Friday, January 9, 2009

Reality Bites

It was a surprise week for us. Flooding gave us a few extra mouths to feed. Plus my clumsiness ruined one of our dinners. This is what's left of our Nacho Casserole....


So I had to make an extra trip to the store

Here's what I added to my original shopping trip this week.


25 lb bag of flour $7.98
3 lbs apples $2.47
Bulk Powdered Milk $2.10
Lemon Juice $1.58
4 lbs bananas $2.04
3 lbs grapes $2.13


Total $18.30 + Mondays Total = $71.90


I just wanted you to see that sometimes even I have to go back to the store.

30 comments:

Precision Quality Laser said...

Bummer...the nacho casserole looked like it would have been delicious!

By the way, how would you store bulk powdered milk? What type of container do you use?

But, even if you did have to make a trip back to the store, at least you didn't cave and go for takeout! :)

Relishing Life said...

Oops! I did that to the meatloaf that I was baking when company was over during the last minutes when I went to put it back in the oven. Hope you were able to whip up something else quickly!

I love your blog! You share so much information with everyone! I am using alot of your tips to tame our household budget and get our debts paid down. Thanks for all of your help!!

Gayle said...

We ended up having pancackes which used up all my flour. I get a little panicky when I don't have flour. I have a collection of great 1.5 gallon glass jars that are short and squat with white plastic lids. I store my powdered milk in those inside my cupboard.

Teresa & Julie-Andi said...

Oh, I'm so sorry! What a mess. I broke 4 serving platters in one opening of a cupboard 2 weeks ago. All due to me not stacking them very well... I'm still dreading shopping for replacements.

Phoebe @ GettingFreedom said...

Totally hate it when that happens! I am such a klutz in the kitchen. I've managed to cut myslef 4 times this week, and jab my pinky w/a knife. Thinking I need to either stay away from sharp objects or the kitchen!

I, too, panic w/no flour!

Amanda Troyer said...

I feel so bad for you! I seriously will cry if I ruin dinner... I really get emotional over spilled milk LOL

Anonymous said...

where do you get a 25lb bag of flour at? i've never seen them that big at the grocery store. or did you go to costco or something?

Danielsen5 said...

Not crying over spilt milk was litterly one of the hardest lessons I had to learn as a parent. Especialy now with it totaling $3.14 at the Wal-Mart 20 miles away, or $3.65 at the store down the street. I feel your pain, and I wanted to cry too.

Blessings, Beth Ann

LvPoohBr2 said...

Oh, that's heartbreaking!

I thought I was one of the only people who bought 25# of flour at a time! My kids used to tease me until they watched how quickly it was used up! Ü

LvPoohBr2 said...

Oh, that's heartbreaking!

I thought I was one of the only people who bought 25# of flour at a time! My kids used to tease me until they watched how quickly it was used up! Ü

$5 Dinner Mom said...

That is just so sad! I hope tomorrow is a better day :)

Gayle said...

I got the flour on the shelf at Win-co. Come to find out when you buy it in that big of a bag it's cheaper than bulk. Bulk is 34 cents a lb. This came to 31 cents per lb.

Halfmoon Girl said...

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! That casserole looks really good, even smashed and full of glass. For about .2 of a second I would have wondered about salvaging it, but the shards of glass and all would be a deterrent. Is it wrong to say that it made me feel better that even you has to go back to the store- even if it was because you opened your house and were generous?

Terri Steffes said...

As sorry as I am about the casserole, I am grinning about your honesty. I love what you are about!

Have you ever made homemade baking powder? If not, I have a recipe!

momstheword said...

Been there, done that! Well, it does match quite nicely with your floor!

Do you use the powdered milk in your baking or to drink? I was at Winco recently and it seemed like the powdered milk wasn't much cheaper than the liquid milk (at least, on that day, or unless I figured wrong).

Gayle said...

I use powdered milk mostly for baking but I also use it for drinking. I mix it with 1/2 regular and 1/2 powdered and the fam doesn't know the difference. I believe it's $3.13 per lb at my Win-co and it's very light stuff. 1/4 cup dry makes 1 cup liquid.

na said...

So sad to see your delicious meal on the flour!

I ran out of flour totally at Christmas and vowed never to do that again!

nanny said...

Bless your heart! Don't you hate cleaning up something that would have been so good!

Sadie said...

Oh no, what a mess!

cooking like a frugalite said...

Bless you for opening up your house. It will come back to you.

Lynettee66 said...

Awwww, I'm so sorry about the casserole that bit the dust. You are so sweet to feed extra friends during the floods. 31 cents a lb on flour is awesome!!

Nicole said...

Oh No! When you are on a budget ... that HURTS! Wish I could say I haven't done that more than once! Bless you for helping others, though.

Nicole said...

This may sound like a dumb question, but when you are cooking, you just use powdered milk instead of real? It never occurred to me. But with the cost of milk, and our love for it, it sure would be cheaper to cook with it! I'm assuming you just follow the instructions on the box???

Unknown said...

That sounds like a great price for the powdered milk. Around here the cheapest I can find is $12.99 for a 20 Qt box. And that's at Aldi's 20 miles away.

We also buy flour 25lb at a time.

Anonymous said...

I feel your pain. I dropped a lasagne this summer. The tomato sauce splattered all over my "just cleaned" white cabinets, and fell into the spaces on the wood floor. It took forever to clean up. We just ate a frozen pizza that night. It happens to the best of us!

Trish said...

I just noticed the link on a friends page. WOW you can manage a family of six on a 60$ budget? We are a family of four and we do ok with 50 most of the time.

Melissa said...

That casserole looked really good

Anonymous said...

what is your recipe for Nacho casserole?

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Anonymous said...

Oh how sad!