Well, hello there. You may have noticed the title of this post is a little different, that's because we had a few different shopping trips this week.
Yesterday we went and bought our school curricula for next year and did part of our grocery shopping.
Today we finished up our grocery shopping.
So let's start with our school shopping.
We have decided to use Abeka curriculum. For me, it gives me the lesson plans. I need that structure. We also liked it because it's a Christian curriculum and you have the option to start right off with cursive. While you can find used books through Ebay, Facebook groups and a few other sources, we are choosing to spend the money and buy new. The plan is to make copies of the workbooks and reuse them for all the kids... But once we get the books in we might decide to just reorder workbooks for the next child, that's something we will decide once we see what we have exactly. For this year, we just ordered K5 Cursive Edition for Andrew. I'll do a post just on this when we get our books in and what I'm doing for lesson plans. I also added the teachers books (it has lesson plans and how to teach the phonics-not my strong suit-along with other teaching tips), daily Bible lessons and beginner social studies lessons. We will get blank index cards for phonics flash cards, I'm told by other Abeka moms that these are an awesome resource but as the books have everything, to just buy the blank flashcards and make my own-so I'm taking their advice. We also need to buy math manipulatives, which we can find at garage sales or on Amazon. Along with buying a set of base 10 blocks, I'm going to buy some of those teddy bear counters, one set for Eva and one set for Grace (who will be sorting by color, but it's something that should help keep her little hands busy). On just the books, I spent $170. The rest will cost no more than $30 depending on where we find them at.
Now to move on to the grocery shopping. Aldi's opening missed this month's trip by 6 days. Boo! lol Next month. We'll hit them up next month. I've spent $360 this month, which is on the lower side thanks to finding meat in the freezer.
Dollar Tree I just needed tortillas and some moisturizing conditioner. I bought extra dish soap the past couple months to make sure there was enough when baby came, so I still have the extra. I also had laundry baskets on my list, but I guess they were out of stock, so onto Dollar General we go next week. I buy the cheap ones for the kids, get two for each and double them up to make them last longer... Not as big of a deal when they break that way.
At the bakery outlet we just bought bread. We have decided to spend a little more money on the better tasting hamburger buns and hot dog buns when needed from Sams or Hyvee.
We also picked up honey from Deep Creek Honey over by Wall Lake. Fresh honey is the best. :D
At Sam's I spent $230 on our usual stuff. You know you go around the same time every month when all the employees come say hi just to see the new baby.
At HyVee I spent $90.. Now wasn't that a fun trip. Our HyVee (Sioux Falls Marion Road) is under construction-they are redoing the ready to eat food section and reorganizing the rest of the store to be like the new ones. So everything is a mess, but once it dawned on me how they were organizing things, I could find about everything-but they had associates ready to help whomever needed help.
Our meal plan is using a lot of things we have in the freezer...because it's getting freezer burnt and needs to be used.. We are also doing a few new things... Gyros (sort of) and meatball subs. Now, I'm cheating on the gyros...because I didn't want to hunt down ground lamb.... I'm using a gyro seasoning recipe I found on Pinterest and just putting it on roast beef (days of working at Arby's)... Still gonna make me want to go to Nick's Gyros and get some REAL ones, but we'll see how it turns out-can't be TOO bad, can it? For the meatball subs, it's really pretty simple.. I bought meatballs-because buying that much meat to make the meatballs from scratch would make them really expensive-and they will be cooked in my homemade spaghetti sauce, stuck in sub buns that I bought, topped with mozzarella and toasted. Sounds yummy, right? My hubby has such good ideas. :D The rest of our meal plan is our usual meals.. Using up pork chops and chicken fried steaks from last month. Chicken Alfredo, spaghetti, smothered burritos, tacos and fish.
In other news, I still have to get the garden tilled. It should be warm enough... My mom planted tomatoes for me, hopefully I don't kill them when I transfer them. and I'm going to attempt onions and carrots again. It's worth a try, right?
Baby Hannah is growing-slowly it seems-but growing. My last three babies have been chubby and Hannah is very much a skinny little girl, I'm not quit sure what to do with this skinny little one! :) She wasn't too happy about being in the car seat so much this week, which made for frazzled nerves for me.
