Harris Teeter, Freebies, and Our Weekly Menu

As I blogged yesterday, Ben hit up Harris Teeter for us...

What he got:

(1) bag of carrots
(1) bunch of broccoli
(3) bananas
(1) bag of salad
(1) bag of potatoes
(4) packages of wipes
(4) bags of shredded cheese
(1) dozen eggs
(1) 1/2 gallon lactose free milk
(1) package of wipes
(8) yogurts
(1) box of tampons
(1) bag of goldfish
(1) bottle of kids toothpaste
(4) containers of clorox wipes
(1) pound of ground chicken

Total spent: $48.49
Total saved: $39.65
Saved: 45%

I hit up the mall today to pick up a few freebies:

Perfume from Victoria Secret (Store price $14, with my coupon = FREE)

Body Wash from Bath and Body Works (Store price $5, with my coupon = FREE)

All About Eyes (eye cream) from Clinique (Store price $31, with my coupon = FREE)

That's $50 in FREE products!

*If you are not on e-mail lists for stores, you are missing out!

Our Weekly Menu:

Breakfasts:

Cereal, banana muffins, orange juice, special k bars, and oatmeal - all of this is from our "stockpile"
(Ben made a dozen banana muffins last weekend and froze them, so we heat them up whenever we want one for breakfast)

Lunches:

Sandwiches: turkey, grilled cheese, or salami
Granola bars
Yogurts
Snack packs
Fruit: apples, bananas, or strawberries
Goldfish or pringles
*leftovers

Dinners:

Sunday- pizza (ingredients from stockpile)
Monday- Ranch pork chops, mashed potatoes, green beans (all from stockpile)
Tuesday- Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans or broccoli (meatloaf is from stockpile, veggies are leftovers from Monday)
Wednesday- Turkey Chicken tacos (Ground chicken bought this week, taco kit from stockpile)
Thursday- Pasta and meatballs, garlic bread, salad (Salad bought this week, pasta, meatballs, and garlic bread from stockpile)
Friday- Breakfast: pancakes and scrambled eggs (eggs bought this week, pancakes from stockpile)


I use the term "stockpile" very loosely because I feel like that throws me into the category of the extreme couponers that have rooms and rooms full of stuff.  All of our food is in our pantry, our frig/freeze, and our chest freezer in the garage.  We buy groceries when they are on sale (with our coupons) and that helps us plan our menus further out.

Dinner tonight: Ranch pork chop, mash potatoes, and green beans

 And...

I was getting dressed for my doctor's appointment today, when I looked over to see this:

Happy Monday!