Well, I'll tell you.
Never shop when you're hungry. That's where the money goes.
I went grocery shopping a few days ago and did really well, thank you. I stayed in my budget. I shop at Whole Foods and I managed to get everything on my list and it all fit into my 4 bags that I take with me (because hey...I can be just as environmentally minded as the next person).
Then, this morning, I remembered that I forgot to pick up fabric softener and milk. Liv and I went back just to get those two items.
This is my receipt:
Home Run Inn 6" sausage pizza $2.99
(Hey...Bing and I like something to snack on while we watch Lost.)
Organic boneless butterfly pork chops $7.55
(They looked SO juicy.)
Connie's sausage pizza $7.69
(Always good to have a pizza in the freezer for those nights when I don't feel like cooking.)
Honey roasted peanuts $2.99
(Blame that one on Liv. She loves peanuts.)
Milk chocolate malted milk balls $3.99
(We usually go to a movie on Sundays and it is um...cheaper(?) to just buy treats at the store. Uh huh.)
Balsamic honey turkey breast $5.59
(For Liv's lunches next week)
Newman's original cookies $3.39
(I walked by them and they called to me.)
Newman's ginger o's $3.39
(Ditto.)
Meyer's lemon fabric softener $6.99
(See? I needed that.)
Julie's organic blackberry ice cream $2.50
(Oh, man...it melts on your tongue, I swear!)
Kettle chips $2.97
(To go with the turkey sandwiches?)
Whole Foods whole milk $6.39
(I needed this)
Whole Foods goat milk $6.39
(Liv and I love this, but I was good and skipped buying the goat butter. Props to me!)
Whole Treat dark chocolate sauce $4.99
(Ok...I am trying to think of a good reason and can't.)
Woodstock black currant jam $1.49
(We have strawberry jam at home and this just looked so good.)
RSVP butcher's string $3.49
(We need this for Liv's african bead project, figured that this would work better than floss.)
Organic cherries $1.99
(Liv thought this would be a good afternoon treat and I agreed.)
Julie's organic mint fudge ice cream $2.50
(see Julie's blackberry ice cream.)
Wilshire all natural sausage patties $3.39
(Liv reminded me that eggs and sausage would be nice for a Sunday breakfast.)
My grand total (plus tax): $82.61
And that is where the money goes. I'm gonna have to eat crow with Bing because she bet me that I couldn't stay in budget on groceries this week and I thought I had, but then....well, damn it.
The next time I run to Whole Foods for two small items, I will have to gorge myself first. It's the only way to come out of there with two small items.
And...I also want to give a huge shout out to my neighbor, Sven. He just received news that not only did he get into the University of his choice (Stanford)...but that he will be getting a full ride athletic scholarship to play football there.
I'm proud of you, dude. And keep in mind that you obtained those muscles by swinging Liv around by her arms in the yard. She will never forget you. You are her big soul brother. I'll miss hearing you come home from your dates on the weekend because you insist on shattering the collective eardrums of the neighborhood with your loud music. Not. Seriously, though, you are the best of the best, my beastie boy.
12 comments:
Does Whole Foods sell organic crow? If so, I may start buying mine there. (It's so hard to find good crow, and I go through so much of it.)
I do the exact same thing. I don't know why; but I always manage to find things I "need" when I'm in the store that are not on my list.
I did the same, until recently.
A few months ago Hubby and I decided that I needed to stick to more of a food budget. I take out the same amount of $ every week - CASH - and when it's gone, it's GONE.
BUT... you WILL find me scrounging around my minivan floor for change, just to fulfill that craving for a SODA!
i cannot say a THING. except that i'm sad about not having balsamic turkey breast here. balsamic is among MrX's favorite things, it would be wonderful to have that for him. I suppose dousing regular cold cuts in balsamic probably wouldn't be the same.
~melanie, still trying to avoid facing the birthday cake she's supposed to be decorating.
oh, i forgot. shopping also can serve as fair warning to the family. if mommy comes home with teriyaki-marinated mushrooms, blue cheese-stuffed olives and sweet pickled watermelon rind, steer clear. if there is also sweet red wine, RUN.
I've found that it's much quicker and you can avoid crowds if you just let cash fly out your car window on your way to the store and then swing by Taco Bell.
Yum...Milk chocolate malted milk balls.
Yeah, the wife and I are always buying stuff on a whim there. As if they have supernatural powers to make us fly or something because they're "organic"
Ummmm your extra food all sounds so good. I do the same thing,
that's why it's so bad for me to grocery shop right after work!
The idealistic vegitarian who is currently sleeping on my couch has been teaching us about foods and organics and how bad it is to eat livestock that has been force-fed things that are not natural to its diet: Corn fed beef, for instance.
here's the trick - she totally thinks its great to eat wild game. what is more organic than eating something that ate whatever it want for its entire life! I feel so liberated- a wild hippie vegitarian animal rights activist has blessed my primal fascination with hunting. I might even buy a freezer and fill it with wild animals. That is, of course, if i ever actaully get anything. And now i can blow money at Orvis and Dick's sporting goods instead of Whole Foods and Harris Teeter.
oh I know! I'm dreadful, I went to Iceland (frozen foods shop here) for milk and washing mahine tablets, similar to you and came out with so much sweet stuff...and we ate it before bedtime that night, how bad are we? kids are off for two weeks now for easter, I'm sure we will easily consume our own body weight in sugary goods! It really is a genetic thing about whether you are heavy or not as we should be an obese family by the amount we put away!
I have to eat dinner before I go to the market, for the same reasons. Bad thing is: when I go on a full belly Daddy says that I skimp out on the snacks we NEED to survive.
No win.
I wish we had a whole foods here. We have a wild oats but it is really far away. I normally go to Akins but they don't have fresh meats.
I went over budget by about 20 dollars. We shop every other weekend and budget $175.
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