Have a good week!
~Tabitha
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Friday, May 6, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Baby is Here!
Our new little girl came to meet us last week. Thursday morning, Hannah Faith came to meet us at 8:21 AM. She was 6 pounds 6 ounces. Cute little bug! :D
We did a home birth, and I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to go straight to my own bed and take showers in my own bathroom versus worrying about nurses coming in every half an hour. And the bigger kids didn't have to be without mommy at least to come get quick hugs. I'm still resting and forcing myself not to lift anything heavier than little Hannah so I can heal. We are blessed that Dennis could schedule his vacation time around baby coming-although that prodermal labor through a loop in it, we do have him home to help for the rest of the week as I get my strength back.
We've also been blessed from different friends and family to have help with meals and birth cleanup.
My sister was my doula, I can't tell you how nice it was to have a coach other than Dennis who could concentrate on just me-and baby-and was also here to help with the cleanup that I couldn't. Check her out at Extraordinary Birth, Doula Services, or on Facebook. She's guest posted on here before. She also helped a lot with relaxation and natural pain management that I had no idea about.
Next week is going to prove to be busy, but we'll get through it and I'm sure the kids will help once they get the hang of it. Hannah has Andrew and Eva wrapped around her little finger-although Andrew disappears when the diaper changes come. :) Grace is learning to share momma, and getting used to it a little at a time.
Have a good week!
~Tabitha
We did a home birth, and I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to go straight to my own bed and take showers in my own bathroom versus worrying about nurses coming in every half an hour. And the bigger kids didn't have to be without mommy at least to come get quick hugs. I'm still resting and forcing myself not to lift anything heavier than little Hannah so I can heal. We are blessed that Dennis could schedule his vacation time around baby coming-although that prodermal labor through a loop in it, we do have him home to help for the rest of the week as I get my strength back.
We've also been blessed from different friends and family to have help with meals and birth cleanup.
My sister was my doula, I can't tell you how nice it was to have a coach other than Dennis who could concentrate on just me-and baby-and was also here to help with the cleanup that I couldn't. Check her out at Extraordinary Birth, Doula Services, or on Facebook. She's guest posted on here before. She also helped a lot with relaxation and natural pain management that I had no idea about.
Next week is going to prove to be busy, but we'll get through it and I'm sure the kids will help once they get the hang of it. Hannah has Andrew and Eva wrapped around her little finger-although Andrew disappears when the diaper changes come. :) Grace is learning to share momma, and getting used to it a little at a time.
Have a good week!
~Tabitha
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Staying Distracted
I tell you what. This baby is keeping us on our toes already. We thought it was coming a few weekends ago (that's why no blog post last week), but it changed it's mind... So with my wonderful husband back to work and my doula back home, I'm trying to stay distracted and keep up with housework.
I'm making daily to-do lists right now, because my brain is gone. It has left the building... It seems I can barely finish a sentence right now-let alone remember what I'm supposed to do. We also have a long list of things that need to be done outside once I get my strength back and can.. Some of those require hubby's help, some do not (the dog just a couple of nap companions-Mickey and Minnie Mouse, courtesy of Grace) so I'm making a list so I remember everything I'm thinking about as I'm sitting here resting.
We have a few household projects that I'm hoping both will get done this summer-one definitely will, we'll see about the other. The carpet needs pulled from the kid's room.. There is a hole in it (BEAUTIFUL hardwood underneath, I'm just praying it goes throughout the room) and true to kid form, they pick at the hole, as does the cat and it's not in a place where we can just cover it up.. So that job shouldn't be too difficult, but it also dawned on me that floor will be very cold come next winter, so I'm finding another use for all these fabric scraps and will crochet rag rugs. I'm working on cutting those strips as I can, we just need to make it down to the local thrift store to see if she has a huge crochet hook. The other project is to make a play room under the stairs. We convinced my dad into crawling into a circulation vent hole to check out under the stairs for us, and it's mostly finished under there! A friend had confirmed that there used to a walk through pantry there (it's now a bathroom...and my pantry is a set of shelves)... So all we have to do is cut open the drywall, put something up to cover the hole to the bathroom and reuse some of the good carpet from the kid's room to put on the floor-or some soft, easy to clean flooring. While it seems very simple, we are still learning the basics to carpentry so are trying to convince my dad to come at least supervise-that and we need his saws-all. :D
I did get some fabric cut for a baby-in-a-bag outfit to sew....Then realized I can't reach the sewing machine...So... my cut fabric and instructions sit beside the sewing machine, just a-waiting.
