Hannaford $28.85 {I went shopping.}
Market Basket $3.88 {He went shopping.}
Market Basket $104.04 {We went shopping.} 🙂
Local Bakery $9.75 {Potato Bread + Savory Scone}
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Monday {Came home from Bar Harbor}
- Breakfast: Jelly Donut from Gosselin’s Bakery in Bangor, Maine
- Lunch: Nada
- Afternoon Cuppa & Nada
- Dinner: Big Salad
Tuesday {Beach walk and breakfast date}
- Breakfast: Big Plate of Goodness
- Lunch: Nada
- Afternoon Cuppa & CANDY!!!
- Dinner: Saturday Night Beans
Wednesday
- Breakfast: Eggs, Weenies and Avocado
- Lunch: Big Salad
- Afternoon Cuppa & Boston Cream Filled Donut
- Dinner: Nachos
Thursday
- Breakfast: Nada
- Lunch: Pickety Bits
- Afternoon Cuppa & Candy
- Dinner: Big Salad
Friday
- Breakfast: Nada
- Lunch: Ravioli and Toast
- Afternoon Cuppa & Fake Vanilla Wafers
- Dinner: Salmon with Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts
Saturday
- Breakfast: Toast
- Lunch: Pizza Pizza
- Afternoon Cuppa & Coconut Cream Pie
- Dinner: Grilled Cesar Salad, Steak Frites and Ricotta Pie {We had dinner & dessert over at my neighbor Felicia’s house. Her recipe for ricotta pie was so good, I asked for the recipe and will share it soon}
Sunday
- Breakfast: Savory Scone
- Lunch: Nada
- Afternoon Tea and Ricotta Pie
- Dinner: Nachos, Spring Rolls and Roasted Brussels Sprouts at the Local Restaurant
T’was a good week for sweets and working outside in the garden! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Have a great Monday everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week on Groceries and Bakery Treats We Brought Home $146.52
- Total Spent in March on Groceries and Bakery Treats $188.50
- Total Spent in February on Groceries and Bakery Treats $416.98 {the fridge and freezer are packed!}
- Total Spent in January on Groceries and Bakery Treats $346.47
- Total Spent on Groceries and Bakery Treats in 2020 $763.45
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Mel says
Are your grocery stores crazy right now? We went grocery shopping Thursday night. When we first arrived, everything was more or less normal. By the time we checked out, the line stretched down the store and halfway down the last aisle.
Mavis Butterfield says
Yes, they are busy {think Thanksgiving or Christmas time} but nothing like what you see you see on the news. People are a mellow around here. When we went to Market Basket we noticed people were stocking up on water {which I totally don’t get} and tp and paper towels. The pasta aisle was nearly cleared out and the meat area was really busy as well.
Mel says
Yeah, people were still polite and calm, but many items were beginning to get cleared out. I also don’t get the bottled water thing. Pasta was nearly cleared out here as well, except for the fancy imported stuff, so I predict we will have some really stellar spaghetti nights in the future. 😉
Dianne says
Noticed the same thing last Thursday. Went looking for TP at 700AM today and the shelves were bare. They did not have any TP last week. My husband and myself split up and hit both ends of town. We were able to get 3 packages. It’s crazy. Fresh meat and seafood counter was closed, deli and bakery closed and shelves were wiped clean.
Marcia says
You are definitely lucky. It’s been an absolute zoo here. I had to order TP online or we will run out before the kids go back to school (no school for 3 weeks at least).
I had a feeling, so late Feb I started stocking up “a little”. You know, a few cans of tuna, an extra can of beans, and canned tomatoes one week. Costco shredded cheese, refried beans, and tortillas the next week, 10 lb of oatmeal the week after. (The week my husband traveled especially.) I worry about running out of milk and eggs, but that’s it. We can eat burritos, lentil soup, mac and cheese for awhile. We will prob run out of rice.
I baked bread. I cannot even eat it (gluten).
Mel says
Yes, I felt very lucky to get to the store when I did. We don’t have a pantry, and I am usually focused on emptying our freezers this time of year, so I bought more than usual but didn’t go crazy. We still have pasta and pizza sauce, applesauce, pot pies, tamale pies, burrito kits, muffin batter, scones, and turkey soup in the freezer. I bought some beans, rice, pasta, meat (to freeze), tuna, peanut butter, oatmeal, flour, frozen onions, and cheese. If our CSA is able to keep up, we’ll have veggies, and our chickens lay eggs, but we will also likely run out of milk since our fridge is so small.
Michelle Counter says
We have seen some pretty silly, crazy town hoarding in Central WA. Local grocery stores sold out of milk, eggs, TP, pasta, and soup. Hubby says he overheard people talking about stashing 12 gallons of milk and multiple cartons of eggs. I am not on board with the hoarding mentality. I think if we all can remember our neighbors needs just a bit, we can get through this unusual struggle much easier. So for now my big family of 7 may be making do with some unconventional food options compared to our normal, but I have big faith that we will all be just fine over the course of these next 6 to 8 weeks. I am in the high risk group so for me, I am thankful for the opportunity to distance myself and my kids from the masses for a stint of time. Schools here are closed for 6 weeks.
Sandy says
Salem, Oregon here. I was told our local grocery store, Roths, had it’s biggest day EVERY on Saturday. Let that sink in. According to the manager there is still food available and the store is still operational under normal business hours.
The State just shut down all the restaurants (except take out) and asked that there be no groups over 25 people.
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/16/coronavirus-oregon-restaurants-bars-remain-open-gov-kate-brown-says-salem-covid-19/5059047002/
I think we will be fine, but it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Stay safe everyone!
Julia Park Tracey says
The SF Bay Area just told everyone to shelter in place. I had to go out and shop for my husband and MIL — who are 40 miles from me. We are isolating my MIL who is 95 and very frail. I did what for me is a regular shopping, but it was a weird energy there — like everyone was one minute from panicking. I drove all her shopping and met my husband at the garage. He opened the door so I wouldn’t tough the code panel. I put the bags in. We couldn’t kiss or touch. We ended up standing back to back for a minute and said I love you and I came home. I’m in for the duration now, I guess. I sure hate looking at my retirement account. It’s ugly. Stock market bomb. 🙁
Mavis, please stay home and eat in for the next month or so. No day trip or bakery treat is worth risking your health or the health of others.
Kris says
Hi Mavis – I really enjoy your blog. Being fairly new here I wondered if you have archives. Please say yes! I would love to read your blog from the beginning while we are all supposed to stay home.
We made my normal grocery run in Pendleton, OR yesterday and it was chill. I did see large cases of water stacked in the middle of the end isles and one back corner of the store was piled really high with toilet paper. I didn’t see anybody buying those items and I didn’t see any hoarders thankfully. I was able to get everything on my list except vanilla. They were out of the real stuff so I had to sub in the fake. I was at Grocery Outlet. I was happy to be able to get corned beef and cabbage and they had rice on sale for 99 cents a bag so I bought two of those. I live in the Blue mountains so I shop one a month or every six weeks depending on the weather. The snow is almost gone! 🙂