GCC Shopping Round Up - So Much For This Weeks Menu

You might have read my wonderful menu plan from yesterday. I spent a good hour or two on it, late into the night last night. It has all kinds of good recipes in it. I was actually looking forward to cooking this week.

And then...

When I rolled over in bed this morning and said to my husband, "I don't want to open my eyes unless I'm going to see the beach when they open." He said, "Pack your bags." There are some definite perks to sleeping with the boss.

So I scrapped my beautiful shopping list and bought vacation food. Serious junk.

I admit, it was fun.

I found a suite big enough for the six of us at a 50% off rate. I Made sure it had a kitchen so I could cook our meals and save on restaurants, although I'm sure we'll have one celebratory dinner out. And then bought easy to prepare food. I considered taking my crock pot and the ingredients for all the meals I had planned but I'm not that hardcore. It IS a vacation. And we haven't had one for a few years. ( Some of the groceries are for the days this week that we'll still be at home. And to any bad guys out there, we have a house sitter that is a policeman. You don't want to mess with him.)

Breakfasts - cereal and milk
Lunches - Sandwiches with lunch meat and deli cheeses, fruit, juice
Dinners - Canned chili, soup, bagels

Snacks - summer sausage and cheese, fruit, chex mix bars, candy

S & S

4 packs of juice $7.96
4 bags of snack candy $5.56
6 boxes of cereal $6.00
2 small cans chili $1.18
3 cans soup $2.97
1 large can chili $1.99
2 boxes of chex bars $1.98
2 bags Starbucks coffee $5.00
2 summer sausage $3.00

Franz Bread Store

2 loaves bread and 3 bags of bagels $4.70
3 bags of hoagie rolls $4.90

Win-co

Turkey Pastrami lunch meat $3.58
Turkey breast lunch meat $2.94
Swiss cheese $4.33
Margarine sticks $.69
Cheddar cheese $4.48
5 dozen eggs $3.98
Canola oil $2.03
Bananas $2.05
Bulk oatmeal $.68
Margarine $1.98
2 gallons milk $3.96
Apples $2.81

Grand Total $79.15

If you'd like to share your shopping trip this week, please link directly to your post, not your homepage and don't forget to include a link back to The Grocery Cart Challenge.