These are all of my grocery shopping hauls for 09.16.19 through 09.22.19.
Hello my friends! This year is rocketing by, isn’t it? I can’t believe that we are almost through with September. Especially with the summer temperatures that we are still having. Don’t get me started…..Where are you Fall?!
I spent a whopping $52.30 at the grocery store last week and I can’t tell you how happy that makes me. It truly is amazing how much money I can save by keeping myself out of the grocery stores. I’m working on my self-control around sales. It’s one thing to stock up on something that I know we will use within a sales cycle – and you can actually track the sales cycle so that you know exactly how many of something to buy when you do find an excellent sale – and quite another for me to buy $15.00 worth of chewy granola bars because they were on sale. You know, since there is only one person at my house who actually likes chewy granola bars and it would take them nine months to eat that many. I’m learning, slowly, but I am learning.
Perfect example:
My Kroger had Classico spaghetti sauce on sale for $1.49 a jar. It was a item that I knew I should buy five of because I know that we will absolutely eat those before the next sales cycle comes through.
They also had Oreo’s for $1.99 for the family size! I restrained myself and only bought two. Liv is correct when she says there is no comparison between the store brand and the real deal. But when the real deal is $5.00 a package……. Good thing these were on sale.
Kroger also had the mega stack Pringles for $0.97 each. Always look at your receipt. I try to keep a running tally in my head as I shop, especially if I’m only getting a few things and when the cashier told me my total, I knew something hadn’t rung up correctly. There were already about eight people behind me (it was Saturday) so I just rolled by the customer service counter on the way out and sure enough the register charged me full price for the Pringles. Just by checking my receipt, it saved me over $5.00. That’s almost enough to pay for two rides on the subway in New York. But I HIGHLY recommend buying the unlimited pass if you are going to be there for more than a couple of days. It’s much more cost effective.
Money takes on a completely different connotation when you attach it to things like that. Don’t you think?
Liv and I also bought things like broccoli, cauliflower, avocados, lettuce, tomatoes and strawberries. They are already importing strawberries from far away places in my town. The summer berries are gone. So summer needs to go too!!!! Alright, I’ll stop harping about the weather for today.
So how did the grocery shopping go at your house last week? What did you buy? Is your town already importing strawberries too?
Kroger $35.11 on 09.21.19 | Walmart $17.19 on 09.21.19
Total spent for the last week: $52.30
January $740.71
February $631.00
March $689.00
April $405.44
May $1,047.02 Yikes
June $361.33
July $704.96
August $760.65
September $239.24
How is the grocery shopping going at your house?
Here are some ways I recoup part of my grocery budget each week:
ibotta | Checkout 51 | Receipt Hog | Walmart Savings Catcher
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