April Grocery Shopping - Week 2

April 15 Groceries

I went grocery shopping, today.  The store was having a one-day only sale on organic jumbo brown eggs for $4.49/doz., which is the cheapest eggs have been in my area for several months.  

The store was fairly crowded for a Tuesday afternoon, but, not too bad.  There were several shoppers gathered around the area where the eggs are kept, waiting.  Apparently, the sale priced eggs that were on the shelves had sold out and they were waiting for new eggs to be brought out from the back of the store.  Several of us formed a line and we stood for about 15 minutes before more eggs were brought out and suddenly, the line dissolved into a crowd of people reaching for the eggs!  One of the store workers was handing out the cartons of eggs, asking how many the customers wanted (apparently, there was no limit and some people were taking 5 or 6 cartons).  At the same time, other customers where helping themselves directly from the cases of eggs that had been brought out and some who stood in line protested that they had been waiting in line and others who hadn't been in line were getting the eggs.  I almost wanted to leave the eggs and just get out of there, but, the lady behind me nudged me forward until I was at the front and I asked the store worker for one carton (which was all I wanted, anyway) and got out of the crush!  My goodness!  

The rest of the store was not bad and the meat counter (they have a full service meat/seafood department), which is usually quite crowded was actually empty and I was served right away.  I bought a pound of ground beef that was also on a one-day only sale for $4.99/lb. and one salmon steak (priced $6.49/lb.)

I had made my shopping list based on the sale items and I wanted to get one or two additional fruits and vegetables, giving myself a budget of $25 to spend on this grocery shopping trip.

I bought:

1 lb. (just a bit over a pound @ $4.99/lb.) 15% fat ground beef = $5.29
1 salmon steak (a little under a pound @ $6.49/lb.) = $5.22
(next week's grocery ad, prices effective 4/16 has salmon fillet for $8.99/lb. which is still cheaper than the supermarket's $11.99/lb. for a full fillet or $12.99/lb. for center cut)

1 doz. eggs = $4.49
1 (16 oz.) yogurt (labne) = $1.99

2 Granny Smith apples @ $0.69/lb. ($1.99/lb. at the supermarket) = $0.95
1 Ever Crisp apple @ $0.79/lb. = $0.32 (a little more expensive, but, I wanted to try it)
2 x 1 lb. strawberries @ $1.50 ($4.99/lb. at the supermarket or $3.49 with digital coupon) = $3.00
3 bananas @ $0.59/lb. ($0.69/lb. at the supermarket) = $0.63

1 broccoli crown @ $0.99/lb. ($1.99/lb. at the supermarket) = $0.50
1 lb. carrots ($0.99/lb. if you buy the 2 lb. bag at the supermarket) = $0.89
4 onions @ 4lb/$0.99  ($1.29/lb. at the supermarket) = $0.40

I wanted to buy potatoes, too, but, the 10 lb. bag will be on sale for $1.99 as of Wednesday, when the new prices come into effect.  So, I plan to buy that later this week.

My total came to $23.68, so I stayed within my budget.

April 15 Grocery Receipt

My April budget is $100 + $8.54 carried over from March = $108.54

Spent to date: $55.07 + $23.68 = $78.75

Balance left in the budget = $29.79

So far, so good.  However, the supermarket's ads for the upcoming week includes store brand butter on sale for $2.99/lb. (my new stock up price), chicken on buy one get one sale, whole pineapple for $1.99 each, not to mention the ham on sale for $1.65/lb. with $25 purchase!  And I'm going to need bread and milk at some point before the end of the month.

Will I go over my budget?  Will I increase it by $25? (I haven't put gas to the car, yet, in April).  Will I not get the ham or the chicken this time around?  

How is your grocery shopping coming along, this month?