So, I really hate to shop. If I can get out of it, I will. I certainly don’t want to drag my four younguns to a store with me.
I dropped 3 kids off at gymnastics and rushed to Sam’s Club, right across the street.
I’ve always loved Costco, but they’d gotten so expensive to have a membership. When I got wind of a discounted Sam’s membership, I asked my husband to look into it and compare. He just signed up, so here we are. I still prefer the quality and selection of Costco.
What Does A Week’s Worth of Groceries Cost?
We buy our meat from a local butcher. It is ah-may-zing! So, that’s not in this post. We buy meat as needed to fill our freezer or for special occasions. Usually about every other month or so.
I do buy dairy. We just didn’t need any this trip. We use milk, cream, and half and half, usually in cooking. The kids drink milk. I don’t know of any local legal sources for dairy right now. And my kids love those Danimals yogurt drinks. They’re really not that bad. We’re running low on those, but I have to get those at Wal-Mart.
Our new next-door neighbor raises chickens and when our garden begins producing, we’re trading veggies for eggs!
So, here is my cart for a two weeks’ period. My husband gets paid twice a month and that’s about when we do our shopping, except for milk and eggs and incidentals. I keep a well-stocked pantry. It takes a lot of food to feed 6 people 3 meals a day plus snacks. We try to eat out rarely.
As you can see, most of my cart is fruits and vegetables.
If I don’t buy junk, they don’t eat junk.
No cookies, no candy, no prepared food.
I do like Annie’s products and will buy those on sale.
I do have chocolate chips and peanuts. I buy lemon juice to make our own lemonade. Almonds are a staple. And that bread beside my purse? It tastes like homemade and it’s only got 5 ingredients! Cuz I’ve been lazy making it lately.
Yes, my girls LOVE Brussels sprouts and asparagus…and we all love spinach and green beans and snap peas…and various children love the different fruits.
I am right pleased with this trip.
Cost, you’re wondering?
And, I’m terrible at budgeting and menu planning. I’m moody.
We really like eMeals for helping us with meal planning.
My meat for the world’s greatest meatloaf didn’t thaw out so we had breakfast for dinner.
How do we compare to the rest of the world?
Using Rakuten, Honey, iBotta, and Checkout 51 helps save money while shopping in store and online!
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Thanks so much for linking up! Your trip looks great! (We used to drink danimals too, but the kids started drinking them all in one day, and I got sick of trying to regulate it!) lol We buy the Stonyfield Organic Gogurts sometimes though. Sometimes I make our own…and sometimes we’ll just get a big tub (but we put fruity pebbles on it. lol) We are thinking about getting a Sam’s club membership…I really liked Costco when we visited, but the membership is somewhat expensive, and we wouldn’t buy meat there, or bread which would be two of our bigger savings. I have yet to make brussel sprouts for my family :hide: I liked them growing up if they were tender, but I have no clue how to cook them. lol. I love asparagus, but I’ve yet to convince my family that they do too. haha. I’ve been thinking about buying lemon juice to make our own lemonade too. Great idea! Thanks again!
I don’t like regulating the Danimals either. lol My kids like Gogurts too. I found some all natural ones by Yoplait. I steam or saute the Brussels sprouts and spritz lemon on them and the girls love them!
I’m really enjoying the posts in this link-up. We shop for two weeks at a time, too. Love the look of that cart full of produce! Yum. :)
Very interesting! Loved seeing all the fruits and veggies…looks about like what our family eats.
that’s great! thanks!