October Grocery Shopping: Week 2-Part 1

October 7 Grocery Shopping

I stopped by the grocery store to pick up some bananas ($.59/lb = $.70), eggs ($.88) for the prayer meeting dinner, and bagels ($1.99).

Oh, but what's that on the left of the picture?  No, not the cat, who is playing "Spot the Dancer" with all of you.  But all those bags of chocolate chips and boxes of chocolate mints? 

 They were all in the clearance shelves:

Clearance Chocolate

I couldn't resist those prices!  $.59 for bags of chocolate chips ($3.49 regular price), $.59 for mint chocolates ($2.29 regular price), and $.89 for the Ghirardelli chocolate chips ($4.99 regular price).  The Ghirardelli chips and 2 bags of the chocolate chips are for daughter, who asked me to get them for her (I called her from the grocery store, when I saw the sale); the other two bags of chocolate chips are for me to use for holiday baking.  The mint chocolate will be for the prayer gathering - it will be one of the items I'll serve for dessert. 

October 7 Grocery Receipt

My total came to $8, of which, the eggs ($.88) and the mint chocolates  ($1.18) are from the rosary budget.

In addition to the above, I also bought a 6-pack of meal replacement drinks from the pharmacy (I had gone to pick up some medication refills):

Meal Replacement Drink

I have one of these, once or twice a week, often on days like today when I don't have an appetite and don't want to eat much.  I had finished what I had in the pantry, last month, and bought these today.  They weren't on sale and I paid the regular price of $11.99, but I used my $1 coupon on them:

 

Receipt for Meal Replacement Drink

My total came to $12.03 with tax.

I guess the chocolate chips and the meal replacement drinks don't belong in any of the categories I allowed myself ("dairy, bread, produce") to spend on this month, but that's OK.  I am still going to try to keep the rest of this month's spending limited to those three categories.   

October Prayer gathering budget = $300

Spent to date:

9/18:  $4.49 for smoked sausage
9/27: $1.29 for 2 cans of mixed nuts
10/4: $10.97 for 2 whole chickens

10/7: $2.06 for 1 dozen eggs and 2 boxes of mint chocolates
 

October regular grocery budget = $53

So far, I have spent $4.13 + $1.98 + $.61 + $5.94 + $12.04 = $24.70
Balance left in the budget = $53 - $24.70 = $28.30

I plan to go grocery shopping for fresh produce on Sunday.  Stay tuned for Week 2 Part 2!