Yesterday:

KROGER

~Whole wheat bread $2.50
~Natural peanut butter $3.00
~Golden delicious apples $2.49
~2 packages strawberries $6.00
~Skinless chicken $2.99
~Raisin Bran $2.00
~Baby Food-squash, mixed vegetables, pears, mixed fruit, $1.00 each
~Jumbo package of Pampers (great deal only $7 after coupon/sale price)
~Puffs plus with lotion $1.25
~Paper Towels 79 cents
~Laura's Lean Ground Beef (no hormones, etc. very low fat) $5.89
~1% milk $1.79

Dahlal Internationale (earlier this week)
~cd-The Kabila Project-various artists $16.99
~cd-Dark Fire-Light Rain $17.99

Walgreens (earlier this week)
~Small chocolate valentine heart for each of my two children
~Hallmark card for DH
under $10 for all...

We3Bellydance
~Emerald Green Circle Skirt
~Emerald Green Turkish Vest
~Emerald Green Veil
*a matching set-all with matching multicolored and gold metallic embroidery
around $90 for the set-GREAT bargain!

eBay
~Beginner's Total Stretch/Stretch For Flexibility dvd-Tamilee Webb
around $15 including the shipping

ME: co-pay for physical $25

REBA: re-exam $33.26
Osteo 3 tablets $54.92

My point? My golden retriever and I both had something shoved up our ..... today ~ I was cheaper!

APHIL ~ is it really worth the $$ for Laura's Beef?

Some Le Creuset cookware... ooo new cookware I'm trying to get away from Teflon as quick as I can for a number of reasons and I do enjoy cooking.

hmmm

Chez Target - birthday card, sheets, 2 outfits for dd, sonicare, floss pics (just came from the dentist), new makeup (decided maybe I need to start wearing some again) book, coffee - $139(?)

Safeway - tomatoes, avocado, guac seasoning, lettuce, taco shells, lite sour cream, wheaties, black beans, rice, diapers $25 on food, $60 on diapers. sheesh.

EZ-I think so.

Laura's is very low fat first of all-96%lean/4% fat...but the biggest thing for me, is that the beef is grown without all of the hormones and antibiotics and crap they pump in the average beef cow.

My inlaws, and my father have all raised cows and other animals for meat-they live on farms-and they don't give them all that stuff-but mass produced meat usually does.

I like the idea of not eating meat that is all "hopped up" on chemicals and drugs. I also buy organic produce when possible...but that is a whole other rant.

I went to the grocery to fetch the sales before they change over for tomorrow .... snow peas, coffee, potatos, cottage cheese, tilapia filets.
Lumberyard-water but didn't like the floor tile DH saw yesterday
Dollar Store-pants hanger, air freshener, knee hi's, sudoku book
Hardware Store-a computer program for redecorating

Went to Target and got about 15 shirts. Jewelry. Four pairs of shoes. Make-up. Green tea pills. Junk food for the people in the family who wanted it. Energy drinks.

Then went to Whole Foods and got fat free skim milk, fat free plain yogurt, bran cereal, rice hot cereal, cream of wheat, fruit salad, strawberries, salsa, green tea, tofu, sushi, and that's about it. *shrugs*

Well my buys aren't fun, but I'll play

BJ's
Real Simple Mag
Boca Burgers
Carrots
Pork chops
Peanut Butter
Lavash Bread (*drool*)
Bread for dh
Milk
Eggs
Egg Beaters
Trash bags
Ensure for DH
Apples
Bananas

I think that's all, but there could be more. I really had most everything I needed for a decent week of eating.

New Seasons - hummus, stoneyfield yogurt, hair color, cottage cheese - $21

Kitchen Kaboodle - a new coffee/spice grinder, dh killed my old one - $19.99

Grocery Store:

Kleenex
Theraflu
Gatorade
Chicken Noodle Soup
Cough Drops
Cold Medicine
Sugar free popsicles
Big jug o' water

Awww Amanda, so sorry. I have been sick for 2 weeks now, so I feel your pain.

We are at prime tt age and dd is learning quickly that is a short road to nowhere. After lunch the other day I needed to get cough syrup. She loves to shop. First she started whining because she wanted to go to Safeway not rite aid. Cut that short with a glare. Then we went in riteaid and they only have those little bitty carts. With a sigh of relief I hefted the infant carrier in the front. (We had just walked 4 blocks from the restaurant rather than repark. That dang thing is HEAVY). She immediately did a melt down "I want to sit in the cart" whine and I picked him back out grabbed her hand and marched out of the store and the 4 blocks back to the car. Did I mention she LOVES shopping? Whoo buddy.

But I still didnt have my cough syrup. Who exactly got punished there?

I haven't bought anything today yet, but my husband was teasing me earlier for the amount of yarn I bought this month.

I think I replaced my food addiction with crochet! It's not my fault that everone's having babies... and babies do need blankets.

Babies DO need blankets. LOTS of blankets. ooodles and ooodles of blankets. You can tell your hubby that from me.

What a great way to keep your hands away from food!

TWO BROTHERS

1 large

1 large pepperoni

1 large antipasto salad

1 12 pack Corona

Must be Friday night and Angie has dance duty at school!