April showers bring May flowers

I am looking forward to April. My mood is starting to lift as the days sunnier. I have next week off and want to deep clean each room (maybe two a day until done starting on Sunday), plant a vegetable garden, and go do something out in nature. Those plans should take care of a week easily. I MUST have some structure this break and want to feel productive.

This week's shopping is largely uninspired. I saw no amazing deals on anything. However, I am proud of this devotion to feeding my family well at a reasonable price in this age of poor eating habits. Last week when the little girls ate artichokes with relish, I saw some of the fruits of my labor.

Lucky
Meat:
1 16 oz Organic Prairie ground beef ($4.99 each)
1 Master Cut hen turkeys ($7.99 each)

Dairy:
2 dozen eggs (coupon 59 cents)
4 Philadelphia cream cheese (4 for $5)

Cans/boxes:
1 Best Foods Mayonnaise ($1.98)
10 Lindsay olives (10 for $10)

Vegetables:
A bag of onions
2 lbs Green seedless grapes ($1.97 a lb)
2 lbs Euro Fresh hothouse tomatoes ($1.97 a lb)

Beverage:
2 Dole 100% juice blends (2 for $4)


Safeway
Meat:
1 leg quarter extreme value pack ($1.59 a lb)

Cans/boxes:
2 Mt. Olive pickles ( buy 1, get I free)

Vegetables/fruits
4 lbs of strawberries (2 for $3)
2 sliced white mushrooms (2 for $4)

Frozen:
4 Birds Eye Steamfresh (coupon $1.25 limit 4)

Beverage:
2 Folger’s coffee ($5.99)


Raleys
Meat
2 Johnsonville breakfast sausage (2 for $6)
6 lbs pork spareribs ($1.99 a lb)

Dairy:
Cans/boxes:
4 boxes of Progresso broth ($2.19 each)
1 McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract

Other:
3 Dr. Bronner Soap ($7.99 each)

Vegetables/fruits:
4 Del Monte Gold pineapple ($1.57 each)
1/ 3lb bag California Cuties ($3.99 a bag)

Frozen:
2 C&W vegetables (99 cents coupons)

Nugget

Other:
2 / 8 rolls of Brawny paper towels ($5.99 each)

Vegetables/fruits:
2 Organic Girl salad mixes (2 for $5)(spinach)
10 lbs yams (47 cents a lb)

Beverages:
2 Tropicana orange juice (2 for $4)


Sunday (4th)
Breakfast for dinner (leftover ham, sausage, toast, and fruit)

Monday (5th)
Barbecued chicken leg quarters

Tuesday (6th)
Roasted turkey

Wednesday (7th)
Dinner out as a family

Thursday (8th)
Ground beef, beans, and rice

Friday (9th)
Barbecue pork spare ribs

Saturday (10th)
Shopping day