This was a big week because I went to BJs.  I spent $206.14 there on Tuesday.

On Thursday, I went to both Stop & Shop and Shaw’s.  Shaw’s was the usual, pizza dough, oatmeal, and pizza cheese.  Oatmeal is on sale through the end of the year, which is pretty typical.  Everything in the Stop & Shop picture was on sale except the cheese.  I never buy English Muffins, but they were buy 1, get 2 free.  I spent $46.72 at Shaw’s (left) and $56.68 at Stop & Shop (right).

I also spent $5.34 at the farm stand on Sunday for local peppers and apples.

Because the crazy evening schedule is unrelenting, you’re not going to see much of this on this week’s menu.  We also lacked a dishwasher and sink this week, so there was a lot of take out and paper product usage.

Monday:
Take out pizza

Tuesday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, carrot sticks
Late: Leftover pizza

Wednesday:
Leftover pizza and leftover BBQ

Thursday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, carrot sticks
Late: Homemade pizza

Friday:
Take out pizza, with visitors

Saturday:
Steak
Mashed potatoes with gravy
Carrots
Spinach salad

Sunday:
Out, with visitors

Back on Wednesday again as I get thrown off by the Monday holiday and our general busyness on Tuesdays.

I made a very small ($27.30) stop at Wegman’s on Monday.  This was on the way to Shaw’s where I spent $49.30 on pizza dough and pizza cheese.  (The milk is from Wegman’s, but it had to go in the fridge too.)

On Wednesday I made a rather large ($117.49) trip to Stop & Shop.  I had a reasonable number of coupons.  For example, the single serve brownies were free!

Then on Saturday I went back to Wegman’s, primarily for paper products as our kitchen sink and dishwasher will be unavailable this week.  But, I also got my limit 2 of both sugar and flour – time to stock up apparently.  This, plus six dozen eggs, totaled $43.88.

Our meals this week were not spectacular, largely because we had to split dinner almost every night.  Add in some very tasty leftovers and takeout in anticipation of the missing sink/dishwasher, and it wasn’t great.

Monday:
Early: Macaroni & cheese, spinach salad
Late: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Leftovers: pulled pork, baked beans, corn salad; fresh spinach salad

Wednesday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, strawberries
Late: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Early: Leftover pulled pork, spinach salad
Late: Steak, hash browns, spinach salad

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Tacos, corn

Sunday:
Take out BBQ

Just snuck this one in this week.

Let’s cover last week’s groceries first since they’re a subset of the numbers.

On Monday I spent $187.03 at BJs.

I spent $72.20 at Wegman’s and $6.45 at the farmer’s market on Tuesday.

Finally, I spent $44.04 at the farm stand over the weekend.  The bag of bananas was $1.50 and I’ve been working through it making many loaves of banana bread.

With BJ’s trips at the start and end of the month, I was expecting this one to be high.  Taking that into account, things were pretty good.

September TOTAL: $1,041.35

• Stop & Shop: $222.81
• Wegman’s: $297.69
• BJs: $372.42
• Other: $
  • Local: $101.03
  • Star Market: $47.40
  • Trader Joe’s: $0
  • Target: $0
  • Other: $0

The menu was pretty basic and choppy this week, though we made good use of our leftovers.  There was a lot of homemade pizza!

Monday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, green beans
Late: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Chili, cornbread

Wednesday:
Early: Chicken cacciatore, green beans, cornbread
Late: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Early: Chicken nuggets
Late: Homemade pizza

Friday:
Spaghetti & meatballs, spinach salad

Saturday:
Early: Hot dogs
Late: Homemade pizza

Sunday:
Pulled pork, baked beans, corn salad

I don’t usually post on Wednesdays, but its been one of those weeks.  So, I decided to post today rather than doubling up next Monday.

I made rather a lot of grocery stops this week.

On Monday, I spent $77.68 at Stop & Shop.  Most of this was on sale.  The best deal was the goldfish at 99¢/bag.

I also made a quick stop at Shaw’s for those few items only they carry ($47.40).  Note – other places do carry Cracklin’ Oat Bran, but their shelves have been bare for a while so when I saw it I grabbed it (not on sale).

On Thursday, I bought $20.17 in produce from the farm stand.  The strawberries were gone by breakfast the next day, so I didn’t feel bad about buying seconds.

Finally, I spent $73.83 at Wegman’s on Friday.

With fall sports in full swing, we’ve been having mostly split dinners again.

Monday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, broccoli
Late: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs, carrots

Wednesday:
Pot roast, green beans, popovers

Thursday:
Early: Pancakes
Late: Tuna noodle casserole

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Shepard’s pie, green beans, pumpkin pie

Sunday:
Early: Macroni & cheese, green beans
Late: Chinese take out

I was not an efficient grocery shopper this week.

On Monday, I spent $151.66 at Wegman’s.

 

I had planned to go to Stop & Shop on Thursday, but realized I had other errands to run so it made sense to go on Tuesday instead.  I spent $51.21.

I also spent $13.40 at the farmer’s market.

However, I realized I forgot jalapenos for the fish tacos.  Also, because I had gone on Tuesday rather than Thursday, I didn’t have enough milk.  So, I went to Stop and Shop again on Wednesday.  While there I also got fresh tilapia for the fish tacos.  So, while I spent an additional $37.75, I do have frozen tilapia for a later date.  I also took the opportunity to get a second ice cream because the deal had a limit of one.

Monday:
Early: Turkey, mashed potatoes, carrots
Late: Chinese take out

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday:
Fish tacos, guacamole, pico de gallo

Thursday:
Early: pancakes
Late: tuna noodle casserole

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Take out pizza

Sunday:
Leg of lamb, pan roasted potatoes, spinach salad, blueberry cobbler

So, I took almost the entire summer off from a full post of this type.  But, we’re back and with more info since starting this month I’m planning to include budget info with each grocery trip vs just the monthly summaries.

I let Labor Day push the posts back last week.  Between that and the relatively long post covering all of August, I missed the first three days of September.  So, they’re covered here.

On Friday, Sept 1, we went blueberry picking.  I don’t have a picture of all the blueberries, but we got 8.3 lbs for a total of $31.13.

On Saturday, Sept. 2, I went to BJ’s for the first time in months.  I spent a total of $185.39 after 15 coupons totaling $37.75.

I spent $29.88 at the farm stand on the same day.

On Tuesday, I spent $11.50 at the farmer’s market.  I was happy to see that peaches were still available.

Then on Thursday, I spent $56.17 at Stop & Shop.  Most of these items were on sale, hence the quantities.  The milk, craisins, and yogurt were not on sale.

You’ll see a lot of this show up in what we ate.  I’ll go back to Sept. 1 to cover the holiday weekend when we did some nice barbecuing.

Friday:
Kids: chicken nuggets, carrots
Adults: homemade pizza

Saturday:
BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, pasta salad, blueberry cobbler

Sunday:
Chicken piccata, spaghetti, garlic bread, spinach salad

Monday:
BBQ beef roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, gravy, popovers

Tuesday:
Picadillo con Espinacas, cornbread, tomatoes

Wednesday:
Salmon, green & wax beans, cornbread

Thursday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, spinach salad
Late: Steak, hash browns, spinach salad

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Take out pizza for those who did not go to the Red Sox game

Sunday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, applesauce
Late: Homemade pizza