I went to Aldi's, spent $54 and got $5 off with the grand opening coupon they gave me last week. I have 2 more coupons for the following 2 wks (1 a wk). Not sure what will be on those lists besides another ham, maybe cream cheese . The only thing we need for stocking up I have a rain check for at Krogers and Aldi's doesn't sell it. I'll see, have to spend $35 to get the $5 off but I am not going to be buying something just to get $5 off.
I roasted the two turkeys today we bought at Krogers for 57¢/lb(Walmart at 68¢ and Aldi's was 99 ¢) We had turkey wraps for dinner. I made a small batch of white bean/Poultry chili and we try that for Monday night dinner. IF we like it I will make more and can it. I tossed both carcasses in water today and made bone broth. Will be straining it and canning that also.
The meat will be bagged(tomorrow in 2 cups bags and frozen for meals.By putting it in the freezer already cooked the meat from 2 turkeys takes up less room than 1-15 lb turkey would.
We ate out after going to viewing and before going to Aldi's, ate the special and used a coupon we had. Provided us dinner that night, lunch for Hubby that night and dinner the next night for both of us. I added veggies and melted cheese over the french fries (neither of us prefer french fries) along with some cooked bulk sausage that I keep in the freezer) . I would definitely say we got bang for our buck.
I picked up another 10 lbs of pasta at Krogers for 49¢/box.
We are trying to set the frigs up to reflect how we will be eating from the pantry and not be wasteful as I know it's easy in the winter to get tired of heavy winter meals. We love variety so I need to keep that in mind.
I mended a shirt and pair pants.
I added water to my lotion bottle.
We ate from the pantry except for once. Our week's run Saturday to Sunday.
Tonight a couple friends called and asked if we could go out to dinner with them because they are leaving after Thanksgiving for about a month. I told them we would love to but it's not in the budget for this month due to spending extra money paying for the gas to move our daughter and the new vet bills, there was some silence but then oh , okay, we understand. They called back and offered to pay for our dinner as an early Christmas present so I accepted.Since they are retired and on a budget they understand the "it's not in the budget".
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Very nice of your friends to understand "not in the budget" and to not be offended. Also very kind of them to treat you. When they come back you can reciprocate a lovely homemade meal from your incredible stash. :D
ReplyDeleteregretfully they won't eat at any friends house(they have lost friends over it also) but we supply them with produce a lot during the season along with manure for their garden.The restaurant we go to is the only place they eat out at and that's maybe every 6 weeks.
DeleteWhat a great idea to cook the turkeys and make chili to can! Yum:)
ReplyDeletemade turkey pot pie filling late last night to can today. :)
DeleteWe had the $5 off $35 Aldi coupons a couple of months ago and I had the same thought but found things I needed and used 4 of them. We keep bottled water for power outages so that was one item I stocked up on along with baking staples since I cannot beat their price on sugar anywhere as well as their all purpose flour. We like their regular bacon over any other brand so we did stock up and freeze that, too. We were able to buy turkey for .39 a pound and it was my favorite brand so I was pleased with that. We will get a free one from Hubby's employer, too but it is only 12 pounds so we cannot serve that for Thanksgiving and have enough.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about what you said about your friends asking you to meet for dinner. I think all of us on tight budgets need to get back to having our friends over to the house. We are guilty of never having anyone over and we need to get back to that and ask our guests to bring the salad or dessert.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in town in the winter months we used to have a group of friends that rotated once a month they provided the main dish and beverages and the rest of us brought sides. Where we live here, our closest friend lives 25 miles away, the rest over 40 miles. Our landlord's family has a neighborhood gathering were we bring side dishes once a year when they aren't out in the fields or working animals
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