Week Two

Well this week is a little weird since I have to manage things without Chad at dinner and Halloween in the mix too.  So here it is.........

Breakfast

Monday - cereal                 $1.50 a box $1.50 for half a gallon of milk

Tue- bagels                         $1.48 a bag

Wed - pancakes                  $1

Thur. - cereal                      $1.50

Fri - waffles                        $1

Sat - choc. chip pancakes   $2 (approximately daddy makes them homemade)

Sun- cereal                         $1.50

Total   $17.48 (2 1/2 gal. of milk)

Lunch

Mon - pb&j                               $4 (I have to make 2 doz. for a Halloween party)

Tue - mac n' cheese                   $1 

Wed - hot ham and cheese         $2

Thur - garlic noodles/chicken     $3.50 (noodles $.75 chicken $2.75)

Fri - lunchables                          $1each ( they have been begging so I am giving in!)

Sat - OUT

Sun - we do one big meal

Total    $21.30 (with the boys eating school lunch twice each)

Dinner

Mon- pizza papa johns                       $6.79 (Mon special)

Tue- tacos                                          $3.60 (turkey meat on sale $.99 beans $.60 shells $1 cheese/lettuce 

                                                                       about $1) 

Wed - pesto w/garlic bread                 $4 ($1 noodles, pesto is homemade about $2, bread $1 from JJs)

Thur - pizza balls                                 $3 ($1 biscuits, $1 pep. $1 cheese)

Fri - pork loin/mashed pot                   $6 ($5 pork on sale, $1 pot., )

Sat. - leftovers                                    - free but we always have a dessert on leftover night ($3)

Sun - shepards pie                              $ 3($1.50 meat, $.38 peas, $0 leftover pot., $.75 beef broth $.25 

                                                                 seasonings)

Total $26.39

Snacks

Now these are just kind of available to my kids and I average it out over a week

2 packs pudding ($1 each)
box of gogurt $2.49
2 boxes granola bars ($2 each)
1 box fruit snacks ($1)
Crackers and cheese ($1)
and an ice cream after school everyday :) ($6)

plus we make a few desserts/special snacks
cookies ($4)
brownies ($1.50)
homemade kettle corn($.50)

Total $22.50

TOTAL FOR THE WEEK $ 87.67


 

Week One

Here we go, you guys will have to tell me what you think........

Breakfast

Cereal                       I pay about $1.50(or less) per box we use about one box with all of us eating, plus                                            about half a gallon of milk a day $1.50 ( I got them for $2.99)      

Pancakes                  This week these are frozen ones ($4- $1 coupon $3 for bag enough for 3 days= $1)


Eggs/Toast                $1/dozen Half Loaf of bread ($1.50/2 = $.75)


Waffles                      $1 a box for Eggos (we use 3/4)


Cereal                       $1.50

Toaster Struddel        $1 a box (a while ago) 


French Toast             Half of Loaf ($.75) eggs ($.50)


Total for Breakfast = $19.47 (over estimate since we will not drink a full 3 and half gallons of milk)

Lunch
Sunday we just do one afternoon meal
Garlic Noodles/Chicken Fries     Pastaroni $.75 Chicken (13.99/5 lunches = $2.80)


PB&J/Yogurt                            1/3 Loaf of bread ($.50) Peanut Butter ($.30 esimate)              
                                                 Jelly free (my mom makes it) Yogurt ($2.40/16= $.15 each so $.45)
                              
Spaghetti-os                              2 cans ($.50 each)


Ham/Cheese Sandwiches           1/3 Loaf of bread ($.50) Ham ($1) Cheese ($.25)


Grilled Cheese/Applesauce          1/3 Loaf of bread ($.50) Cheese ($.25) Applesauce ($1)


Sat. we will be out to eat

Total for Lunch =  $9.30 (plus boys school lunches $17 I know crazy way too much, but morning I like the help) = $26.30

Dinner 

Roast                                                Roast ($5) Potatoes ($2.50/2 = $1.25) Onions ($.50)

