Grocery Shopping

It's been awhile since I took a picture of my groceries, so I snapped one tonight of what I bought for the for the week. I try to use a coupon for everything I buy, but as this trip demonstrates perfectly, sometimes I just buy what we need.


The Dr K is for Eric. Katie also requested soda. Since she has a virus and her temp spiked at 105, I couldn't say no. Izze bottles were .79/each as part of the buy 10, save $5, so I picked up a few in hopes they would make her happy (and they did!), but I also bought the 2 liter just in case.

The coconut water was free, the toothpaste was free, 3 of the protein bars were free, the outlet plugs were .84 and the body wash .29. I used a coupon for everything except the fruit, veggies, chips and cow's milk. My total before tax was $36.21 and my total savings was $32.68. On Friday, I also spent around $40 at the health food store stocking us up on coconut yogurt, milk and kefir to last 2-3 weeks.

Some weeks, I spend $100. Some weeks, it's much less and some weeks I skip shopping all together. I know it's totally against all things frugal, but I don't budget our groceries.

After entering the food allergy world, I decided I would not put a $$ limit on the food I purchase simply because some allergy friendly products can be more expensive. I do use coupons, shop sales and stockpile, which actually keeps our spending pretty minimal, especially compared to the average family. For the time being this system is working great for us!