Hello my friends. I hope you are having a great week! My Mama and I were having conversation the other day about the best way to save on your grocery bill. It’s quite simple, if you can actually do it. And all you have to do is stay OUT of the store. Truly. Yes, I know. We are geniuses. 🙂
I know that’s not possible all the time, but if you can make what you have at home stretch for a day, and then another day…..I kept myself out of the stores week before last with this method until last Friday when we were completely out of fruit and other desperate necessities, like:
Swaggerty’s sauage. This is the BEST sausage patties on the planet in my opinion. I use others sausages for other things, but if I am craving sausage biscuits and gravy, this is what I’m going to use. Every time.
Pedigree dog food. I’ve been buying this for Oreo. I have found that the better quality food we buy the fur babies, the less food they eat and they seem to stay full longer. We leave their food out at all times so that they can regulate when they want to eat, but they still eat less with the better food.
I use this in place of milk – when I remember to add it to my list – when I make Hayden’s Alfredo. It is SO good.
Fiesta blend cheese. We put this stuff on everything.
The people who live at my house actually prefer the Walmart version of Honey Nut Cheerios. Does your family have quirks like that?
And much, much more. And then another week went by because life is crazy at my house right now. Denton is still in terrible pain. He had an epidural shot in his spine – gahhh – and our next step is to see the Neurosurgeon. Keep him in your prayers. He said to me this morning that so far this hasn’t been a stellar year health-wise. Hopefully he will be pain free soon. It is a horrifying thing to watch someone you love be in terrible pain, and not be able to do anything about it. I hope you and yours are well!
So let’s see what the damage of the last two weeks was:
Food Lion $24.36 on 07.05.19 | Walmart $111.57 on 07.05.19 | Food Lion $44.47 on 07.09.19 | Walmart $32.79 on 07.10.19 | Walmart $102.16 on 07.13.19
Total spent for the last week: $315.35
January $740.71
February $631.00
March $689.00
April $405.44
May $1,047.02 Yikes
June $361.33
July $315.35
I have no idea how to gauge where we will end up at the end of this month. We shall see. How is the grocery shopping going at your house?
Here are some ways I recoup part of my grocery budget each week:
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I’m sorry about the trouble that Denton is having. I’ve had back pain along with sciatica episodes for years. The first epidural helped so much. The second, not at all. They were for the sciatica pain. Losing weight has been the best thing for the long term.
Also, have you tried reflexology? I know lots of people think it’s a lot of hooey. But, for me, my husband and so many others, it works! You can even apply the same method to your hands as to your feet, which is super handy when you have a ping of pain while sitting in worship or standing in line at the store. So much better than taking your shoes off and rubbing your foot! You can find info online, of course, but, I tend to use my books for reference more often.
Tell me what you think.
Thanks so much for the advice, I truly appreciate it! His MRI shows that his sciatic nerve is completely compressed and his blown disc is also pressing tightly against his spinal column. We go in two weeks to speak to the neurosurgeon to talk about our options a this point. I LOVE reflexology! I’m glad it works for you!