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| Santa brought everyone individual caramel-apple "kits" that's a mini-tub of caramel dip under the apple |
Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. I only grocery shopped once in an entire month. We simply had so much food in the house that we didn't need a second trip to the store. I went mid-month for a curbside pickup at Walmart.
I spent $77.98 on groceries (food-only) for the month of December. This doesn't include grocery items that I bought for gifts but does include special items I bought for Christmas brunch, New Year's Eve dinner, and New Year's day dinner. Keep in mind, though, that I am relying heavily on my freezer and back-up pantry storage.
It's now been over 2 weeks since shopping. I'll put in another order sometime next week. Aside from knowing I'll buy milk, I haven't given any thought to what to order. That's a pretty good indication that we're still well-stocked.
What I bought:
Dairy
8 oz Swiss cheese, $1.68 (for New Year's Eve mushroom burgers)
1 gallon whole milk (for yogurt), 6 gallons 2% milk (drinking/cooking), $2.18 ea
16 oz whipping cream, $1.98 (for making eggnog)
Produce (fresh, frozen, and packaged)
9 lbs clementines, $1.04/lb (they were out of oranges, so I got extra tangerines at the orange price)
2 heads cabbage, 40 cents/lb
10 bananas, 42 cents/lb
4 avocados, 58 cents/each
6-pack individual applesauce, $1.84 (for Christmas brunch)
20 oz frozen shredded hash browns, $1.76 (for Christmas brunch)
2 10-oz bags frozen mushrooms, $1.98 ea (for mushroom burgers and general cooking)
large bag frozen red and yellow pepper strips, $1.92 ( for Christmas brunch)
1 bundle organic celery, $1.26 ea
2 heads iceberg lettuce, 40 cents ea
3 lb-bag fuji apples, $3.23 for the bag
2 green peppers, 76 cents ea
2 6-oz bags dried apricots, $2.87 ea (for general eating, plus making a holiday treat)
Pantry
1 10-oz bag dark chocolate (60% cacao) chips, $1.98 (for making the holiday treat w/dried apricots)
2 boxes Toasty O's cereal (GV-brand Cheerios), $1.23 ea
6-pack individual caramel dip for apples (Santa's surprise), $3.58
36 oz honey, $7.92
Refrigerated non-dairy
14 oz tofu, $2.64 (for making Chocolate-Tofu Silk, New Year's Eve tradition)
4-pack canned biscuit dough, $2.14 (for making pigs in a blanket some night and for making quickie donuts on New Year's day)
Easy shopping month. I expect January will be equally easy and limited -- we're still well-stocked with staples. Watch! Now that I've said that, I'll have a super-spendy month! We'll just have to wait and see.