Our little boy turned 6 last week. He picked pizza and a superhero cake... So since I didn't feel like making a decorating a cake, we went and bought an ice cream cake, then had him pick out his favorite little superhero guys to go on top.
I think one of my biggest conundrums right now, is finding a year round homeschool planner I think will work. I'm at the point where I'm sure I'll have to buy one-at least this year-instead of coming up with my own, but the question is.. what do I want? I can picture it in my head-just don't ask me to explain it, so I'll just have to go looking I suppose.
That's all to talk about this week! Have a great week (or two)!
~Tabitha
I'm making daily to-do lists right now, because my brain is gone. It has left the building... It seems I can barely finish a sentence right now-let alone remember what I'm supposed to do. We also have a long list of things that need to be done outside once I get my strength back and can.. Some of those require hubby's help, some do not (the dog just a couple of nap companions-Mickey and Minnie Mouse, courtesy of Grace) so I'm making a list so I remember everything I'm thinking about as I'm sitting here resting.
We have a few household projects that I'm hoping both will get done this summer-one definitely will, we'll see about the other. The carpet needs pulled from the kid's room.. There is a hole in it (BEAUTIFUL hardwood underneath, I'm just praying it goes throughout the room) and true to kid form, they pick at the hole, as does the cat and it's not in a place where we can just cover it up.. So that job shouldn't be too difficult, but it also dawned on me that floor will be very cold come next winter, so I'm finding another use for all these fabric scraps and will crochet rag rugs. I'm working on cutting those strips as I can, we just need to make it down to the local thrift store to see if she has a huge crochet hook. The other project is to make a play room under the stairs. We convinced my dad into crawling into a circulation vent hole to check out under the stairs for us, and it's mostly finished under there! A friend had confirmed that there used to a walk through pantry there (it's now a bathroom...and my pantry is a set of shelves)... So all we have to do is cut open the drywall, put something up to cover the hole to the bathroom and reuse some of the good carpet from the kid's room to put on the floor-or some soft, easy to clean flooring. While it seems very simple, we are still learning the basics to carpentry so are trying to convince my dad to come at least supervise-that and we need his saws-all. :D
I did get some fabric cut for a baby-in-a-bag outfit to sew....Then realized I can't reach the sewing machine...So... my cut fabric and instructions sit beside the sewing machine, just a-waiting.
Our little boy turned 6 last week. He picked pizza and a superhero cake... So since I didn't feel like making a decorating a cake, we went and bought an ice cream cake, then had him pick out his favorite little superhero guys to go on top.
I think one of my biggest conundrums right now, is finding a year round homeschool planner I think will work. I'm at the point where I'm sure I'll have to buy one-at least this year-instead of coming up with my own, but the question is.. what do I want? I can picture it in my head-just don't ask me to explain it, so I'll just have to go looking I suppose.
That's all to talk about this week! Have a great week (or two)!
~Tabitha
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Shopping Trip April 7th
Nope, no baby yet.. To say I'm impatient is a severe understatement.
So we went grocery shopping today. I'm 39 weeks pregnant, grocery shopping with an (almost) 6 year old, 4 year and 2 year old. You can imagine how much I had (insert sarcastic tone).
I can tell you one thing. I am SO GRATEFUL for Hyvee's online Aisles shopping and pick up service I can't even express. You go on their site, create an account, then pick out what groceries you want. You pick the store, and a pick up time for pick up times available at that store.. They do the shopping for you, anything under $100 has a fee, over $100 is free (at least for our store, I don't know if that varies or not). They also have delivery, but we are too far away for that. So that's what we did this time.
