Bless I hope you're feeling better! Take care of yourself and of course, DD too!

Last night we had meatloaf, pan fries and steamed broccoli with cheese. Tonight is a 'breakfast' night, so I think we'll have waffles and bacon. After the kids are in bed a friend is coming over and we're going to bake a slew of cookies for the freezer.

3 freezers full of food and NOTHING sounds good for tonight! I hate that. I had a latte this afternoon and now I'm full and nothing sounds appealing.

I'll probably end up making shrimp scampi with rice and a salad.

DD wanted a scrambled egg with the French bread roll I bought at the farmer's market today, for her dinner.

I made rice sticks (noodles) for myself - with Chinese sausages, carrots and lettuce. There's enough for tomorrow's lunch and at least one meal over the weekend.

bless, what all are you cooking for the prayer meeting?

mary

Mary: That's a good question! I don't know, yet! Haven't decided on a menu yet.

Rice, definitely, with probably a beef curry, chicken, and fish; hard boiled eggs; a salad; vegetables; a fruit platter; a couple of different puddings and pies for dessert.

There'll be around 25-30 to dinner.

i went grocery shopping again today. i spent 2372 at petsmart (all on food) 2848 at bj's (1099 on kleenex) and 617 at food lion (again all food) for a total of 5737 this shopping trip and 9944 this week, but i shouldn't have to go again for a while.

food lion
2 yogurt 45 ea
fl dark brown sugar 75
2 green peppers 99 ea
3# bag onions 239

bj's
4 1/2 and 1/2 179 ea
2 loaves martin's potato bread 2 for 499
1 head cauliflower 299
1 head lettuce 139

kleenex 1099

petsmart
8# iams cat dry 1599
11 cans moist cat food 60 ea

i didn't have any coupons this trip. those things really seem to bring up my bill bc i buy things which i wouldn't normally buy.

mary

DH has been keeping the weekly groceries to under $70. Today we went to the bulk food store and bought $80 worth. Much of it was oatmeal and fruit for his granola. He bought several snacks and we picked up 3 different pastas. The store had a recent remodel and I had not been there since. Wow. What a change. The building used to look like a dump and now it has a brick front and a hometown grocery is going in on the other side before the end of the year.

I am baking an apple crisp tonight. It is cold and windy today and we had soup and a sandwich for dinner. As long as the broiler was on for the sandwiches, I whipped up a crisp.

We planned a menu for the next week as usual. Last night we went out with friends and they just can't understand why we don't go out more than once a week. I told her we didn't have to because we know what we are having each day and that Fri is our night to go out for dinner. They go out 3-4 times a week. We may go out one other night once a month but that is it. It works for us.

Sat-sandwiches on Artisan bread and soup
Sun-salamini sausages and baked beans
Mon-pork chops
Tue-spaghetti
Wed-Hot dogs and LO baked beans
Thu-chicken salad
Fri-out

DD and I had the munchies on our way home from work & school on Friday, so, stopped at the corner grocery and bought some snacks:

bananas, $.33/lb = $.52
1 can iced tea = $.99
1 large bag potato chips = $2.89
1 large bag spicy munchies = $2.89
Total = $7.39

Today, I did the regular grocery shopping:

1 cinnamon swirl bread = $1.49 (50% off reg. price)
1 raisin cinnamon bread = $1.49 (50% off reg. price)
1 loaf sandwich bread = $1.29
1 coffee creamer = $3.50
1 doz. eggs = $1.79
1 gal. milk = $2.29
1/2 gal. orange juice = $1.49
4 apples (1.29 lbs; golden delicious), $.47/lb = $.61
4 apples (1.53 lbs; granny smith), $.47/lb = $.72

(DD prefers granny smith apples and I like golden delicious; other types of apples ranged in price from $1.99 to $2.99/lb)

1.91 lb. seedless red grapes, $.77/lb = $1.47
chicken breasts (boneless, skinless, on sale for $1.77/lb) = $4.55
chuck roast (boneless), on sale, $1.47/lb = $3.47
OM cold cuts (roast beef) = $1.99
2 cans ready-serve soup, $2.00@ = $4.00

(yes, I know, home made or canned concentrate would be cheaper, but I like to have a couple of cans of ready to serve soups on hand as part of my earthquake supplies)

Total came to $30.15

My total spent on food so far this month comes to $29.14 + $10.09 + $7.39 + 30.15 = $76.77. I have $73.23 left in this month's grocery budget.

In addition to the regular groceries, I also spent $7.89 to buy another piece of chuck roast for the prayer meeting dinner. So far, I have spent $4.99 + $7.89 towards the prayer meeting dinner. I have a separate budget for that, though.

i'll post this here as a way to dress up a hohum chicken sandwich. i added a sprinkling of ground cloves and a slice of cranbury sauce. that was dinner tonight. lunch was a chef salad, breaky was oatmeal.

mary