GROCERY HAUL

Hello, friends!  I can't begin to tell you how extremely busy my life has been this week.  And next week is the same.  So you will not see much of me for awhile, but I am not deserting you and will post as much as I can.

I think summer is finally over.  It is downright cold around here.  I am wearing winter clothing in the mornings and evenings, but can change into a little lighter items during the day.  I even lit the fire in my little space heater for the first time this season.  It's rather pleasant to see the flames and feel the warmth.  In fact, I think I will do just that when I am finished with this post.

On Tuesday afternoon Joe and I went to Shoprite to do our weekly shopping.  When I went to pay for the groceries, I couldn't find my ATM card.  I had bought lunch on the way home from Bible Study and I distinctly remember having the lady hand it back to me so I know I had it.  But it was gone.  I tried another card, but it didn't have enough money on it.  Oh my!  Joe didn't have his wallet with him so didn't have any cards and no cash.  I finally found a card that worked.  ( I only have two credit cards.)  When I went home I called the bank and cancelled my card right away.  The next day I went to my branch and got a new card.  I still haven't found it, so I think it must have dropped on the street somewhere.  Better safe than sorry.

So here are my groceries for the week.

Bagels and English muffins.  I don't usually buy both, but the English muffins was a great sale.  The other day for breakfast I had one with butter and sprinkled with pumpkin spice.  It was so good!

Lactose free cheese was on sale.  We were just finishing up one of our two boxes of margarine so I got another.  Bacon, lunch meat and chicken tenderloins to make chicken fingers (dinner tonight!)

Cleaning supplies.  Now you know what I'm doing this week and next.  All purpose cleanser, disinfecting wipes, Scrubbing Bubbles, dish detergent and air freshener.

I had run out of paprika and needed to replace it.  I really wanted only one can of tomato sauce but they were $2 for 5 so I got it.  What a good price!  And two cans of tomato paste.  I always make my own tomato sauce because then I know what is in it.  One time I bought a jar and found there was hidden milk (I should have read the label first).  I was sick for hours!

For produce I got Winesap apples, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, bananas, spinach and a spaghetti squash.

Penne pasta for a nice dinner one night.  And the notebooks were still on sale for 49 cents so I picked up two more.  You can always use a notebook for something.

Meat this week was pork chops (they were wonderful!), ground beef and burgers.

We were all out of water so I was glad to get another case.  And I always get eggs.

The veggies were on sale for 99 cents each.  I got broccoli, corn and green beans.  Breaded flounder for us this week.  I had the fish last night.  Yum!

 And finally, I used up my beef bouillon cubes so had to replace them.  Joe wanted soft cream cheese and iced tea mix.  And I was all out of cooking spray and olive oil.

It was a big order this week, but next week is very small.  Good thing since I am running out of money.

Hope you are all having a good weekend.  The weeks just fly by, don't they?  I will try to be back with a What's for dinner post tomorrow.

Kathy