[legend_018]

ive been collecting, reading, researching and of course buying. I'm a newbie and wondering if anyone can give advise on how I did this week. I do a lot of cooking and have a husband, a 2 year old and a 3 1/2 year old. I have marketbasket, hannaford, shaws, target, walgreens and cvs near me. rite aide sort of near me.

my husband buys all the meats, storage bags, paper goods, dog food, and a few other misc things at BJ's once a month. dont really want to change that for now unless i find a really good deal less than what he pays. i will occcasionally buy meat like ground turkey, shrimp when i need it from the local grocery store.

This week I spent $118.13 on groceries at combo market basket, hannaford, shaws, target and walgreens. Im hoping that I wont have to buy cereal for a month, bread for at least the next week or two (not including current shopping week) and hopefully no snacks for the next couple of weeks to a month. I didnt use tons of coupons, but did use some.

i didnt have to buy a 1/2 of a hormel ham for $12 at hannaford, but they were running a sale where you got a bag of frozen veggies and a big crockery containor of mashed for free. most of my shopping was at marketbasket.

breakdown sort of is
2 loafs of bread, already had some in refrigerator
package of turkey sausage
big bags of hannaford honeynut oats and kookies cereal - sale $3.00 2lb bags
couple galllons of milk
2 general mill cereals
apples 5 lbs
fishies
tomatoe sauce (free with coupons)
onions
lots of snacks at target and walgreens using coupons
bananas
large block of marketbasket sharp cheddar cheese
gogurts 2 8 packs
unsalted butter
cream cheese
corn veggie
eggs
banana pops
mac and cheese 12 pack
vanilla protein powder
mt olive kosher pickles
post honeybunch cereal
small tin of almonds
juiceboxes for kids
snacks include coupons i used for 6 boxes of keebler fudge cookies, fishies, rice crispie treats and a some granola bars.

[Lynda1811]

I think you did a good job. As long as you are happy with your shopping trips, and are saving money is all that is important.

Each of us have different needs for our families. So not all of us are going to buy the same things. As long are you are saving on the things that your family needs, it's a win - win.

Lynda