This Week for $50

It works best for my schedule to go grocery shopping on Wednesday or Thursday. So a week refers to Wednesday to Wednesday or Thursday to Thursday. 

This week for $50...

Things you can't really in the picture: a 2nd container of strawberries and a ring of smoked sausage

Quick Facts:

• $72.54 worth of groceries for $54.31
• $18.23 total in savings (including sales and mperks)
• $6.60 extra in the budget from bottle slips (this is not reflected in my total savings)
• $2.29 under budget for the week 

My Must Haves: 

• dish soap 
• dishwasher detergent
• hair dye
• flour
• milk
• coffee filters
• coffee

Meal Ideas for This Week:
These meals use a combination of groceries from this week and items I have on hand

• Chocolate chip pancakes and scrambled eggs
• Cheddar Wurst with homemade fries
• Pizza Calzones and fruit salad
• Chicken pot pie
• Penne and smoked sausage casserole 

I also bought diapers and wipes today. Meijer is having Baby Week, and I was able to restock my diaper supply, and stock pile wipes. I bought a 136 count box of Pampers Cruisers and a 504 count box of wipes for a $1 less than the diapers would normally cost!

(Pampers Cruisers at $34.99 + Pampers Wipes at $10.99) - ($10 off instantly for spending $40+ in Pampers products + $1 off Pampers Diaper coupon + $1 off Pampers wipes coupon) = $33.98

This doesn't come out of our grocery budget. I don't have to buy diapers every month, because I stock up when I find a super good deal at Meijer or Target. Months that I know I'm going to have to get diapers, I usually budget around $40 under Stella.

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I'm thinking of doing a post like this each week. Is that something some of you would be interested in reading?