Return to college days..

Today we went to the pool and needed to take a picnic lunch. I packed peanut butter sandwiches for me and the family. I did not have any lunch meat, I had opted not to buy any this week to save money for the baseball game. I totally spaced the need for the picnic lunch today.

I also packed cheese and crackers-- note to self, pack separately next time as the crackers got a little moist from the cheese!

It was kind of like a meal I would have had when I was in college!

Hopefully our dinner made up for it. We had a small salad and I made homemade pizza. I had some spaghetti sauce remaining from another meal so I was able to use that. Of course I had cheese in the fridge! I added "fake" pepperonis. They were really good and there are some left for the next pizza. Yum, yum.

Trial and Error

Well I spent a good amount of time creating my new blog yesterday, only to find that I had not linked it correctly to my account. So I will try again today and see if it works this time.

Tonite we had a simple but delicious dinner consisting of egg noodles left over from a meal last week and "fake" meatballs. We added the Head Country Bar-be-que sauce to it-- surprisingly this bottle of Head Country is ALOT spicier than previous ones! I guess I will have to go back to Oklahoma to purchase new stuff! We also had a can of baby carrots. Everything for tonite's dinner was already in the house and I did not purchase anything this week at the store to make this meal.

Still have $66.91 for the baseball game on Sunday!

$75 to start and $66.91 left to go!

So I went to the grocery store and purchased my food for the week. Luckily, I still have a lot of fresh fruit and veggies from last week so I don't need to buy a lot of those. Boy do they add up quickly!

I purchased the following: one dozen eggs, a package of radishes, a bunch of fresh broccoli, a package of rolls, a container of blue cheese, a small bunch of grapes, and a gallon of vinegar. Last week I earned a $4 off your next order Catalina coupon so my OOP was $8.09. A great start!

With a hubby who loves dry cereal and a toddler who downs milk, I needed to buy two gallons of milk for the week. One whole milk and one 2%, realizing that it would cost me another $6 I tried to come up with a cheaper alternative. Then I remembered that drug stores now carry milk AND that I had some Extra Bucks. Yes.

I needed to go to CVS anyway because they have the Electrasol Tabs on sale this week for $3.99 and there was a $4 coupon in the paper.

So I went to CVS and purchased two gallons of milk and the Dishwasher tabs. I used one $5 ECB and one $2 ECB and the coupon, final OOP $0.0! Yes!

Dinner tonite will be Wachai Ferry's Cashew Chicken with steamed broccoli and baby corn. Last week I bought the chicken and used the Fresh Tyson Chicken $1 off coupon. I purchased the baby corn and had a coupon for it via Kroger's coupon mailing. The Wachai Ferry is from my stockpile purchased months ago with a $1.50 off coupon. Total cost for dinner: $7.78. Grocery outlay for the week, $1.50 for the broccoli.

ALL You Grocery Challenge

I've started the ALL YOU Grocery Challenge Monday. According to the rules, I can only spend $25 per person per week on groceries. This will be a little less than my usual spending habits. I usually spend between $75-100 per week in groceries and may go out to eat once for about $30 (on average). I think that I will be able to adjust because of my stockpile, which I can use to create meals.

The biggest speed bump for this week is that the hubby and I will be going to a MLB game on Sunday. This will be an all day event, leaving the house in the am and not returning until after dinner. I have spent the whole day trying to figure out how much money I will need for two meals. (one at the ball park and one in a restaurant). We are not taking the toddler, so I won't have a diaper bag to stuff food into!

We will have fish, a salad, and homemade cornbread for dinner.