On Saturday: Groceries, Door Handles, and a Decorated Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree 2024

The Christmas tree has been decorated and M (being tall) did the honors and put the topper, on Friday evening.  I put the empty tree decorations bin in the garage on one of the shelves in the former entertainment center shelving unit that is now in the garage:

The New Holiday Decorations Shelving Unit

This might not work out quite as well as I had hoped, unless I declutter my Christmas decorations by quite a bit!  I have three such bins, currently, and two even bigger ones!  The shelving unit will not hold all of it!  I used to stack the two larger bins on the floor and place the three smaller bins on top of them.  Well, I guess I could still stack the larger bins in front of the shelving unit, if necessary.

I picked up my groceries on Saturday afternoon and this time, I checked my groceries against my receipt when I got home.  They had given me all the items I had ordered and paid for and nothing was missing!  I received a free container of juice (best customer coupon) and a free pack of store brand toilet paper (weekend freebie with coupon).  My total came to $41.75.  

I didn't take a picture of my groceries, this time, either, because, as I brought in the last bag of groceries, and tried to close the sliding glass door, yet another thing in my house broke!  This time, it was the sliding glass door handle.  Again.  It broke and I replaced it in March.  Well, it broke, again, today.  Fortunately, there was a spare door handle that we had bought, earlier, and my daughter was able to install it for me.  I took the opportunity to clean the groove the door slides along (it was full of gunk) and lubricate it with some WD-40.  

It was only after the door handle was fixed (and a new "spare" was ordered to have on hand when this one breaks!) that I checked the grocery receipt.  By which time, I had already put away the half & half and the container of juice, etc. and, I didn't want to take things out, again, to take a picture.  

But, here is the receipt showing what I bought and how much it cost:

Bauducco® Chocolate Wafer Cookies, 5 oz$3.00

3 x $1.00 $1.49 each

Broccoli Crowns, 1 ct$2.49

1 lbs x $2.49 each

Cauliflower, 1 ct$2.01

1.01 lbs x $1.99 each (approx.)

Cucumber, 1 ct$0.89

1 x $0.89 each

Fresh Banana - Single, 1 ea$0.43

0.62 lbs x $0.69 each (approx.)

Fresh Green Beans - Bag, 1 lb$1.98

2 lbs x $0.99 $2.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$4.00

Fresh Large D'Anjou Pear - Each, large/ 1 count$0.70

0.35 lbs x $2.00 $2.49 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.17

Iceberg Lettuce, 1 ct$1.59

1 x $1.59 $1.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.40

Kroger® Fresh Navel Oranges Bag, 4 lb$2.99

1 x $2.99 $4.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$2.00

Kroger® Half & Half, 32 fl oz.$3.49

1 x $3.49 each

Kroger® Premium Coconut Milk, 13.5 fl oz$3.18

2 x $1.59 $1.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.80

Kroger® Pure Canola Oil, 48 fl oz$4.49

1 x $4.49 $5.49 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$1.00

Kroger® Soft & Strong Toilet Paper Double Roll, 12 rolls$5.99

1 x $5.99 $7.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$2.00

Store Coupon-$5.99

Kroger® White Sandwich Bread, 20 oz$2.29

1 x $2.29 $2.49 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.20

UPC: 0001111008486

Kroger® Whole Carrots Bag, 2 lb$1.99

1 x $1.99 each

Large Cosmic Crisp Apple - Each, large/ 1 count$0.98

0.98 lbs x $1.00 $2.49 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$1.46

Medium Yellow Onions, medium / 1 lb$1.11

1.25 lbs x $0.88 $1.29 each (approx.)

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.50

Simply Cranberry Cocktail Fruit All Natural Juice, 52 fl oz$0.00

1 x $0.00 $4.99 each

Item Coupon/Sale: -$0.50

Item Coupon/Sale: -$4.49

CA Redem Val  (deposit on the juice container)$0.10

1 x $0.10 each

Spinach, 1 ct$1.49

1 x $1.49 each

Tetley® British Blend Premium Black Tea Bags, 80 ct$5.99

1 x $5.99 each

That last item, the tea, is actually for a Christmas gift, so should come from my Holiday budget.  

Nothing was specified as being "delivery only" this time around.  So, I think, that it all depends on the availability of the items.

Spent on groceries so far this month:

$61.12 (December 6th) + $41.75 (December 14) = $102.87 - $5.99 for tea (X-mas gift) = $96.88

With daughter home for another month, I have increased my December grocery budget to $200.  That amount will be augmented with what I budget for the almsgiving.  

Lunch on Saturday was toast and scrambled eggs, with orange juice to drink.  For dinner, I baked some of the frozen meatballs I had been given by neighbor S's family, boiled two ears of homegrown corn I had frozen, earlier, and steamed some broccoli.  In addition, there was some leftover ramen noodles from Friday's dinner (which was ramen noodles, sauteed chicken, and stir fried carrots and broccoli stems).  

On Saturday, I was grateful for:

- Being able to order groceries and pick up curb side

- All the grocery items were available and included

- Having a spare door handle

- Daughter being able to install it

- A safe drive to the grocery store and back (I'm not just saying that - there was a shooting there, quite recently, with one person killed and one person injured).

Saturday's joyful activity was watching online videos.

Plans for Sunday include making and wrapping gifts.

How was your Saturday?  What are your plans for Sunday?