May 18, 2010

Show me the money baby!

Okay so this post isn't really about showing anybody any money... but it is about showing some savings.  Over the past few years my husband and I have seen our grocery bill climb higher and higher.  Mainly due to me not planning our meals or coupon clipping.  I will venture to say an average grocery bill per month is just a few hundred dollars less than our mortgage.  Very sad...yes I know.  In an effort to cut down on cost and be more practical I decided to start coupon clipping and subscribing to a myriad of money-saving websites.  I will list a couple of those websites shortly.  But for now I just had to post my most recent shopping trip.  Let me just say that I was pretty proud of myself.  I visited our local Aldi (www.aldi.com) and was amazed at how cheap the products were.  If you aren't familiar with Aldi, here is a brief rundown.  Everything in store is generic brand for a lot less.  You bring your own bags to cart your groceries or you can purchase bags in store.  You bag your own groceries and rent a shopping cart for $0.25 which you are refunded if you return the cart.

Here is what I got:

Apple Crunchies cereal
Cocoa Rice cereal
2 boxes of Whole wheat pasta
Lite String cheese
Turkey tenderloin
Fresh strawberries
3 packs of 93% ground beef
2 packs of ground turkey
Fiber now granola bars
2 boxes onion soup mix
Chili w/beans
2 cans of sloppy joe
2 cans evaporated milk
3 boxes Fat Free chicken broth
1 jar pasta sauce
Oatmeal raisin cookies
1 bag baked potato chips
4 paper bags (to bag groceries)

I got all this for $49.34!!!  This is actually 2 weeks worth of meals for my entire family (minus pets) for less than $50.00.  Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP?!?!?!?!


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