We went grocery shopping this week! I am excited to be getting back into grocery shopping every 2 weeks (instead of every 7-10 days), and I must say... I was the only one at our house who complained as the variety got slim last week! :O I don't usually complain, but caught myself wishing aloud that we could go shopping as soon as the 2 weeks was up, because I was tired of not having whatever I wanted on hand!
But then I stopped and realized how blessed I am that my family was happy to eat whatever I made and that there had been no complaints from anyone, about any of the meals, and we were still eating lots of good food. :)
Anyway, Joshua went to the stores with my detailed list and did a great job of sticking to the list (and pushing a very heavy cart at Costco!). Here is what we got, which will allow us to wait at least another two weeks before going shopping again!
At QFC, a few sale items and some bananas (pictured above). There are 3 whole chickens in the bag for $0.88/lb, and the butter was $2/lb. I thought the butter was a good price, so we got 12 packages, but turns out it was only $0.05/lb. cheaper than butter at Costco, anyway. The chickens, however, were $0.11/lb. cheaper than Costco's chickens, so we saved a little on those. :)
QFC total: $50.99
Most of our groceries are from Costco, as you can see. ;) We spent over $250 there.
Bananas (3#) $1.39
String cheese (60oz.) $10.55
Romaine lettuce (6ct.) $3.49
Shredded cheddar jack cheese (5#) $12.99
Broccoli florets, fresh (3#) $4.29
Applesauce (181oz.) $7.85
Shredded mozzarella cheese (10#) $21.98
Pears (6#) $3.99
Rolled oats (20#) $14.78
Whole milk (8 gal.) $20.24
Toilet paper $17.99
Instant oatmeal (104ct.) $13.98
Yellow onions (10#) $2.89
Canned pineapple (3kg.) $4.65
Yukon Gold potatoes (15#) $8.49
Oranges (13#) $8.99
Greek yogurt (2qt.) $6.99
Organic carrots (10#) $5.99
Frozen fruit blend (5#) $8.79
Frozen strawberries (6#) $8.99
Frozen berry blend (5#) $10.59
Organic frozen green beans (15#) $17.97
Organic frozen peas (10#) $11.78
Xlg eggs (10 dozen) $15.78
Dried cherries (20oz.) $6.99
Organic baby spinach (1#) $3.89
Costco total: $257.63
We'll be using meat from our freezer (fish and chicken). A few of these items are especially for Joshua (easy to chew) -- like the applesauce and instant oatmeal.
We'll eat the fresh fruit this week (oranges, bananas, kiwi, pears) and the frozen fruit (hopefully not all of it, of course!) next week. :) Same with the veggies -- fresh broccoli, spinach, and lettuce this week; frozen veggies and carrots next week. :)
Here is what our fridge looked like after QFC but before Costco:
And after:
And I actually still had some room in the fridge :O I did put some of the cheese in the freezer. :)
And if you feel like weighing in... how do the prices at Costco compare to what you've been paying? :) I spent about 20 minutes making out my menu plan and list for Costco, and Joshua was gone 90 minutes total, shopping (he only took 1 child along). ;)