(I went shopping today cause tomorrow is Mackenzie’s birthday and I’ll be working on her cake!!)

Menu for the week:

• Monday: shrimp and corn chowder, bread
• Tuesday: leftovers
• Wednesday: oven-grilled turkey sandwiches, chips, carrots
• Thursday: roasted chicken with veggies, stuffing
• Friday: Chick Fil A
• Saturday: over to friends house
• Sunday: baked ziti, broccoli, bread

I only made 1 stop this week, to Publix.  And I was pretty proud of myself in that I realized that my entire shopping trip except for 2 items was the perimeter of the store.  Those 2 items were applesauce (rain check from last week) and frozen corn.  The corn almost counts as a perimeter, as it’s basically fresh corn that was frozen.  Oh well, a technicality.  I didn’t save quite as much as I usually do, although I did decide to get organic celery and carrots, and I got a TON of vegetables - 75% of my list was vegetables.  Then I got 3 gallons of organic milk, shrimp, sour cream, and eggs.  That’s it!

• Spent: 54.60
• Full item value: 72.45
• Saved: 17.85 (25%)

I also did a trip to Target last week that I never reported.  While there I found the Starbucks Christmas coffee (in the Starbucks shop inside Target) was 75% off - one bag was 3.24!  I got 4 bags, that’s a better deal than even the Costco fresh-roasted coffee we usually buy.

Starbucks shop:

• Spent: 13.22
• Full item value: 51.80
• Saved: 38.58 (75%)

Target:

• Spent: 6.63
• Full item value: 6.63
• Saved: 0.00

Totals:

• Spent: 74.75
• Full item value: 130.88
• Saved: 56.43 (43%)

Remaining for the month: 2.17  - under budget, yeah!!