Bbq cups/ corn                                  Pound Hamburger ($2.00) BBq sauce ($.50) 2 cans corn ($.66)

tacquitos with chip and cheese          1Can Chicken ($2) Cheese ($1) Cream Cheese ($1) Green Onions
                                                        ($1) Cilantro ($.25) Green Salsa (1/2 of it so $1) Shells ($1) Chips
                                                        and cheese are leftovers


Taco Soup                                        Pound Hamburger ($2) Seasoning($.50) Tomatoes($.40) Tomato
                                                        Sauce (2 cans $.80) Kidney Beans ($.40) Toppings (left overs from 
                                                        other nights


Hot Dogs with Potatoes and Onions  1 pkg ($1) Buns($1) Potatoes ($1.25) Onions ($.50)


Out for Brock's slumber party

Pizza Pull Aparts                               1 can biscuits ($1- $.15= $.85) Chesse ($.50) Pepperoni ($1) 
                                                        Seasoning/Parm Cheese ($1) Sauce ($1)


Total = $29.36 (We will be eating out for Brock's party but it is in the party budget since that is what he wanted to do so I am not including it)

Total for all meals is $ 75.13 now we will add snacks though


Snacks
Now these are just kind of available to my kids and I average it out over a week

2 packs pudding ($1 each)
box of gogurt $2.49
2 boxes granola bars ($2 each)
1 box fruit snacks ($1)
Crackers and cheese ($1)
and an ice cream after school everyday :) ($6)

plus we make a few desserts/special snacks
cookies ($4)
brownies ($1.50)
homemade kettle corn($.50)
plus we will have Brock's cake but it will be with his party budget too

Total snacks $22.49 (almost as much as dinner more if you count all of the fruit!)
 


Before I get complaints about my kids not getting fruits and vegetables they of course get them.  I simply will not be filling them in every week.  This is how I do this, I have $15-$20 a week that I spend on fruit and veggies.  I spread it out over the week but I like to give them choices.  Once I get the fruit on Monday I will write out what we got at how much, but I will go back later in the week for more too.

Total for meals/snacks/fruits = $112.49 this is probably a little high I will get better on getting them exact as we go.  Remember this is 6 people so yours might vary but it possible to feed a family of 6 for around $100 every week and still get a lot of fruits and veggies.  I will write a list of what all I can get with $15 when I shop!

Rough patch

Sorry I have hit a little bit of a rough patch in life lately and haven't been doing my blogs like I should.  I am going to try and do this a different way and see if it will help me stick to it.  Starting next week I am going to do our menu for the week and tell you how much is spent on the meals that we do.  If you like it that way I will keep it up, plus I will put in really good deals that I find:), if you don't like it I will go back to the old way!

Busy week

Well last week I found out that my in-laws were going to take my 3 oldest kids for a week one week from the day I found out.  If you know me this means that I freaked because my entire house has to be cleaned before people come to visit and I needed to get through their clothes to find out what still fits, since we normally get this up there(just cheaper).  Anyway I have been running around crazy and haven't had time to put up the deal that I got on Monday. 
I just did Walmart and did the price matching.
2 Strawberries PM $1.49
6 Snak-sack Oreos PM $1 - $1/2 coupons (I had 2 coupons) = $4/6
Green Onions PM $.39
Zucchini PM $.79/# = $1.18
Peaches PM $.77/# = $1.02
Onions PM 2#/$1 = $.74
Banana PM $.39/# = $1.26
4 Lunchables PM $1
2 Sara Lee Bread PM $1.66
2 Honey Graham Crackers PM $1.97
3 6pk Dr. Pepper 1/2liters PM $1.77
Tortilla Chips $1.98
Butter $2.58
Salsa $1.98
Tostito Bean Dip $2.98
Guacamole $3.98- 1.50/1coupon = $2.48
2 Taco Shells $1.38
2 Gallons of Milk $3.48
2 Bagels $1.43
Hot Dog Buns $1.25
Potatoes $1.77
Total $56.55

Left this month 
$94.54 - $56.55 = $37.99


Going to probably go over this month but since I have a good stockpile on ground beef right now I am okay with that.  Plus next week I will only have Kaylee at home so we might not go over, we will have to wait and see!!!!

