We don’t have a car this week, but my sister went out of town and generously loaned us her vehicle. Still, I had to send husband dear to shop. I also totally blew the budget this week, as I tried to stock up in case it’s a while before we can get to the store again. I fully expect our next week’s spending to be fairly low, since I bought 10 gallons of milk, 10 pounds of oatmeal, and 9 dozen eggs this week! We do have a grocery store within walking distance but carting home food for 10 people would be a challenge.
I also bought 10 bottles of Gatorade, since husband dear will probably be riding his bike to work at some point this week until we get the car fixed. It’s been over 100 degrees for days now, so I hope he doesn’t have to do that for too long!
We spent: $195.85 (June 28-July 4)
Weekly average this year: $126.01
We got:
2# cherries, 9# bananas, 4# nectarines, 3# apples, 6 mangoes, 3.7# plums, 2.5# tomatoes, 5# carrots, 4# strawberries, 30 limes, 1/2# jalapenos, 1 bunch cilantro, 2 poblanos, 4.5# zucchini, 5 artichokes, 10# frozen veggies
5 loaves bread, 2 pkg. hot dog buns, 5 boxes cereal, 10.5# oatmeal, 100 corn tortillas, 32 oz. baking soda, 2 McCormick GrillMates, 2 oz. oregano
10 gallons milk, 9 dozen eggs, 16 oz. sour cream, 38 oz. sliced cheese, 1 pkg pepperoni, 23# boneless beef brisket, 12 oz meat, 2 pkg. hot dogs,
200 tea bags, 6 cans Ranch style beans, 6 cans hominy, 1 large can menudo, 3# barley, 2# white beans, 12 oz. sweet relish, 1 jar Kraft olive oil mayo, 3 jars Ragu, 1 an sauerkraut
12 pk. nutty bars, 24 oz. pancake syrup, 2 bags tortilla chips, 6 candy bars, 2 boxes granola bars, 1 liter Coke, 1 energy drink, 14# ice
We’re eating:
Saturday, July 4 – hotdogs, coleslaw, chips and pico, strawberries
Sunday, July 5 – gingered beef (crockpot), mashed potatoes, green beans
Monday, July 6 – pasta salad (olives, white beans, green beans), artichokes
Tuesday, July 7 – pork w/ pineapple salsa, rice, zucchini, barley pilaf
Wednesday, July 8 – swiss steak (crockpot), rice
Thursday, July 9 – pizza skillet meal (homemade hamburger helper), veggies
Friday, July 10 – black beans and rice, fried tortillas, hominy
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Wow! I’ll keep praying about your car situation. We’ve been there and it is NOT easy.
Mmmmmmmmmmm…I love me some black beans and rice! What is hominy?
I so understand over spending at the grocery store. We spent over our $300 biweekly food budget. But I didn’t spend that much the prior 2 weeks.
I pray that your car situation is resolved soon.