Grocery Shops in Review

Hey, hey, looking to see what we've bought in the past week or so?

Hubby was out the previous week, home for his 4th treatment and then flew out again on Saturday morning. The only good news on that is that we didn't shop a whole lot those 2 weeks ...

So after he flew out Saturday morning, I came home and cleaned house at 6am ... had to wait for the medical pickup people to pick up the defective pump from this week (yeah, Hubby was hooked up for 48 hours and only got, maybe, 1/3 of the poison. He knew it wasn't working right and even called to do a check of everything) and THEN I knew I had to hit up a store! Not my best choice....

Whole Foods - April 28th, 2018
Total Spent - $116.63

Yeah. Quite a bit more than planned AND I still need some other things. Ugh.


3.48 pounds of b/s chicken breast $13.89 ($3.99 a pound)
4 pkgs of ground beef (90/10) that were $4.99 a pound - $5.11, $4.84, $5.24 and $5.19

SO Delicious coffee creamer $4.79
bottle of Rose wine $17.66
bottle of White wine $16.99
small watermelon $4.99


spaghetti squash $5.71 (oops!)
bag of tri colored carrots $3.99
bananas (lots) $3.47
cilantro $1.99
parsley $1.99
mango chunks $5.99

bag of clementines $5.99
apples $5.48
green onions $.99

Seriously ... the wine was a splurge and not planned, so to speak, BUT I didn't want beer this week. The good news is 24 hours later both bottles are intact and in the fridge still ;-)

Then ... there was:

Walmart - April 29th, 2018
Total Spent - $? I can't do the math 

So, full disclosure, this stop was mostly for my dad but since I paid for it, I'm sharing! Yeah, there's a lot of junk here but hey, he's 84 years old, has 3 meals a day provided and, I feel, he should be allowed to indulge! Here's what my portion was:

2 reduced loaves of italian bread $.65 each (straight to freezer!)


2 pounds shredded sharp cheddar $7.97
2 pounds shredded mozzarella $7.97

2 large white onions $2.29
celery hearts $2.43
paper plates $4.97
large @ss box of Lucky Charms $3.64
bag of coleslaw $1.97



and THEN ... 

Luckys - April 29th, 2018
Total Spent - $5.23 

Yahoo!



carton of strawberries $1.67
1.71 pounds of Roma tomatoes $2.21
.18 pounds of bean sprouts $.54
.27 pounds of sliced zucchini $.81

Yup, that's it!

I'm seriously considering a Pantry/Freezer Challenge for May ... but of course, it will have to start AFTER this upcoming weekend (Cinco de Mayo, aka my birthday/air and sea show weekend/Kentucky Derby ...

It's all about ACCOUNTABILITY!

Looking forward to sharing with some of these GREAT Parties ... go check them out!
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