I got bagels a few times this week.  They’re not part of my normal grocery stops, but the kids were asking so we did.

On Tuesday I purchased a dozen bagels plus two cream cheese tubs at Bruegger’s for $14.69.  The bagels were gone so quickly (seven eaters here) that I bought two dozen more (no cream cheese) on Thursday for $19.38.  So, $34.07 just on bagels.

On Thursday I also picked up my Farmer’s to You box for $46.92 and made a $52.93 visit to Stop & Shop.  That was the first time I’d bought spinach in months as we’ve been eating it from the garden.

On Saturday, I spent $90.58 at Wegman’s.   You can see elements of Saturday’s dinner which was hot dogs, sausages, chips & dip, potato salad, and cut veggies.

Finally, on Sunday I went to the farm stand for corn to have with dinner.  I ended up getting a few more items for a total of $26.50.  We had butter chicken and baked beans with our corn.

We’ve crossed the halfway point of the year, and definitely into summer.

This was not an efficient grocery shopping week.  For whatever reason, I wasn’t able to think/plan more than a day or so in advance.

On Monday, I spent $108.00 during the first of many stops at Wegman’s.

On Wednesday, I was back at Wegman’s for a small stop – $30.51.

On Thursday, I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $67.67.  There were a lot of chicken wings!  These went into the freezer for later in the summer.  They’re just not available every week.

On Saturday, I spent $50.58 at the farm stand on dinner supplies.  Yes, they sell way more than just produce.  We had veal parmesean with tossed salad.

Finally, on Sunday I was back at Wegman’s again for dinner supplies.  We had roast beef sandwiches with tater tots and watermelon for dinner.  Thankfully, this will cover tonight and Tuesday also.

That brought my total for the week to $414.54, all of which will end up in the June total.  We’ll see what that means next week.

Ok, last of the catch-up posts.

You can tell summer is here when I make two stops at the farm stand and visit the farmer’s market!

Trip one to the farm stand was on Monday when I spent $19.96.

On Tuesday I spent $10 on strawberries and sugar snap peas at the farmer’s market.

On Wednesday, I spent $233.59 at Wegman’s.  We had braised halibut with bok choy (Farmer’s to You) for dinner Thursday night.  The ribs are for Saturday night.

I spent $49.48 on our Thursday Farmer’s to You box.

Finally, I made two stops on Friday.  First I spent $93.61 at Stop and Shop.  I big chunk of that was steaks for Sunday.

Then I spent $37.47 at the farm stand.  The corn isn’t quite local yet, but it goes so well with ribs.

So, it was a big week – $434.11!

This was a pretty regular week.

On Tuesday, I spent $107.50 at Wegman’s.

On Wednesday, I picked up some Gatorade at Target ($18.66) while I was there for other things.

On Thursday I spent $54.64 at Stop & Shop and picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $49.52.

The weekly total was $230.32.

This week I shopped four days in a row!  Somehow that seems less bad than two grocery stops in the same day, but its still pretty inefficient.  I try to plan my trips to spread things out, but it doesn’t always work out that way.

On Monday I spent $44.22 at Star Market.

On Tuesday I spent $159.57 at BJ’s.  Clearly I didn’t take a picture of the non-perishable items.

On Thursday I spent $133.70 at Wegman’s.

Finally, on Thursday I picked up my Farmer’s to You box for $36.20.  The seeds were a free giveaway; we got to pick two packages from approximately 20 choices.  The pizza is a new option.  This was a white spinach pizza which has made four lunches for me.  It was very tasty.

That brought my weekly total to $373.69.  And now we’ll back up to May.

May TOTAL: $1,244.06

• Stop & Shop: $296.39
• Wegman’s: $448.46
• BJs: $219.58
• Local: $224.66
  • Farmers to You: $216.15
  • Other Local: $8.51
• Other:  $54.97
  • Star Market/Shaw’s: $51.98
  • Target: $2.99
  • Other: $0

Ok, that was shockingly similar to April.  That’s good.

So, clearly I’m behind.  But, last week was the last week of school.  The week before that was the last week for most spring sports (some continue into the summer).  I’m aiming to post a grocery update every day this week which will get everyone caught up on that.  Then, the following week I’ll start posting about other things – our garden and what we’ve been up to since I last posted about non-food in December!

On Monday, I made a very big trip to Stop & Shop.  The $156.45 total was driven by (1) many things we use being on sale and (2) steaks for the holiday weekend bbq.

On Thursday I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $69.83.  It was higher than usual because – so much chicken.  We had pan fried chicken with steamed asparagus and potato cubes one night that week.

On Friday, I spent $93.67 at Wegman’s.

Finally, on Saturday June arrived.  I spent $20.83 at the farm stand to welcome the new month.

That brings the weekly total to $340.78, almost all of which will be counted towards the May numbers.

I had meant to post this the same day as the previous one, but the craziness of spring got in the way.

But, here it is.  The week of May 20 I spent $25.71 at Wegman’s.  That’s it!

I even failed to take a picture.  But, it was four gallons of milk, four containers of grape juice, and one jar of sauerkraut.  Yes, we had hot dogs and sausages one of the days.

I suspended my Farmer’s to You box for the week, largely because we were away for Memorial Day weekend.  Otherwise we ate what we had in the house.