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Friday, October 15, 2004

Friday night excitment

In the Arrogant household, we go shopping every 2 weeks. My budget is $310 a month for groceries. This 2 week period, our menu consists of buffalo chicken strips with tator tots, salmon (friend will feed us....I will supply the lemon cake), meatloaf, BBQ chicken legs with mash pot and biscuits, spaghetti, corndogs and fries, nachos, turkey manwich, pasta, soup night, pulled pork sandwiches, and cheezit chicken (thanks, Katie).

I promised I would post my shopping list, so here it goes:
Vegetable oil 1.86
BBQ sauce 1.12
Tomato soup 1.00
Manwich 1.24
Enchilada sauce 1.06
Mini ravioli .95
Refried beans .55
Apple juice 1.97
Milk 3.08
Cheese curls .98
Raisins 2.06
Spaghetti sauce .88
Lemon frosting 1.38
Salsa 2.36
Olives .58
Paprika 1.77
Sunflower seeds 1.38
Flour .96
Poptarts 1.77
Toastables 1.50
Corn muffins .33 (C put this in the cart while we were not looking)
Veggie dip 1.98
Butter (the real stuff) 2.66
Instant potatoes (got lazy) 1.33
Lemon cake mix .78
Cereal 2.64
Cheez its 2.50
Cole slaw .54
Sugar snap peas 2.50
Bell pepper 1.50
Hamburger 5.96 (2 lbs)
Ground turkey 2.83
Butterfingers .44 (mommy treat)
Stouffers family meat loaf 5.96 (1.00 off coupon!)
Hashbrowns 2.78
Fries 2.18
Carrots 1.50
Green onions .47
Mushrooms 2.20
Lays chips 5.60 (3 bags….The Big D’s snacks)
Peanut butter crackers 1.78
Taco season .62
Mushroom batter .68
Kool Aid 1.00
Chicken tenders 4.48 (supposed to ring up $6.09…I’m not complaining)
Bread 2.00
Eggs .84

TOTAL: $86.48

Tomorrow, we have to pick up 4 more items at a different store. Albertsons is having a sale I can't pass up:
Tortilla chips 1.00
Pork Roast .99/lb
chicken breast 1.49/lb
corndogs (12-18 count) 4.99


Adding in these items:
TOTAL: $102.98

Which leaves us with $52 to add snacks or anything we run out of like milk or bread. Usually, I would only have about $30 left for extras, but this week, I have a lot of convenience or easy foods on our menu. I'm not really "cooking" a lot of the meals this period. Guess I just need a break.