2010 has arrived!

I am excited to start the new year with a new kitchen toy - Vitamix. I have bags of fruits and vegetables to blend into delicious smoothies and soups. I seem to be the only one excited (Jenny is excited except for the chunky smoothies). My little grandson, who needs fattened up, loves my smoothies and I add fats to his. I have two new blogs up and many projects to keep me busy, as if I am not busy enough. lol

I must confess that we have stunk in the saving money on food dept. this month. It is hard to buy holiday favorite all on sale. We will fine tune our spend in 2010. However, I need to work on having more disciplined shoppers, who don't impulse shop without thought to my goals. Perhaps a motivational meeting will serve this purpose.

Lucky's spent $76.14 saved $79 (51%)
Meat:
8 lbs Boneless skinless chicken breasts ($1.77 a lb)
2 Johnsonville breakfast sausage (get 1 free dozen eggs)
2 lbs 80% lean ground beef ($2.49 a lb)
Max pack country style ribs ($1.49 a lb)

Dairy:
2/ 8 oz Sunnyside Farms whipping cream (99 cents)
2 Sunnyside Farms old fashioned regular egg nog (2 for $5)
1 dozen large Sunnyside Farms eggs (free)

Cans/boxes
4 boxes of Post cereal (4 for $1.49)(Honey Bunches of Oats and Selects Apple Caramel Pecan Crunch)

Vegetables:
20 avocados (47 cents each)
5 bags of Grimmway farms baby carrots (5 for $5)
10 lb bag of russet potatoes (97 cents a lb)

Beverages:
2 bottles of Martinelli’s sparkling cider (2 for $4)

Safeway spent 63.04 saved 28.93 (32%)

Vegetables/fruits:
4 large bunches of bananas
4 lbs of Gala apples (79 cents a lb)
10 lbs large CA Navel oranges (39 cents a lb)

Frozen
4 bags of frozen peaches (not on sale but only source we could find :( )

Other
2/12 pack Northern bath tissue ($5.99 each coupons)
2/ 12 packs of Brawny paper towels ($5.99 each coupons)

Raley's spent 80.58 saved $48.36 (37%)
My shopper lost focus and impulsed shopped and bought Pillsbury danishes, bacon, and a $14 bottle of Chardonnay. This was about $30 of what was spent. She has been refocused. lol

Cans/boxes
4 boxes of Nabisco Snack Crackers ($1.79 each)

Bread:
2 Ultimate Dinner Rolls (buy 1, get 1 free)
Vegetables/fruits:
7 lbs Granny Smith apples (97 cents a lb)
7 lbs Organic D’Anjou Pears (99 cents a lb)
2 containers of micro greens ($1.79 each)
2 bunches of organic celery
2 bags of cut ‘n clean country greens (2 for $4)

Frozen
10 bags of Birds Eye Steam fresh vegetables ($1.69 each)
2 bags of frozen peaches ($1.99)

Nugget $50.19 saved 26.09 (over 50%)

Meat:
2 packages beer n’ brats ($2.99 a lb)

Dairy
15 Yoplait yogurt (50 cents each)

Other
4 Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce (4 for $5)
Fresh Bread ($149 a loaf)
Virgin organic honey bear ($2.99)

Vegetables/fruits:
2/ 11 oz containers of black eyed peas (2 for $4)
2 Fresh Express salad mixes (baby spinach and sweet butter)

Frozen
3 Red Baron Pizzas (3 for $10)

Beverages
Soy Delicious Coconut Milk ($3.99)


Saturday (2nd)
Cheese burger baked potatoes, and steamed vegetables
Sunday (3rd)
Bean soup w/ leftover ham
Monday (4th)
Chicken beer n’ brats, fried potatoes, and steam vegetables
Tuesday (5th)
Pork lo mien (leftover pork)
Wednesday (6th)
Roasted chicken breast w/ tomato marmalade sauce, and steamed vegetables
Thursday (7th)
Pizza and salad night
Friday (8th)
Crock pot country style ribs w/ barbecue sauce, and steamed vegetables
Saturday (9th)
Chicken noodle soup (homemade) (use leftover chicken breast meat)