I skipped the bakery outlet and Dollar Tree. I just didn't have the energy to deal with them and the kids. I was zapped after Sam's. I paid extra for the few things we did need from those two stores or found a way to do without. (like a magnetic notepad-I'm using scratch paper and a magnet, and new laundry baskets-I get hte cheap ones for the kids, I just added more tape to them lol). What bread we did need, I just paid extra for at Hyvee.
Yes, we paid more for groceries this month, but it was so worth it!
Hyvee total was $205
Sam's total was $205
Sam's I got so many 'make easy' meals my freezers are stuffed. Yes, we have premade food, but there are also some that are just easy meals to put together... Honestly, I think the most difficult on my meal list is the salsbury steak (totally from scratch) and the chicken fried steak (Sam's has awesome precooked 'steaks' for this, all I have to do is cook those and make the sides). I have been completely tired and not wanting to cook at all the past few weeks, so having easy, throw together meals will help that feeling.. and if I decide to skip the salsbury steak, I can do anything with hamburger.
So that was our adventure today... Time to rest now and wait for help to get the rest of the groceries put away.
Have a great week-and hopefully I'll have a picture of a baby to share next week!
~Tabitha
So we went grocery shopping today. I'm 39 weeks pregnant, grocery shopping with an (almost) 6 year old, 4 year and 2 year old. You can imagine how much I had (insert sarcastic tone).
I can tell you one thing. I am SO GRATEFUL for Hyvee's online Aisles shopping and pick up service I can't even express. You go on their site, create an account, then pick out what groceries you want. You pick the store, and a pick up time for pick up times available at that store.. They do the shopping for you, anything under $100 has a fee, over $100 is free (at least for our store, I don't know if that varies or not). They also have delivery, but we are too far away for that. So that's what we did this time.
I skipped the bakery outlet and Dollar Tree. I just didn't have the energy to deal with them and the kids. I was zapped after Sam's. I paid extra for the few things we did need from those two stores or found a way to do without. (like a magnetic notepad-I'm using scratch paper and a magnet, and new laundry baskets-I get hte cheap ones for the kids, I just added more tape to them lol). What bread we did need, I just paid extra for at Hyvee.
Yes, we paid more for groceries this month, but it was so worth it!
Hyvee total was $205
Sam's total was $205
Sam's I got so many 'make easy' meals my freezers are stuffed. Yes, we have premade food, but there are also some that are just easy meals to put together... Honestly, I think the most difficult on my meal list is the salsbury steak (totally from scratch) and the chicken fried steak (Sam's has awesome precooked 'steaks' for this, all I have to do is cook those and make the sides). I have been completely tired and not wanting to cook at all the past few weeks, so having easy, throw together meals will help that feeling.. and if I decide to skip the salsbury steak, I can do anything with hamburger.
So that was our adventure today... Time to rest now and wait for help to get the rest of the groceries put away.
Have a great week-and hopefully I'll have a picture of a baby to share next week!
~Tabitha
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Getting Ready for Baby
I realized I forgot to do a blog post last week. Sorry. My brain has vacated the building. Baby is due anytime and we are getting very impatient waiting for it to make it's appearance.
Normally, I'd have a hospital bag packed and waiting in the car.. But we decided on a home birth this time. So here is what I'm doing around the house.
I've washed the bassinet and a few sets of clothes for boy and girl, but mostly just the gender neutral clothes. In the bassinet, I'm collecting everything we'll need for the birth and baby right away. It's all in one place and easy to access. I'll probably rearrange it at least ten more times before baby comes.
I can't remember where the camera is, or I'd take pictures lol... so Sorry, no pictures.
(warning men, you may not want to read the next few paragraphs lol) I have the baby quilt, nursing tanks, and baby wipes done. I have not finished the baby in a bag outfits... but only because I'm struggling to get normal house work done, let alone anything else. Also in the bassinet I have chux pads, feminine pads, sterile scissors (since we plan to let the placenta drain all the way before cutting we won't need a clamp), two dollar tree quality plastic table covers (for the bed..because you just never know), an old sheet and a package of newborn disposable diapers... Because that way I won't have to worry about laundry for a day or two, Grace will also be in disposables.
