What I Spent
Last Friday I took Zoe out for a shopping trip ($67.83) so she could pick out some birthday food that we don’t normally buy (ice cream, orange juice, sun chips, juice boxes, and pop tarts!).
And I made another smallish trip on Monday ($42.39), pictured here:
When you are out of laundry detergent AND toilet paper, things are getting dire.
My shopping adds up to $110.22.
February Spending
Week 1: $76
Week 2: $120
Week 3: $154
Week 4: $110
That puts me at $460 for the month, which is $115 per week. Sweet!
Year-to-Date Spending
January: $618
February: $460
What We Ate
Monday
I was flipping thru my ATK Quick Cookbook with the girls, and when I came to the BLT salad page, they said, “Ooh, can we have that tonight?”
So, that’s what we did.
I made a pan of garlic breadsticks as well.
Tuesday
I made my new recipe (the sausage pasta dish).
We also had sauteed mushrooms, raw veggies, and popovers.
Wednesday
I made buttermilk waffles, whipped cream, strawberry syrup, and sausage.
Thursday
A while back, I bought a Groupon to a favorite seafood restaurant, and I foolishly let it expire.
Nuts.
But after it expired, Groupon emailed me and was like, “Hey! Want a free extension on your Groupon? Click here and your new expiration date will be March 1st.”
And I was all, “Ohh, yes please. Click!”
So, Mr. FG and I made a reservation and went out for a mid-week treat.
I grilled burgers for my kids before we left.
Friday
Next Friday will be another birthday meal (Sonia’s up next!), so I’ll make pizza tonight.
Your turn! What have you been eating this week?
gina
Tuesday 28th of February 2017
OMG!!! WE HAD THE SAUSAGE PASTA DISH LAST NIGHT FOR SUPPER & IT WAS A HIT WITH EVERYONE! SO YUMMY! THEY ALL WERE IMPRESSED & WE'LL DEFINITELY BE MAKING AGAIN! THANKS FOR SHARING :)
frugalprice
Sunday 26th of February 2017
Most nights it's a vegan burrito bowl similar to this[1], but the veggies are raw rather than cooked. It's actually very filling, healthy and frugal. It's helped me lose weight and lowered my cholesterol.
A couple of other nights it was pizza. Less filling, not healthy and kinda frugal. That little devil on the other shoulder sometimes wins the battle on what to eat for dinner.
[1] http://www.veganricha.com/2016/01/easy-black-bean-burrito-bowl.html
Marianne
Sunday 26th of February 2017
I am in my 4th week of using up what is in the cupboards and freezer. I spent $38 for fruit and vegies at Aldi and that included a tray table which I can use on my deck for parties, spent $24 at Kroger a mix of discount items.
Sunday it was in the 60's so we grilled steaks. Monday -leftovers Tuesday -Chicken salad, grilled chicken & grilled green beans (the new skinny ones Aldi has in the frozen foods) Wednesday -fish and rolls Thursday -Kirkland 5 cheese Tortellini Friday -breakfast Saturday -the Spicy Sausage Pasta recipe. Brave enough to make it for company. I omitted the Rotel too as the group was of the non-spicy variety. Next time I will use it and only add part of the can, I also had a non-onion group so I used onion powder. I think that dish would be awesome with pearl onions! It's a keeper! We have fruits and vegies at each meal too.
My sister made baked spaghetti..so good and so simple. That is 2 recipes added to my book.
Jessica S
Saturday 25th of February 2017
Husband left town on Monday for the week so I was already in Pantry/Freezer Clean out mode!
Monday I baked the last of a bag of red potatos... Left them to cool while we ran errands... For supper I peeled 5 of them and diced.. fried them up and added some bacon and deli ham.. I cracked 7 large eggs and stirred it in and sprinkled it with a 4 cheddar blend cheese( finally the chickens are producing- Thanks ridiculously warm weather!)
Tuesday- Cooked ALL DAY LONG! Stocked the freezer with partial and full meal items.. so worth it! (I do it when he is gone so I don't bother him all day- he works from home!) Dinner was a meatloaf- per kids request... served with corn, a packet of alfredo noodles(free after coupon-kids love) and mandarin oranges...
Wednesday- chicken and stuffing stuffed shells.. a rather odd sounding meal but so good! One of the freezer prepped meals I made at the kids request.. dad doesn't like it that much so they felt pampered! served with peas
Thursday- Found the last of the Sams club sized box of corn dogs! Served with mac and cheese and pears...
Friday- free dinner at a work outing!
$$ wise I don't shop weekly for meals so I just cannot figure it out! lol I cooked a massive pork shoulder and a huge chicken this week that had been in the freezer- both randomly purchased when I happened upon a major meat mark down... Tuesday morning I ran to the store for a few items for my cooking stock up and the plan was to look at ground beef prices. I knew it was a sale item.. I got there really early as the meat manager was marking a few flats down further.. SO I grabbed them all.. Each pack was over 3.5lbs of ground beef for less than $6.00!!! So instantly in the store I started to plan the items for that... meatballs, meatloaf, meat sauce( which went into lasagna), beef patties and cooked meat for taco night...SO for the next few weeks I won't pay attention to meat deals b/c my space is limited... I do need some basics for my pantry and I need to replenish my fresh produce...
Cheryl
Saturday 25th of February 2017
I'm impressed with y'all. I better buckle down and get with the program. I just found TFG so I'm new here but this seems like a fun challenge!! Great advice for teen boys given here.