Grocery brag (week 11)... the work in progress in 2012

I think your doing great on your shops, I bet at the end your average will be even lower than you expect. Keep up the good work. I look forward to your brags!!!

Awesome week ! :D

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Originally Posted by Abby5

Last month I spent $1200 on food,cleaning,personal etc..
That is crazy!!!!!
Spent $400 at "normal" stores....the rest at Costco

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I'm sure you will be back on lower spend by month as soon you will redo your coupon stash :-)

Myself I don't have costco card and I don't shop there now... but I was 15 years ago. Costco is not really my store, products are in big quantity yes, but variety is limited and I found I could get everything at other store for lower cost.... But this is my opinion ;)

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Originally Posted by geniemom

I think your doing great on your shops, I bet at the end your average will be even lower than you expect. Keep up the good work. I look forward to your brags!!!

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I think also this is doable... I will see in december!

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Originally Posted by Cocottee00

Awesome week ! :D

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Thanks cocottee!

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Originally Posted by 2010ontest

I'm sure you will be back on lower spend by month as soon you will redo your coupon stash :-)

Myself I don't have costco card and I don't shop there now... but I was 15 years ago. Costco is not really my store, products are in big quantity yes, but variety is limited and I found I could get everything at other store for lower cost.... But this is my opinion ;)

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I have to...I have had no pay since September :eek:

Enjoyed reading all your posts! Taking care of household needs is a big job, keep up the awesome work!!

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Originally Posted by Abby5

I have to...I have had no pay since September :eek:

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I'm sure you will be able ;)

Here we choose to live on a the unregular and unsure salary of my husband since 2 years and an half now. Each school year we have a new reality and no income in summer (except family allowance and EI on lucky summer) until DH will have enough seniority to get a permanent position in the system and he finish his "back to school program" in education at University to be legaly qualified as teacher in QC...

We made this choice to be present and active with the kids for their first years at school. This is important for us. DDs are in elementory school grade 1 and 4 now... older DS will start school next year and I will still have my little one son at home with me for 3 years before he start school.

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Originally Posted by Kitty77

Enjoyed reading all your posts! Taking care of household needs is a big job, keep up the awesome work!!

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Thanks Kitty77!

For me this is also a challenge I like to do :)
So all the situation is very positive and go with a life choice we have made as a family and not because we/I loose a job or be obliged to do this :-)

You are doing amazing!!!! Keep it up!

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Originally Posted by 2010ontest

To do list:

I need to use one spaghetti squash. I still have 2 at home. I also still have 2 turban squash and 1 hubbard blue. The hubbard blue said: "This is MY week or I will died"!!! I love winter squash :) To preserve them, you have nothing to do. Just keep it in a room without excess of humidity. Take a look every week to detect any start of mold and that it.

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We have eat the hubbard blue last week... I still have a small left over to use. Next week I will use a spaghetti squash. I think I will finish my winter squash somewhere in march. Not to bad :) So next fall I will need again 2-3 bushel of local winter squash to go until march/april.

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Originally Posted by 2010ontest

I need to do an other batch of 4L yogurt. Yep I do this every 10 days approximately.

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As usual I have done 4L of yogurt and need to redo it again. I do my yogurt in 500ml Mason jar and reuse one jar as starter each time.

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Originally Posted by 2010ontest

This week I want to use one nasturtium jelly to do my chicken stirfry. This give a special taste to meat when added at the end of cooking.

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Again this was yummy!

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Originally Posted by 2010ontest

I need list:

In the next month or two, I will have to look deals for:
basmati and brown rice
potato
dry cranberry (I buy some, need more)
sunlight powder laundry soap
coars salt
olive oil (I have buy 3L this week I'm ok with this)
hand dish washing soap (I have buy 2 bottles I'm good for 1-2 months)
Flour


List for Sami fruit:
case of grapefruit or lemon or lime

List for Mayrand:
fresh yeast

List of spices to buy next time I go to Montreal (Épices Anatole et/ou Épices de crues):
cinnamon
Alep pepper
curcurma

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good grief woman! you make me tired thinking of all the work you do :P

if you ever get time, would you be able to share how to make yogurt? sorry, don't mean to make more work for you!

Such an inspiring post. Thanks for sharing.

As usually I like your thread very much! It's inspiring

love your post it makes me remember why this year I want to do my own canning and pickling and freezing in bushels. Oh and the mention of fiddleheads not many people know about them or tried them they are my fav. great post thank you

thanks so much for sharing your life with us, it is so inspriring!