In an end table for our bed, I have the baby's cloth diapers-mostly homemade prefolds thanks to a friend, but I do have some flats and All in Ones that are newborn size. The covers for the diapers and snappis-which may or may not be needed considering the covers, but I want them handy just in case (snappis are the 21st century version of the diaper pins I LOVE them). I also have two nursing nightgowns thanks to a friend-can't wait to use those, all my nursing pads-which I'm already using-but also disposable so I don't through AS MANY shirts while my milk evens out. The boppy is stuffed in the bottom of the bassinet, covered with a crib sheet so it doesn't get all furry from the cat. Lanolin, although I'll use coconut oil first, I wanted lanolin available just in case. And Lavender essential oil is patiently waiting in the bathroom cupboard for calming effects.
Downstairs we have the new rocking chair that is OH SO COMFORTABLE!! And we'll put the play pen up with the bassinet so baby has a place to lay downstairs.
As far as the family goes, we have plans for somebody to come be with the kids, along with a back up plan. Easy meals (and numbers to the few places in town hubby can go pick up food if wanted or needed), paper plates, plastic ware, precooked bacon-gotta have the bacon lol. We are blessed that my husband's work is understanding, while he did schedule vacation time, his boss understands that when it actually starts depends on when baby decides to come, that way he can be home for two weeks after baby comes instead of sitting here all day being impatient with me, he's being impatient at work while I'm impatient at home.
I did realize I forgot two very important things. Frozen berries for smoothies (GASP, really gotta get some berries) and ice-which we can run and pick up when I go into labor... because I love ice water when I'm in labor...and that's about the only time.
In the meantime, I'm sitting here looking at my lonely sewing machine and feeling lazy with the huge pile of projects on a shelf nearby, but I'm sitting here, typing this and trying not to fall asleep-because I can't sleep at night, but during the day when my kids needs me, yep, I'm all over that sleep thing.
Have a great week!
~Tabitha
Normally, I'd have a hospital bag packed and waiting in the car.. But we decided on a home birth this time. So here is what I'm doing around the house.
I've washed the bassinet and a few sets of clothes for boy and girl, but mostly just the gender neutral clothes. In the bassinet, I'm collecting everything we'll need for the birth and baby right away. It's all in one place and easy to access. I'll probably rearrange it at least ten more times before baby comes.
I can't remember where the camera is, or I'd take pictures lol... so Sorry, no pictures.
(warning men, you may not want to read the next few paragraphs lol) I have the baby quilt, nursing tanks, and baby wipes done. I have not finished the baby in a bag outfits... but only because I'm struggling to get normal house work done, let alone anything else. Also in the bassinet I have chux pads, feminine pads, sterile scissors (since we plan to let the placenta drain all the way before cutting we won't need a clamp), two dollar tree quality plastic table covers (for the bed..because you just never know), an old sheet and a package of newborn disposable diapers... Because that way I won't have to worry about laundry for a day or two, Grace will also be in disposables.
In an end table for our bed, I have the baby's cloth diapers-mostly homemade prefolds thanks to a friend, but I do have some flats and All in Ones that are newborn size. The covers for the diapers and snappis-which may or may not be needed considering the covers, but I want them handy just in case (snappis are the 21st century version of the diaper pins I LOVE them). I also have two nursing nightgowns thanks to a friend-can't wait to use those, all my nursing pads-which I'm already using-but also disposable so I don't through AS MANY shirts while my milk evens out. The boppy is stuffed in the bottom of the bassinet, covered with a crib sheet so it doesn't get all furry from the cat. Lanolin, although I'll use coconut oil first, I wanted lanolin available just in case. And Lavender essential oil is patiently waiting in the bathroom cupboard for calming effects.
Downstairs we have the new rocking chair that is OH SO COMFORTABLE!! And we'll put the play pen up with the bassinet so baby has a place to lay downstairs.
As far as the family goes, we have plans for somebody to come be with the kids, along with a back up plan. Easy meals (and numbers to the few places in town hubby can go pick up food if wanted or needed), paper plates, plastic ware, precooked bacon-gotta have the bacon lol. We are blessed that my husband's work is understanding, while he did schedule vacation time, his boss understands that when it actually starts depends on when baby decides to come, that way he can be home for two weeks after baby comes instead of sitting here all day being impatient with me, he's being impatient at work while I'm impatient at home.