Randalls

Okay I am sure you are wondering how we get by on no meat or chicken, but we don't I normally save a little bit every month so when we find a food value on meats we can stock up.  Like at Christmas time this last year we got 48 pounds of chicken (we got it on sale for $.99/#!)  We were talking about it this morning because we are actually getting really close to needing to stock up again.  We have been running really low on ground beef for a while now, there have just not been any good deals, well Randalls this week has the 85/15 for $1.99/#.  This used to be above my price point, but with the prices lately this is a really good price for 85 so we went in fast today to get some.  We got 22 pounds, still hoping that maybe we will find a better price but for now we will have enough for a while!
So here is our transaction, I needed a few things for Father's Day dinner too.
4 packs of ground beef ($12.72, $11.76, $11.18, $10.79)
Thin pork chops (14) $9.84
Gallon of milk $3.34
Broccoli $2.18
Carrots $.99
3 Melting choc $1 each !!!  super excited about this going to make Chad get more probably.  They last a long time checked the date and they are in 2013, and this stuff is great, it is the Dolci brand.

Total 65.80 (saved $58.29 even though their prices are higher than some still great with basically all meat)

Left this month
$160.34 - 65.80 = $94.54 
getting a little low, but I had extra to cover since we bought so much meat!

Vocalpoint

I know that I normally just do match up but I wanted to tell you guys about vocalpoint quickly.  This a site where you go and sign up and they will send you stuff from time to time to try out.  I have gotten sunscreen, kids prepackaged meals, cereal, ect.  You have to get the offers while they are on their webpage so you do need to check it from time to time.  If you guys like it I will post when I see something new being posted so you can go and get it to.  Today they are giving out Motts juices so to this link to sign up for it
www.vocalpoint.com/mottsfortots
Then make sure to write me and let me know if you got it and if you want me to tell you more things like this!

6/13 price matching

Okay well this week I pretty much got junk :)  The boys have a day camp that goes over dinner so they needed meals to take with them, they were begging for lunchables and since it has to be in throw away packaging at least those won't be all smashed.  Also with the kids home I decided to get extra snacks that I don't always get.  Without doing a meal plan really this week I didn't need to buy too much, it will just be me and the girls for most of the dinners so we will probably do something fun!
Anyway here we go,
1.83# and 2.23# of red seedless grapes PM at .99/#
 9 (? thought it was 10)Hunts 4 pack Snack Pack Puddings PM $.69
6 Lucky Charms PM $1.88 (not great price) - $1/2 and - $1/3 (I bought these because I had buy 3 get a free milk and I needed milk so for about the same price as milk I got cereal too!)
10 Lunchables PM $1.25 (some are the good deli creations crackers some are the regular)
5 2-L Dr. Pepper PM $.79
3 16-pk of RiceKripies Treats PM $2.99
4 Kiwi PM 4/$1
3.61#Banana PM 3# for a $1 = $1.20
2 Seedless Watermelons PM 2 for $3 = $3
15 Limes PM 15/$1
5 Sunbelt Granola Bars $1.88/box (yes you can get free or cheap granola bars a lot but my kids will not anything but this type of granola bar so this is what I buy!)
2 Gal Milk $3.48 - Free when you buy cereal(-$3.75) = makes it a $.27 money maker each
Sargento Cheese Sticks $3.82- $.75/1coupon
2 Packages Oscar Meyer Lunchmeat $3.28 - $1/2 (rang up wrong but didn't catch it suppose to be $2.88 each)
Equate brand Advil $3.94
Dial Bodywash $.97 - $2/1 = makes $1.03 per coupon you have
Gala apples (cashier said she could price match 5 for $1 so I let her) 2.87# = $.57!!!
Total $72.60 (kind of a lot but I needed things I don't always get and still not too bad since I got a lot of fruit!)

Left this month 
$232.94 - $72.60 = $160.34