GCC Shopping Round Up - Yeah, that's what I'm talkin 'bout!

1. I REALLY love and appreciate my husband.
2. No worries, I've got plenty of pepto bismal in the cupboard for the next day.
3. Note to self: This is why you always build your menu around what you already have, not completely from store bought ingredients and definitely not from cravings.

My husband and I are on this $60 a week grocery plan together. We're a team. We entered in with complete agreement on the budget and the sacrifices...and the beans. Fortunately I married a man who isn't a complainer either. Even when I cook something and he doesn't like it, very seldom will he tell me. The only clues I have are when he says, "Honey, maybe we shouldn't make this one again." and he's probably only said that to me twice in nearly 15 years of marriage.

So he totally deserves steak and all the trimming for his birthday dinner.

But I have to say, I nearly puked when I saw the register receipt this week. I just had to keep saying.....I Love This Man, I Love This Man. We are going to have to have breakfast at 7AM to get all this eating in.

For breakfast he requested (and this is exactly his words):

Starbucks Coffee
OJ and V8
Scrambled eggs with chunky salsa
rye toast soaked in butter
5 sausage links
shredded hash browns

For Lunch:

Artichoke and sun dried tomato pizza and vanilla coke. (I'll purchase this pre-made at a later time)

For Dinner:

Steak
garlic mashed potatoes
steamed broccoli
garlic toast
pink lemonade
dense chocolate dessert with cool whip

(you'll find recipes in yesterday's post)

So here's how it went....

S & S

5 yellow onions $.99
2 bags of Starbucks coffee $5.00
2 heads of broccoli $1.00
3 cucumbers $1.00
6 kiwi $1.00
6 tomatoes $1.00
1 jumbo can refried beans $.99


Grocery Outlet

2 cartons vanilla soy milk $1.98
large pitted olives $.79
4 double rolls TP $2.99
Toothpaste $.99
jumbo pack of chicken thighs with $2 off coupon $1.96
shredded Parmesan $1.99
rotini $.99
macaroni $.99


Win-co

2 packages of sirloin steaks (about 8) $10.76
Strawberry Yogurt $1.68
frozen orange juice $.98
gallon milk $1.98
frozen pink lemonade $.84
kosher salt $2.06
2 lbs Monterrey jack $3.98
2 lbs cheddar $3.98
whipped topping $1.18
2 cream cheese $1.96
breakfast links $5.58
V-8 juice $2.98
frozen hash browns $2.34
5 dozen eggs $6.95
1/2 lb bulk toasted oat cereal $.87
fresh basil $.48
1.5 lbs bulk oats $.66
Salsa $2.48
3.25 lbs apples $2.14
Real butter $1.98
5lb red potatoes $2.68
2 lb carrots $.98
2.75 lbs bananas $1.60

Grand Total $84.78 + pizza and pop later

I'm going to enjoy every beautiful bite.

How did your shopping trip go this week?