Just a quick update

This weekend ended up being a little rough as well so I'm not in the mood for much chit-chat today...but I wanted to give you an update on my grocery challenge. This is one area that still seems to be on track right now in my life so I'll cling to it and wait for everything else to get a bit better.

I ended up doing multiple trips for groceries due to prices and sales and here's what I got:

This was my main shop at Walmart and Chan's - I went a little crazy with my produce this week but I'm making a pork stirfry and nothing beats a good variety of fresh veggies! I also stocked up on the greek yogurt that Chad takes to work as it was on sale so he's covered for the first week of October now as well.

I picked up a select few items at Save-On because of some sales. The cottage cheese was over $5 at Walmart and I got it here for $3.99. We've also been going through avocado much more quickly than we used to. Chad enjoys eating them straight out of the skin with a spoon....I was able to pick these up for 99 cents instead of the $1.50 they were priced at everywhere else.

Then, I got a text from my awesome father-in-law. They were down in The States at Fred Meyers and this 2lb "loaf" of cheese was $5.99! I can't get a 700g block of cheese for less than $8 around here so I had to say yes :) I had just bought a block of cheese from Walmart but we have no problem going through cheese in this house; plus, it will last us into October. I want to stay within my budget, but I also don't want to hold onto $6 now and then have to fork out $8 or $9 for a block of cheese in two weeks.

Altogether I spent $56.81 which brings my monthly total up to $146.43.

I've got two days of September to cover for next week but other than some fresh fruit I won't need to buy anything. I had a few days this week where I didn't cook what I had originally planned for so I have some potatoes and things leftover than I can use. I can't believe we're looking at the end of the month already!

Time is flying a little too quickly for this pregnant lady....I've hit the third trimester and in less than 3 months we'll have a fourth little body in this household :)

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