Down to $48 and 1 1/2 weeks

Saturday was shopping day. I'd planned my recipes for the week, scanned the ads, printed my coupons, and made my list. It was a long Saturday starting with dropping Marshal off at his nanny's house. I just couldn't run all the errands I had, as quickly as I wanted, with him in tow.

After weight training at the gym, I headed to Target to do a mystery shop. I earned $13 for taking a couple pictures on my phone. From a previous shop, I can cash out $17 into my Paypal account or wait and earn more if jobs pop up soon. If I need extra groceries I may cash out. :)

I discovered Cash and Carry...they have a pound of butter for $1.77. When I need butter I'm going there.

I had $108 left of our monthly grocery budget and I gave myself $60 to spend because there was a great price on chicken breast at Albertsons...$1.99 a pound as opposed to $3.19 at Costco.

I spent $22.76 at Albertsons and $36.45 at Winco for a total of $59.21...officially under the budget I set for this trip!

I bought:

• 5 pounds of chicken breast
• 5+ pounds Pork Loin
• Bulk Bowtie Pasta
• 2 boxes of granola bars
• 3 Hillshire Farms sausage ropes
• Produce - onion, red pepper, bananas, 2 lb bag of carrots
• Bulk Granola (goes great in yogurt)
• Flour (about 7 lbs)
• Peach Salsa
• 2 lbs Lunch Meat
• Black Olives
• eggs
• Coke 12 pack (free)
• Milk
• Bulk seasoning

The bulk section at Winco is AMAZING!!! I got flour, spices, granola, and pasta for way cheaper than packaged. The spices in particular are amazingly cheap...I knew there was a reason I kept the old glass seasoning containers. :)

From now until June 30 we have $48 remaining for groceries. We shouldn't need any more meat until July. We have lots of pasta and flour for bread. I expect I'll need lunch meat, yogurt, milk, maybe eggs, and some produce. I'm hopeful we can make this challenge!