Grocery Shops in Review

Hey, hey … have you missed these posts?? I haven’t really been buying much of anything outside the baby shower festivities requirements so I just left it alone…

BUT now we are in Indiana and well, why not?

We arrived on Monday and after finding out the DMV is closed on Mondays (??!!) we figured we’d swing by Aldi first and pick up some veggies and such. Held off on meat and other things til we get a meal plan together and check out the pantry and freezers.  Should have went with my gut instincts as there’s not a whole lot of ANYTHING to review in the pantry and freezer at the house!

Oh no, welcome to the dark days of the Midwest

Aldi – October 23, 2017
Total Spent - $107.50

Bag of kettle corn $1.99
2 bags of baby carrots $.49 each
Paper plates $2.99
3 bottles of sparkling water $.59 each
Bottle of foaming hand soap $1.49
2 6 pks ice tea $3.99 each
Box of clubhouse like crackers $1.69
3 shopping bags $1.99 (grrr, I packed 2 and they were at the house already)
2 bags of frozen shredded hash browns $1.65 each
Celery $.99
6 bags of frozen winter blend veggies $1.09 each
2 bags of frozen riced cauliflower $1.69 (surprise! Can’t wait to try and see if compatible to TJ’s stuff!)
Tomato juice $1.39
2 cans Corned beef hash $1.79 each
Blue cheese $1.99
Bag of limes $1.49
4 greek yogurts $.69 each
Bag of mini peppers $2.49
Bag of white onions $1.99
Bag of red onions $1.99
Jar of pepperoncini $1.49
Bag of sweet onions $1.99
Bag of shredded sharp cheddar cheese $2.69
Bag of shredded gruyere cheese $2.99
2 containers of white mushrooms $1.69 each
butter $2.89
OJ $2.09
Half and half $1.99
Bag of shredded mozzarella cheese $2.99
Gallon of milk $1.97 (wow! That was so cheap!)
2 pkgs bacon $4.19 each
2 head iceberg lettuce $.99 each
Small jar of pesto $1.69
Bottle of vinaigrette dressing $1.89
2 dozen eggs $.46 each (OMG I about died!)
Peanut butter & chocolate wafers $1.19
Peanut butter filled pretzels $3.79
Can of cocktail peanuts $1.99

And then there was:

Walmart – October 24, 2017
Total Spent – $46.xx (receipt is missing in action)

6 boxes of Beef BONE Broth (since returned for Beef Broth) $2.48 each
Loaf of seeded rye bread $2.xxx
Loaf of Italian bread $3.xx
Large roast $14.xx
and something else ... where is that receipt??

Hello again:

Walmart – October 25, 2017
Total Spent - $14.xx (receipt is missing in action again)

8 pk LaCroix water
12 pk water bottles
6 cartons of beef broth (returned the bone broth)

Meijers – October 25, 2017
Total Spent - $34.xx (ahem, receipt?)

6 pk hoagie rolls
Chipper, slicer, chopper thingy (onion soup requires thin sliced onions!)


Starting with a fairly empty kitchen really makes for an expensive week at the grocery store!  Next week should be better as we head out on the 7th so we will be working on meal prep for the freezer and cleaning up any leftovers since I’m not sure how long we will be gone for this time!

How did your grocery shopping budget go this week?

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