We finally have a small week, both for number of stops and dollars.

On Monday, I picked up a dozen bagels and two tubs of cream cheese for $14.69.

Wednesday was the big shop of the week.  I spent $96.70 at Stop & Shop.

Finally, I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $50.95 on Thursday.

That brought the total for the week to $162.34.  That should balance out this month a bit.

This was a big week, though mostly because I went to BJ’s for the first time since July.

My first stop was Stop & Shop on Tuesday where I spent $59.69.  Apologies for the dark picture.  The M&M item in the bottom center was my free item of the week, a single serve cake mix.  We’ll see how that is.

I picked up our Farmer’s to You box on Thursday for $41.95.

Friday was the big trip to BJ’s – $330.03!  Actually, after so much time off that’s not terrible, just a bit higher than it would usually be.

Lastly, I made two stops I Saturday.  I went to the farm stand for a few local items (if I’d realized I’d be at the grocery store later I would have purchased the lemons there).  They cost $33.77.

Finally, we had a request for sausages with our hot dogs so I went to Wegman’s.  That came to $82.45 but should carry us through the first half of the week.

That brought the weekly total to a very large $547.89.

The restocking continued.  On the other hand, we were gone for some of Labor Day weekend and went to a BBQ for yet another meal.

Monday I bought peaches and an Athena melon at the farm stand.  I’m not usually a huge fan of cantaloupe, but this variety is quite good so I seek it out for the few weeks its available.  Same for local peaches.  Apparently I forgot to take a picture.  But, I spent $6.59.

On Tuesday, I went to Shaw’s primarily for pizza dough.  I spent a total of $56.32.

I spent $30.90 at Target on Wednesday for juice and craisins.  Again, I failed to take a picture of this.

I picked up our Farmer’s to You box on Thursday at $40.80.

Then I took a few days off from shopping before making two stops on Sunday.  I spent $15.74 at the farm stand and $80.55 at Stop & Shop.  (There were actually four boxes of lemonade, but one didn’t make it to the picture.)

That brought my total for the week to $230.90.  This will get split between August and September when those numbers get calculated.

Only one significant stop this week.  We were mostly on vacation and I count all groceries purchased on vacation towards the vacation budget.

Because we had been on vacation and because its turnover season to winter/school groceries, there was a fair amount of restocking to do.  This is only the start.

First thing when we got back, we purchased two gallons of milk for $11.96.  That is clearly not cost effective, but quick and close were the priority.

My one and only trip was to Wegman’s where I spent $163.71.

I also harvest the garden first thing.  I had done this right before we left, but of course it was still going to grow.  I had put the water on a timer so I didn’t have to worry about rain.

That’s 25 cucumbers!  And, three of them are three pounds – whoppers!  I had made as many pickles as I could before we left.  I also thought the green beans were done when we left, but they revived in our absence.  I’m still picking a couple of pounds per week.  I’ll get back to the garden updates the end of this week.

Let the small weeks begin!  Relatively, of course.

It seemed time to start eating down what we have.  We always transition from summer foods to winter ones.  Plus, the garden was producing enough to matter.

The big stop was to Wegman’s on Wednesday for $92.13.

On Thursday we went blueberry picking.  We picked 7.12 lbs of blueberries plus four peaches for $35.70.

That afternoon I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $41.85.  I didn’t know we’d be going blueberry picking when I submitted my order.

Finally, on Sunday we spent $38.92 at Costco.  Yes, this is new for us.  Yes, we’re trying it out.  I’ll let you know how it goes though I admit our initial impressions were not favorable.

Plus, we still have plenty being harvested!

I made a somewhat unexpected trip to BJ’s this week.  I had been hoping to put this off until the kids were back to school, but we were short charcoal which is better purchased there (especially in late summer).

So, on Wednesday I spent $179.90 there.

Then, on Thursday, I spent $53.82 at Shaw’s and $39.50 with Farmer’s to You.

I made a $114.73 stop at Wegman’s on Friday.  Somehow I only got a picture of the stuff that goes in the garage fridges; clearly there was more.

Finally, on Sunday I spent $59.80 at Stop & Shop.

This also was the height of garden produce.  Below is one day’s haul.  For the cucumbers, in particular, this was a daily affair.  We also still have plenty of carrots left.  This did represent the end of the lettuce though.

Discounting the garden to free (This is not entirely true.  The lettuce, carrots, and beans were from seed but the cucumber plants were purchased.  There’s also the necessary watering.), the total came to $487.32.  That’s a big week, but a small one is to come.