I love keeping it under the budget! - Meal Plan and Grocery Trip Breakdown for November 30th - December 6th

Written by Lucy Monday, November 30, 2015 Post Comment

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Even with the leftovers from Thanksgiving, we still needed to get groceries for this week. To be a little honest with you, I'm getting tired of turkey leftovers. Here's my dinner plans for the week:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Chicken Quesadillas	Lasagna	French Bread Pizza	Pork Chops	Chicken Patties	Nothing Planned	Nothing Planned

Several of the meals planned, we already have most of the items for. Here's the lists I had to work with for Walmart and Wegmans:

Walmart		Wegmans
Item	Prices	Item	Prices
loaf of honey wheat bread	$1.74	gallon whole milk	$2.69
hamburger buns	$1.28	pop tarts	$2.19
loaf of French bread	$1.00	OJ	$4.69
corn	$0.98	tortilla shells	$1.49
pizza sauce	$0.98	pepperoni	$2.39 on sale for $1.99
green beans	$0.68	onion	$0.51
rinse aid	$6.68	chicken broth	$0.99
dishwasher detergent	$2.98
yogurt	$4.78
10 2L of Pepsi	$1.48 on sale for $1.00 x 10 = $10.00
Walmart Total =	$32.22	Wegmans Total =	$14.01

Everything in green was not on the list. I decided since we had the money and Pepsi 2Ls were at a pretty good price, I would stock up for Christmas. I also realized that I needed to cook some chicken breasts while I was at Wegmans so bought some broth, but completely forgot to purchase some salsa for the quesadillas. I had a carry over of 26.72 which brings this week's budget to $76.72. The total spent was $46.23, under budget yet again by $30.49! I also earned $0.25 through Ibotta with my wheat bread purchase.

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Lucy

I'm a stay-at-home mom in the DC Metro area who tries to focus on family, fun, and frugality. I'm always looking for new and exciting things to do with the family. Follow me on this adventure called life!