Yesterday, late in the afternoon, my Sweetie and I went for the first shop of October. We went to one grocery store (Freshco) where I thought they had the most specials on my list.
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| Sundries (non-food items) cost me $31.70 |
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The parchment paper and medium freezer bags were not on sale, so I bought the store brand. Notice also that I have bought another laundry detergent. That is because I still haven't picked up any washing soda. The last two stores I have looked for it but cannot find it. I also need it to make my Miracle Spray all-purpose cleaner, which I am running low on. I will try No-Frills later this week.
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| Meat cost $22.20. |
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The eye of round was on for $2.77/lb. and the Italian
sausage was $3.00/lb. The roast was cut into 3 chunks before I put it in
the freezer.
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| Dairy totaled $12.89 |
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I was happy to find Becel Vegan margarine here at Freshco. I have always had to make a special trip to get this for my daughter before her visits, or to take her any baking. Now I will be able to buy it all the time. I also bought plain yoghurt with active culture, so I can try to make my own yoghurt with my new machine I got last weekend.
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| Pantry items (and that bag of Tostitos, haha) cost $17.94 |
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| Produce and juice cost me $9.48 |
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This is where I got my biggest savings. The 10 lb. bag of carrots, potatoes, and onions each cost $1.97
The tins of DelMonte Veggies were .79 cents each, so I bought a case of peas. I may go back for niblets corn. The rutabaga was 59 cents a pound. The bananas were regular price of 56 cents a pound. But the orange juice (ahem Nathalie and Bless) believe it or not, was on sale for $4.49, a savings of $1.20. OJ is very expensive. I bought 2 loaves of Villagio bread for $4.58 (not pictured) for a total grocery receipt of $115.97 My savings due to sale items amounted to $46.30 I have not picked up my Shopper's gift card yet for this month.
Today, my Sweetie and I went out again to spend lots of money. Drat! Our printer is definitely finito. Staples had a sale on printers this weekend, so we went to check it out. We ended up buying a Canon (the ink cartridges appear to be slightly cheaper than other printers), two new cartridges, a $10 2 yr. warranty, and some more printer paper for a total of $170......an unplanned expense this month. We also stopped at the Dollar Tree for me to pick up some more 2-way tape for my crafting; but of course, I found a few more crafting items that appealed to me (though totally unnecessary), for under $10
While my son and his GF were setting up the printer for us, I went out to the garden to harvest more vegetables and my Sweetie went to the Pop-In store to cash in a $5 winning lottery ticket. He bought 2 more tickets with his winnings, and won $100 instantly on a scratch ticket. He gave me $60, so the price of the printer was only $110, and he kept $40 for his mad money to buy more lottery tickets. It should last him a couple of months. *laugh*
He won $100?! Wow! That's awesome! And how nice of him to give you some of it :)
ReplyDeleteYou got great deals on produce and meat this week. Yes, your OJ is expensive, I guess oranges don't grow in Canada, eh? You'd think it'd be pretty cheap here in Florida but I still think it's expensive, albeit not as expensive as in your neck of the woods.
I hope you like your printer! It's so annoying when technology craps out on us, isn't it?
And he gave me the "bigger" half. Ha. Fortunately, he doesn't spend a lot on lottery tickets. He is lucky though, and usually wins at least a free ticket from time to time to "keep in the game".
DeleteI will enjoy my printer because it is a working printer. I must use it a lot because I sure have missed it.
Good prices on the meat, potatoes, onions, and carrots! OJ is expensive here, too. It's been a while since I last bought some, but I'll check the price, tomorrow, when I do my grocery shopping and let you know. Nice of your Sweetie to share his winnings with you!
ReplyDeleteYes, good prices on veggies this week. Guess what I will be doing in the next couple of days? I'm not sure where in the freezer I will have room to stash all of these veggies, but I will cram them in there. That was an excellent price on the eye of round...cheaper than hamburger.
DeleteI checked the price of OJ, at the store today: Tropicana, 1.75 l = $3.99; Minute Maid, 1.75 l = $2.99; store brand, 1.89 l (half gallon) = $2.00
DeleteLook at that. You made the conversions for me. The Tropicana that I bought on the weekend was 1.65 l at $4.49 ( a savings of $1.20 apparently.) So you were right. It is more expensive for you than I thought it would be, but certainly more affordable. I bought it for my Sweetie to allow his iron tablets to be absorbed better, but I will check the prices on generic OJ and also check out lemonade.
DeleteThe liters were right there on the cartons. ;)
DeleteI looked at the picture and said...is that onions, that is a lot, those must be potatoes...read on and they are onions, potatoes and carrots!! Those are amazing prices. I am the only one in my household that likes orange juice so I never buy it unless there is a crazy sale and it is nearly free. It is a tasty treat for me but I totally understand because those iron pills are crazy stinky and I bet it makes them go down better and absorb better!!! Great trip!! I would have gotten so many bags of those potatoes...Aldi had the 10 lb bag at $4.49 for the last month. :(
ReplyDeleteI love this time of the year when the grocery stores sell their 10 lb bags of root vegetables for under $2. I love to stock up if I have the freezer space. Last year, one of the stores was selling 10 lbs of rutabaga for the same price. I haven't seen that sale yet.
ReplyDeleteYes, one of my hubby's doctors told us that orange juice with iron tablets allows the iron to be better absorbed. I am thinking maybe lemonade might have the same result.