Menu plan Monday and shopping trip

ACK! so what happens when you don't really plan and you don't shop with a list? you spend to much! I have a rough idea of what we are eating this week potato soup, homemade pizza, chicken chow mien the rest of the days will be left overs or at my moms. So I didn't need much for food this week but did need to get a few things. well a few things added up when I shopped without the list. I still did good. got things we really use and things we were out of but this week it just doesn't seem like much.

Winco
2 cans cream of chicken - 1.44
2 cans cream of celery - 2.50
can of pineapple - .88
crisco - 3.98
salad dressing - 2.78
soy sauce - 2.48
bacon - 1.98
butter - 2.48
tomato paste - .78
black olives - 1.52
2 pizza crusts - 4.16
2 shredded moz cheese - 3.60
shredded cheddar - 1.80
6# sugar - 2.82
mushrooms - .77
celrey - 1.01
green pepper - .58
green onion - .38
2 doz eggs - 2.32
2.5# apples - 2.22
apple juice - 5.94

coupons used - 4.55

total = $41.87

Costco

grilled chicken strips - 14.45
2 gal milk - 3.78
clorox wipes - 9.99
canadian bacon - 9.89
salad - 3.99

total = $42.10

grand total = $83.97 over budget! and I for sure thought this week I would be way under. Oh well, just a good reminder to plan ahead and bring the plan!




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