I did realize I forgot two very important things. Frozen berries for smoothies (GASP, really gotta get some berries) and ice-which we can run and pick up when I go into labor... because I love ice water when I'm in labor...and that's about the only time.
In the meantime, I'm sitting here looking at my lonely sewing machine and feeling lazy with the huge pile of projects on a shelf nearby, but I'm sitting here, typing this and trying not to fall asleep-because I can't sleep at night, but during the day when my kids needs me, yep, I'm all over that sleep thing.
Have a great week!
~Tabitha
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
What We Pack For A Road Trip
Our road trips are pretty low key around here... We don't pack a lot of entertainment for the kids-actually, they do much of their own entertainment packing.
When we went on vacation last year, I did pack some extra entertainment that they never ended up needing.
Usually on our road trips (6 1/2 hour drives to see grandparents, big sister and usually some cousins), the kids get a basket of toys that they fill up, blankets for hide and seek, sun shade and just in case they're cold, and their car pillows. A bottle of water and some snacks handy.. The rest is up to them.
My mom made these awesome toy baskets from plastic grocery bags-washable, durable and cheap.. Don't ask me how she did them, I don't know other than crochet lol. They fill them up and take them to the car the day before (or the day) we leave. I use an old cooler that doesn't keep things cold anymore to keep all the snacks and drinks together and within easy reach for me. We also have a couple of little coolers Dennis got from work that I have started using for the kids' snacks. Keeps them in spot and if I need to, I can strap them to car seat.
We are headed to a Bible Conference in Fargo soon, so I have been planning on how to keep my little goons entertained for a 3 day Bible Conference. Now I know I won't be able to keep them in the conference hall the entire time, I'm also hoping it won't be snowing so we can run off some energy in the hotel yard. Here's hoping. I decided to stay low key with this, too. I grabbed 4 new color books, we'll grab the crayons in soap containers and they can sit for a sermon at a time. I'll keep drinks and snacks in the car, so the sermons they get restless during, we can have a quick snack if wanted-but that way it isn't sitting there tempting them.
I'm still working on my sewing list for baby.. Getting out baby stuff this week and cleaning the car seat. Eva lost her favorite stuffed animal, so that hunt has been added to my list.
Have a good week!!
~Tabitha
When we went on vacation last year, I did pack some extra entertainment that they never ended up needing.
Usually on our road trips (6 1/2 hour drives to see grandparents, big sister and usually some cousins), the kids get a basket of toys that they fill up, blankets for hide and seek, sun shade and just in case they're cold, and their car pillows. A bottle of water and some snacks handy.. The rest is up to them.
My mom made these awesome toy baskets from plastic grocery bags-washable, durable and cheap.. Don't ask me how she did them, I don't know other than crochet lol. They fill them up and take them to the car the day before (or the day) we leave. I use an old cooler that doesn't keep things cold anymore to keep all the snacks and drinks together and within easy reach for me. We also have a couple of little coolers Dennis got from work that I have started using for the kids' snacks. Keeps them in spot and if I need to, I can strap them to car seat.
We are headed to a Bible Conference in Fargo soon, so I have been planning on how to keep my little goons entertained for a 3 day Bible Conference. Now I know I won't be able to keep them in the conference hall the entire time, I'm also hoping it won't be snowing so we can run off some energy in the hotel yard. Here's hoping. I decided to stay low key with this, too. I grabbed 4 new color books, we'll grab the crayons in soap containers and they can sit for a sermon at a time. I'll keep drinks and snacks in the car, so the sermons they get restless during, we can have a quick snack if wanted-but that way it isn't sitting there tempting them.
I'm still working on my sewing list for baby.. Getting out baby stuff this week and cleaning the car seat. Eva lost her favorite stuffed animal, so that hunt has been added to my list.
Have a good week!!
~Tabitha
Friday, March 11, 2016
Shopping Trip 3/10
To start off this post, I spent more this month.. I fully expect baby to be here within the month... and even it's not, I'm utterly exhausted and just wanted more convenience foods. I also picked up some extras for what we will need when baby comes (paper plates for instance). Any foods we need, my husband said he will just go to the local store and get.
