How We Spend Less Than $100 a Month on Groceries Week 29 of 52

Is it just me, or is this summer zipping by? Seriously. How can it be mid July already?

This week I did a little bartering with Mrs. HB, picked up some meat from Zaycon, stocked up on sale items and harvested a bunch of goodness out of the garden. All in all it was a good week for groceries. Peaches and blueberries are on sale at Fred Meyer this week and so I plan on picking some up, but other than those items, I think I am going to try and stay away from the grocery stores this week. I need to start to work on repairing some of the overspending on groceries I’ve been doing this summer. 😉

Here’s what I picked up this week:

Albertsons $13.49

Have I ever told you Lucy LOVES pizza crust? Yes, yes she does and she knew exactly what was in the box too. 😉 Pizza was 3 for $10 and Zoi Greek yogurt $3.49 {the HH LOVES it}.

Albertsons $6.96

If you need eggs Albertsons has them on sale for $0.99 a dozen this week and Lucerne yogurt 4 for $1 with the in ad coupons.

Fred Meyer $14.42

Last week we snagged milk and OJ for $0.99 per half gallon, bulk oats $0.59 a pound and bulk salt for $0.59 a pound. We also picked up grapes, zucchini, discounted sour cream and a couple of Fred Meyer friday freebies which brought the total to $14.42.

Barter with Mrs. HB

I trade Mrs. HB some tomato trellis I wasn’t using for some loot!!

Zaycon Pulled Pork – Free thanks to credit

We will be trying this out tonight. Have you tasted it yet? What did you think? The HH and Monkey Boy love pulled pork and are excited.

East coast garden harvest. LOOK at that basil!!

Here are the meals I ate last week {minus the snacks}:

Monday

Breakfast – Oatmeal with brown sugar and banana
Lunch – Chicken noodle soup
Dinner – Pizza

Tuesday

Breakfast – Breakfast cookie, banana
Lunch – PB&J sandwich
Dinner – Pot roast, potatoes and carrots

Wednesday

Breakfast – Steel cut oats
Lunch – Split pea soup
Dinner – Breakfast dinner – Bacon, eggs and toast

Thursday

Breakfast – Oatmeal with strawberries and brown sugar
Lunch – Split pea soup
Dinner – Black bean pumpkin chili

Friday

Breakfast – Leftover chili. YUM!
Lunch – Sandwich
Dinner – Ham, mashed potatoes, corn and applesauce

Saturday

Breakfast/Lunch PB&J, 2 bananas, gummy bears, airline snacks, tea
Dinner – Chicken and Rice burrito

Sunday

Breakfast – Pumpkin bread
Lunch – Tomatoes plus a sweet pepper, onion and carrot stir fry over rice
Dinner – Chicken and Rice Burrito

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $34.87

• Total Spent in July $96.01
• Total Spent in June $167.81
• Total Spent in May $299.74
• Total Spent in April $0
• Total Spent in March $136.58
• Total Spent in February $106.85
• Total Spent in Janaury $105.36

Freebies we’ve been gifted or were earned in 2016:  $200

• $100 gift card to Whole Foods {Christmas gift from my parents}
• $100 gift card to Trader Joe’s {Christmas gift from my parents}
• 22 packets of vegetable seeds
• Free Zaycon Meat 30 pounds Chicken Thighs, 40 pounds Chicken Breasts, 30 pounds pulled pork

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