clothing envelope owes grocery enough to let it break even.

Breakfast: Get whatcha want

Lunch: Mama and I ate at Chuy's. We had the Chuychanga this time; it was really quite good. Between the two of us though, we were only able to eat half of it.

Dinner: Claire fixed nachos.

Back to the store

Mama and I had to go grocery shopping yesterday... I'm not too happy about that since we did an enormous shopping trip just over a week ago, but things happen, and we still have to eat. We ended up spending $198.65 this trip (hopefully going once a week will end! Our budget can't handle that!). That brings the total to: $316.01. What's more, we're almost out of eggs, chocolate chips, and cheese, so Daddy's going to make another Sam's trip for us today. Anyway, here's yesterday menu:

Breakfast: Yogurt, cream cheese, blueberry bowl things. It was really good. Also, the left-over country ham and grits casserole.

Lunch: Mama and I had Church's fried chicken. Not bad, but not the best either.

Dinner: Claire made rice and grilled smoked sausage.

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