Welcome

Welcome to my blog. This blog will be about the good and bad of living on a budget that will vary from low to even lower. I will also share my struggles with grocery shopping and staying with in my budget. I will also share some of the yummy recipes i will feeding my family, good and bad. Enjoy.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

MENU MONDAY

Monday
breakfast- what ever they want lol i will only be posting if different
lunch- quesadillas
Supper - turkey, stuffing, baby carrots, baby potatoes, gravy, buns
Tuesday
breakfast- pancakes
lunch- salami cheese and crackers
supper steak and homemade mac and cheese
It is my oldests 13th birthday and this is what he choseWednesday
lunch- mini homemade pizzas
supper - turkey leftovers
Thursday
lunch- chicken dip its and noodles
supper - hamburgers( not sure what else yet)
Friday
lunch- mini homemade pizzas
supper-turkey tettrazini
Saturday
lunch- hot dogs
supper chicken dip its and fries for kids, not sure what for hubby and i lol
Sunday
Breakfast/ lunch - pancakes homemade, eggs and bacon
Supper - pizzas

There is also a supply of fresh salad and vegetables.
I also picked up some fresh veggies at the farmers market this weekend( money came out of my extras from working market)

Monday, July 26, 2010

WEEKLY SHOPPING TRIP

Are weekly shopping trip took 2 days to finish this time lol. I think i did pretty good considering there is a birthday this week( happy 13th birthday to my oldest). I thought i would start a new tradition and let him pick what he wants to eat all day, i first thought oh no i may be in trouble lol. But honestly the first thing he said was i do not want to eat out lol, I thought that was kinda sweet
So here goes
Safeway
pop 1.67 plus 0.31 for deposit etc( we haven't been buying pop but since it was a birthday week i splurged
pop 3 at 1.00 = 3.00 plus .93 depost etc
cranberry jelly 2.49
sweet mixed pickles 3.57
chocolate bar ( to shave for sides of cake) 0.96
baby dills 3.00
sour cream( the big one) 3.69
Mozza cheese brick, large one 8.99
cracker barrel marble, large one 8.99
hotdog buns 2.00
bread 1.29
buns 2.89
smokies 6in package 2.99 x2 = 5.98
club pack steak 10.67
1.135 kg bananas 1.73
organic strawberries 1Lb 2.99
Total 65.44

Costco
pizza pretzels 5.99
2 pak of 8 hamburger buns 3.49
chicken dip its 14.99
mini wheat combo reg 6.79 sale 4.79
4L choco milk 4.69 plus depost etc 0.30
water 30's 4.29 deposit etc 4.55
flavored water 30's reg 9.99 sale 7.99 depo etc 3.50
4L skim milk 3.92 plus deposit 0.30
3 pack dempster bread 5.99
good host iced tea reg 8.79 sale 6.79
Total 72.08

No Frills
Breyers vanilla ice cream 1.89 L 3.97
pizza sauce 0.99
crackers 1.99
english muffins 12 package 1.89
peperoni 4.02
black diamon cheese slices 24's 2.99
nesquick cereal 700grams 3.38
reeses pieces 755grams 3.38
chocolate instant pudding 0.59
whipped frosting 2.29
devils food dunkin himes cake mix 0.88
frozen juices 8 x 0.49 = 3.92
campbells low fat cream of chicken 2 x 1.47 = 2.94
chickenb broth 0.99
cresendo frozen pizza 2 x 3.99 = 7.98
Total 42.20
TOTAL SHOPPING 179.72
and 6.35 for birthday cards, candles etc
so 13.93 left for the week

Saturday, July 24, 2010

FLOP OF A WEEK

Well this week was a sorta flop lol, with daughter in reading university still, the boys and I stayed out a few days to shop lol. I never spent much but more then i should of and more then planned lol.

Also the street preformers is on this weekend in Grande Prairie. It started on Friday and end Sunday at 5. SO i took the kids on Friday right after i picked daughter up from her graduation of the reading university. The kids were having a good time and we were not keeping a eye on the clock lol and next thing you knew and it was 5 already lol. So i called hubby and we decided to meet at Wendys for supper before he had to go to his part time job.

Today I worked at the farmers market till 3 and got some not so good but free goodies lol, now i know why they were giving them away lol. The one thing i am shocked at is that people buy her baking week after week. I may be a little biast but man my cooking is better lol at least it has some taste. But anyways after i got home hubbie had to go to work so the boys and I decided to go to the festivle again( daughter was at a sleep over)Well the kids got hungry so we shared 2 hot dogs and then they thought that they should have some mini donuts lol. I am so glad that they didn;t want everything and they had a good time.

Next week i am hoping that it is a better week and i stick to the plan and stay well with in budget.