Providing a week of snacks for school can hurt the budget - Meal Plan and Grocery Trip for September 28th thru October 4th
Because of doing the snacks for this week of school, I couldn't wait to do the shopping on Monday like I have been doing. So, even though I was sick, we all went and did our shopping on Saturday. Here's the dinner plans for the week as well as what the kids got for their snacks:
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Here's the list we had for Walmart:
We ended up spending $46.37 at Walmart, off to Wegmans.
Here's the list for Wegmans:
We spent $43.00 at Wegmans which made the grand total $89.37. Yep, majorly over our $50 budget by $39.37. The amount spent on things for snacks this week was $58.48 before tax. I received $0.50 for the Ritz and $0.01 for each of the cans of soup as well as the fruit gummies through the Walmart Savings Catcher app.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Cheese Steaks | BBQ Pork Chops | Spanish Rice | Chicken Burritos | Nothing Planned | Nothing Planned | Nothing Planned |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
cupcakes pretzels chocolate milk |
mini blueberry muffins water |
Mickey cheese pepperoni Ritz crackers apple juice |
animal crackers popcorn milk |
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Here's the list we had for Walmart:
Items | Prices |
2- 1 gallon water | $0.88 x 2 = $1.76 |
6 cans of soup | $1.00 x 6 = $6.00 |
2 small cans of tomato sauce | $0.42 x 2 = $0.84 |
can of tomato sauce | $0.88 |
vanilla frosting | $1.48 |
cupcake wrappers | $1.48 |
cake mix | $1.12 |
Ritz Fresh Stacks | $2.50 |
fruit gummies | $2.00 |
cups | $2.58 |
Clorox wipes | $3.97 |
zinc lozenges | $3.00 |
animal crackers | $2.48 |
hoagies | $2.78 |
3 bags of Mickey cheese | $2.17 x 3 = $6.51 |
paper towels | $5.47 |
We ended up spending $46.37 at Walmart, off to Wegmans.
Here's the list for Wegmans:
Items | Prices |
mini blueberry muffins | $6.00 |
gallon of chocolate milk | $3.89 |
gallon of 1% milk | $2.69 |
OJ | $2.49 |
gallon of whole milk | $2.69 |
2 bags of pepperoni | $2.39 x 2 = $4.78 |
chicken Steak-umms | $3.19 |
apple juice | $4.99 |
pop tarts | $2.89 on sale for $2.50 |
pretzels | $2.99 |
popcorn | $3.79 |
onion | $1.13 |
green pepper | $0.82 |
We spent $43.00 at Wegmans which made the grand total $89.37. Yep, majorly over our $50 budget by $39.37. The amount spent on things for snacks this week was $58.48 before tax. I received $0.50 for the Ritz and $0.01 for each of the cans of soup as well as the fruit gummies through the Walmart Savings Catcher app.
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