My Grocery List Week of Oct5-11

If you've been following along on my grocery budget challenge then you will know that ON AVERAGE I have managed to stick to approx. $65/week. Some weeks were a little more and some a little less. This week, however, there are some great deals (like peanut butter) that I don't want to pass up. One thing to keep in mind when sticking to a budget like this is to plan ahead. I KNOW that we use a lot of peanut butter so by stocking up when it is on sale for a great price it will filter through to help me save on my budget in later week's/months.
Here's my shopping list for this week to go with our meal plan. Tentative total: $86.81 +taxes (if I manage to get a turkey)

Food Basics:

• Turkey- SALE 88cents/lb (since its already mid-morning of Fri I'm not sure if there will even be any left by the time I get there but I have my fingers crossed, this would be for a week in Nov. anyways so there's always time to revamp the plan if they are out)
• 2xCake mixes 88cents each
• 2x canned pumpkin $1.30each
• Burger Buns $2
• 2lbs sweet potatos 88cents/lb
• cheese slices $2.49 
• 2lbs apples 88cents/lb
• can of diced tomatos $1
• Tostitos $1.97
• case of pop $4.77-$2 coupon
• 2x Peanut Butter $2.49each
• Total: $33.09(with turkey)

Shoppers Drugmart

• Milk x2- $8.40
• Coffee Cream $1.98
• Rice Side 99cents
• Total: $11.37
  

Loblaws:

• Cheese $4.99
• Dempsters Farmhouse Bread FREE with coupon from here
• Whole Chicken $6ish
• Buitoni Pizza $3.99-$1coupon
• Oasis juice boxes $1.99-$1 coupon from Allens AJ tins
• Honey Bunches of Oats $1.99-$1 coupon from here
• Green Pepper $1
• 2xEggs $1.99each-$1WUB2 coupon
• Total: $19.96

Nesbitt's Meat Shop:

• 1.5lbs medium ground beef $4.50(ish)
• 2lbs lean ground beef $8
• 2 butterfly pork chops $6 (but WELL worth it!) 
• Total: $18.50

Rexall:

•  3xWheat Thins -$1.49-3x50cents off tearpad coupons
• Total: $2.97

Walmart:

• 2xshave gel $2.49-2x $2 off coupons
• Total: 92cents

My Grocery List (Sept. 28- Oct 4)

Here's my shopping list for this week to go with our meal plan. I'll let you know for sure once I'm done all my shopping what my final total with taxes was:) Tentative total: $59.66 taxes

Food Basics:

• Eggsx2 @$1.67each-$1WUB2 tearpad coupon (I saw this deal in another regions Food Basics flyer but not in ours, I'll check once I'm in store to see if its just not advertised here)
• Chicken Breasts $2.99/lb (looking for a $6ish package)
• Whole Chicken $5.99
• Oats $1.99
• Cheese $4.44
• Crescent rolls (if the chocolate ones are on sale) $1.29- $1coupon (no longer available)
• 2lbs of Yams @88cents/lb 
• Green Pepper $1
• Burger Buns $1.99-50cent tearpad coupon

• Total: $25.20

Shoppers Drugmart

• Milk x2- $8.40
• Coffee Cream $1.98
• Rice Side 99cents
• Total: $11.37
  

Loblaws:

• Grapes 99cents/lb= $2
• Can of tuna $1
• Deli meat $4
• Ham $5
• 2x Catelli Pasta @1.67each- 2x$1off coupons from here
• Green Giant Vegetables $2.50-75cent tearpad coupon
• Rougemont 2L apple juice $2.50-75cent booklet coupon
• Total: $15.09

Nesbitt's Meat Shop:
2 lb ground beef $8(ish)
Total: $8

My Grocery List for the Week (Sept. 21-27)

Here's my shopping list for this week to go with our meal plan. I'll let you know for sure once I'm done all my shopping what my final total with taxes was:)  Tentative total: $ 42.35+taxes

Canadian Tire:

• Armstrong Cheese $1.89
• USE CANADIAN TIRE MONEY

Food Basics:

• Onions $1
• Potatos $2
• Tuna $1
• Pasta Sauce $1
• Broccoli $1
• Sausages $5ish
• Juice Boxes (Oasis) $2.50-$1 coupon from Allens AJ tins
• Baby peeled carrots $1
• Total: $13.50

Shoppers Drugmart

• Milk x2- $8.40
• Coffee Cream $1.99
• Bread $1.99
• Total: $12.38
  

Loblaws:

• Deli Meat $4
• Nutrigrain Bars- Superfruit- Sale $1.99-50cent coupon from tearpad
• Activia Yogurt- $2.99
• Buns- $2
• Cereal (Kashi or Mini Wheats) $2.99-$2 coupon (Kashi) or $1 coupon (Mini Wheats)
• Total: $8.47

Nesbitt's Meat Shop:
1 lb lean ground beef $4(ish)
Total: $4

Grocery Budget Challenge: This Week's Total

If you have started following my newest feature The $65 Grocery Budget Challenge, I promised to share with you my total each week. The menu plan for this week saw a couple of changes (such as we just felt like having grilled cheese sandwiches and salad last night for dinner) and we even have some items that we didn't get made (like the white cupcakes). Overall I don't really feel that I spent any more time than usual in the kitchen and I feel like we ate extremely well despite the budget. That being said I did go SLIGHTLY over budget. I was pretty much on track until I got to Loblaws. They had such great deals on meat this week that I decided to grab some extras and will try to take that difference out of the upcoming week's budget (since I shouldn't need much meat and I don't need coffee or any household items it should still work out). Here's how the budget finished up for this week:

 THIS WEEK'S TOTAL: $88.61 over by +23.21 (that includes taxes)
Next weeks budget- $41.79