November Grocery Shopping: Week 2 - Part 2

Today's Grocery Haul

I did part 2 of this week's grocery shopping this afternoon.  Today's shopping, too, was to take advantage of sales to stock up.  I've included the few non-grocery items I bought, too, because I know some of you include these items in your grocery budget.  I generally include only food items in my grocery budget; toiletries, household products, and pet food are all different categories in my budget.  I should have been an accountant!

Today's Receipt

I spent a total of $26.06.  But that includes the 4 tubes of toothpaste (on sale for $1@) and new toothbrush ($1) and the 6 cans of store brand tuna in water ($.69@) which were bought as a treat for Dancer (he gets a teaspoon of it once or, occasionally, twice a day and that's his only soft food).

So, deduct the $5 for the toothpaste and toothbrush (toiletries) and the $4.14 for the tuna (pet food) and the $.45 tax on the toiletries from the total and the cost of today's groceries comes to $16.47.

I bought:

12 boxes of pasta, $.49@ = $5.88
3 cans of chicken broth (fat free/reduced salt), $.49@ = $1.47
3 cans of cream of chicken, $.49@ = $1.47
2 packets frozen bread dough (3 loaves each), $2.99@ = $5.98
1 container of salt = $.79
bananas, @ $.39/lb = $.42
yams, @ $.50/lb = $.46
Total = $16.47

Grocery spending to date: $9.36 + $29.48 + $16.47 = $55.31

The problem with stocking up is that it can really take a big chunk of the budget!    

I cooked the beef and the chicken I bought yesterday; I had some of the beef for tonight's dinner and I will keep some of it in the fridge for the week and freeze the rest.  I'll portion out the chicken and freeze that, too.

 

Sunday Brunch

Today, I had brunch, instead of breakfast and lunch: a scrambled egg with a slice of turkey cold cuts mixed in, a slice of toast, a slice of papaya, and orange juice.  I went grocery shopping after I ate my brunch.

Later in the evening, I had a cup of tea and a snack of an apple and cheese:

Evening Tea-Time Snack

 For dinner, I had some of the beef steak (cooked with onions), with broccoli and corn:

Sunday Dinner

 I was too full for dessert immediately after dinner, but I'll probably eat some grapes before I take my last dose of antibiotics for the day and go to sleep.  It isn't difficult for me to get my daily servings of fruit, I love fruit, but vegetables are a different matter!  Since the corn is considered as a starch for diabetics, the broccoli is my only serving of veggies for today.  I guess I should have eaten a salad for my tea-time snack, instead of the apple.  I shall strive to do better, tomorrow.  :)

Anyone else having a difficult time getting all the recommended servings of veggies each day?