$30/week Grocery Budget--- Week 2

Last week's $30 grocery budget was such a success that I couldn't wait to see how I would do this week!  Overall, I would say pretty well.  Here is my receipt:

I did have a few non grocery items: Two 4 packs of toilet paper-- I paid .59 each after coupons, and a pack of floss that I paid .07 after coupon.  So--$1.25 total of non grocery items, bringing my official total down to $34.58.

I did go over budget by $4.58.  My downfall: grapes!  I should have weighed the grapes.  I just picked up the pack and put them in the cart. sigh. They ended up being $5!  If I would have weighed them, I would have put half of the grapes out of the bag so that it would have been more like $2.50.  The bag didn't feel as heavy as it apparently was.  Oh well-- I was under budget last week, so if you look at it that way, I am just over budget by just .92!!  I can try to make up for that next time. :)

Here is our menu for the week:

Breakfasts:

Cereal

Toast with peanut butter

Muffins!

Lunches: 

 Chicken Salad Sandwiches  (no paprika, no green onion, no green pepper, add carrots, apple, and grapes)

Rice and beans dish (we still have 2 slices of bacon left to add to it!)

Leftovers from some dinners!

Dinners:

Tacos---We already had seasoning, meat, shells, and cheese.  just needed salsa and lettuce!

Skinny baked mac and cheese with broccoli---add a little chicken

Coconut chicken with sweet chili sauce--- we love this recipe!

Chicken and dressing bake  ( yes, we are having this again!)

French toast with scrambled eggs--- yum! 

Garlic cheddar chicken-- (again-- we love this one!)

Yes, we are being a little bit repetitive.  There is enough variety to keep everyone happy though.  We are going out of town on Saturday, so I will have to resume the $30/week challenge when we get back after the new year!   So, there's no wiggle room for next time--$30 has to cover it. I'm also going to vary the menu a bit more.   I'm going to do my best to stick to it!