This is very, very late. But, it’s here! The good, the bad and the ugly of our grocery budgets and hauls for the last two weeks. I tried my best to cull out anything that wasn’t edible, because – hello, this month’s total cost is going to be exorbitant already. I don’t need to add in anything that we didn’t eat, like washcloths and dog food. 🙄
BTW, did you see my post on Instagram? Do you have yellow pears where you live? Apparently, we don’t grow them in Virginia. Or import them either, hahahaha.
One of my many grocery hauls over the past two weeks. How do you like my new to me beach hat? Denton was not impressed. Good thing we’ve been married so long or that might have hurt my feelings. This one has a string to hold it on my head. Last year I lost my brand new hat on day two, due to the wind. I am prepared this year.
To all of you Mama’s and Daddy’s out there who feed lots and lots of people at your houses each week – you have my undying admiration and respect. Also, if I ever do win the lottery I need to figure out a way to help individual families with their grocery bills without just handing over money to a giant corporation.
Feeding lots of people, multiple meals a day is stressful and costly! It was so, SO worth it to have our families with us for Liv’s graduation. On a side note: Have you ever wondered how often drink company’s put their products on sale? I just realized that I’ve bought Pepsi products the last few times I’ve bought soda. I’ve looooong been a Coca-Cola girl, but I also LOVE Dr. Pepper. I can happily switch between the two constantly. But Denton asked me the other night why I hadn’t been buying Coke. Well, my darling, it’s because Coke hasn’t been on sale. If it’s not on sale, I don’t buy it. Step up your game Coca-Cola, because right now Dr. Pepper is getting all of my business…..
All of that to say, here is what we spent on groceries the last two weeks:
Food Lion $7.66 on 05.13.19 | Walmart $64.69 on 05.16.19 | Walmart $118.94 on 05.17.19 | Food Lion $58.41 on 05.20.19| Walmart $2.56 on 05.21.19 | Food Lion $29.91 on 05.22.19 | Walmart $21.89 on 05.25.19
Total spent for the last two weeks: $304.06
January $740.71
February $631.00
March $689.00
April $405.44
May $937.63 Yikes, May isn’t over yet!
And that’s it in the grocery haul department for our house. Are you keeping up with your grocery spending this year? Are you staying on track or do you just go with the flow?
Here are some ways I recoup part of my grocery budget each week:
ibotta | Checkout 51 | Receipt Hog | Walmart Savings Catcher
| Fetch (referral code – QF4TJ)
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