We’re getting our windows replaced in two weeks!!! You have no idea how thrilled I am about this. We have old, single-pane casement windows on our home. Half of them are painted shut, two are cracked, and several don’t have screens. But in two weeks we will have double-pane windows with screens that we can open…and just in time for the nice fall weather!
Today was my grocery shopping day plus coffee at my in-laws. I really enjoy getting out of the house but boy am I exhausted by the end of the day! Or, by 5-o-clock, I should say. The kids watched two VeggieTales videos this evening just so I could pick up the house in peace and get them straight to bed afterwards. Yes, I know I’m a bad mother.
Grocery shopping was successful though. I’ve been gradually trying to incorporate healthier food into our diets while still staying under budget. Things like cutting out high fructose corn syrup, buying more organic produce, and cutting out processed foods. This week I went to three stores and came home with this:
Target: $18 for lunch meat, Coke, Annie's mac n cheese, and ice for the cooler.
Sprouts: $20 for eggs, produce (minus bananas and lettuce), and trail mix.
H.E.B.: $47 for the rest of the produce and everything else pictured.
I haven’t even been couponing much recently because I don’t really have time for it. Plus the coupons for produce and organics are few and far between. Still, I used four coupons for this trip (guac, napkins, mayo, and Oxiclean) plus a $5 off total purchase at Sprouts. I mostly focused on shopping the sales. Aside from the wipes, trail mix, cheese, Triscuits, bread, tortillas, and C-Boost, everything I bought was on sale or I had a coupon for. The mac n cheese, oranges, apples, green onions, milk, and eggs are organic.
Tomorrow we’re having homemade fish sticks for dinner with the cubed potato/sweet potatoes that Jess recommended on Facebook and leftover broccoli. I have to remember to start dinner by 4 though because AWANA starts at 6-o-clock and we’ve been having a hard time getting out the door on time.
Well, that’s all the time we have for today, kids. Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much. Goodbye!
(See? I told you we watch too much VeggieTales!)
Aw. You are not a bad mother. There are so many worse options than an hour of Veggie Tales!
ReplyDeleteAnd watering restrictions are driving me nuts too. I don't even want to count how many times we've woken up in the morning and Hubby says, "I think I left the water on all night." *Facepalm*
An hour of Veggie Tales does not a bad mother make. You are using tools to keep everyone sane. That's very important. Do you bring all three with you when you shop? I often have my four when I shop and I decided that two stops was the most we'd do on those days. I'd do one if I could get away with it, but we get our meat from a grocery store and do everything else at a super Wal Mart (there meat just isn't that good). I'm exhausted when we get home.
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