Menu Plan Monday 11/9

 

 

Pasta with garlic bread

Salsa Sloppy Joes with mac and cheese and corn bread

Grilled Montreal Chicken  with White Rice

Rosemary Chicken and Egg Noodles

Homemade Pizza (Pepperoni, Garlic Chicken, Buffalo Chicken and Pizza Knuckle Roll Ups)

Southwest Chicken Tortilla Soup

Chicken Fries, Chicken Wraps and Homemade French Fries

Last week went fairly close to plan although I didn't take out the meat soon enough so we did have Tacos until Wednesday so we just switched meals. I was glad to have everything to make the meals that we planned and thought that meant that I was pushing back the grocery shopping trip. I knew that we were going to need a few things in the middle of the month so I thought I was aiming around the middle of the month. We have most of the things to put meals on the table this week too but did that stop me from going to the store?!  Nope!!

We went out to drop off my husband's car for service so I took the advantage of having a driver and being close to the stores to hit a few.  I went to Aldi and got milk, tater tots, and a few things I thought would hold us over. Giant was on the way so I stopped to get $0.77 brownies after coupons. Safeway posted a $5 off $5 coupon on my account so I knew that my family would love some Cheez Its.  They were out of the big box so I thought I was leaving but the small boxes were on sale for 2/$5 so I got two boxes and paid only tax.  Ibotta made it hard to resist because they put out a free Thanksgiving meal so I went to pick it up at the store because it wasn't available on the grocery pick up.  I decided to go to the store closer to my house so that I could get the items that the other store was out of.  I was glad to get almost all but two items.  I also used a gift card for the purchase so there was no money out of pocket and I got money back.  I earned an additional $1 bonus too.  I totally forgot the lettuce when I was at Walmart (and the parchment paper but that isn't essential) so I had to go to Giant to get the sale on cereal and  Ritz crackers.  Luckily, the lettuce was on sale and on my way around the store I saw some clearance whole chickens so I decided to get enough to use a $5 off $25 coupon that my neighbor gave me. What was the start of the month with no shopping ended up with almost $60 in money spent so not sure that was the stock up once a month plan that I had in mind but I got a bunch of great deals.  Here is hoping to do better planning next time.