I was going to use HyVee's grocery pickup service (I've used it before when I'm this far along, it's a back and sanity saver for a $10 fee-completely worth it I think)... But they didn't have any open slots available, so that didn't work. The kids went a little crazy with mommy's slow walking, but they survived.
I am proud to say I kept better track of my list this month.. so I didn't forget anything I could find lol. The few things I couldn't find, I blame on HyVee rearranging one whole corner of the store.
So we started off our trip at Sam's like normal...
I bought french fries instead of making my own this month-which I've been doing for a few months now, I just bought them in Sioux Falls this time. I can't order from Azure before I run out of laundry soap, so back to ALL laundry soap we went. A huge pack of foam plates-we'll use them all eventually. Precooked bacon, so bacon will be easy for me or Dennis when baby comes. I only got half our bacon precooked and a package of regular bacon. I also got a case of juice boxes, partly for a trip to Fargo next week, partly to make it easier on me so if we run out of juice, I don't have to go to the store as fast (we get juice on WIC, which typically means a weekly trip locally). Oh and chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese....because.. I'm exhausted. Sam's total 277.56
At HyVee, we picked up four rolls of cinnamon rolls for Sunday mornings-a lot easier on this momma than making waffles two mornings in a row.. Refried beans for the burritos-in case I don't feel like making homemade. The rest was normal spending. HyVee Total 106.07
At Dollar Tree, we grabbed some new coloring books for the kids for the conference next week, tortillas, worcestershire sauce, italian dressing and air freshener. Dollar Tree Total 13.78
The Bakery outlet was awesome. :D We got our normal 8 loaves of bread, some donuts (because I was lazy and didn't make coffee cake last weekend-so hubby needed something with his breakfast, raisin bread (I blame that one on the baby lol). They were giving away free samples of their artesan bread (REALLY YUMMY, especially as cheesy garlic bread) and since I spent $10, I got a free loaf of the same thing.... So Basically, I spent $13 and got about $25 worth of bread. Oroweat Bakery Outlet total 12.72
So total grocery spending was $410.13... Over budget, but that's what happens when I buy convenience foods... and the $20 in extras (plates and laundry soap) didn't help much.
Things are going a little crazy around here... We got new furniture, a new love seat, it's a rocker/recliner on both sides with a console in the middle.. Original price was around $1100, we got it for $799. Not bad, eh? A bunk bed for the kids, I don't THINK it was on sale, but we got it for around $179. And a twin mattress for that which they gave it to us for $99... We think we did pretty good spending $1130 on that (sturdy frame construction) including delivery and assembly. Another $120 for a new rocker/glider with footstool for me from KMart.. That one's original list price was $160, but with the sale and getting it from the Kmart closing in Mitchell, gave me a good discount. That stuff came Wednesday, so this weekend we have some rearranging to do to get end tables how we want them and get my sewing stuff and the kid's school stuff figured out.. Along with hopefully getting the keyboard back out.
Have a good week!!
~Tabitha
I was going to use HyVee's grocery pickup service (I've used it before when I'm this far along, it's a back and sanity saver for a $10 fee-completely worth it I think)... But they didn't have any open slots available, so that didn't work. The kids went a little crazy with mommy's slow walking, but they survived.
I am proud to say I kept better track of my list this month.. so I didn't forget anything I could find lol. The few things I couldn't find, I blame on HyVee rearranging one whole corner of the store.
So we started off our trip at Sam's like normal...
I bought french fries instead of making my own this month-which I've been doing for a few months now, I just bought them in Sioux Falls this time. I can't order from Azure before I run out of laundry soap, so back to ALL laundry soap we went. A huge pack of foam plates-we'll use them all eventually. Precooked bacon, so bacon will be easy for me or Dennis when baby comes. I only got half our bacon precooked and a package of regular bacon. I also got a case of juice boxes, partly for a trip to Fargo next week, partly to make it easier on me so if we run out of juice, I don't have to go to the store as fast (we get juice on WIC, which typically means a weekly trip locally). Oh and chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese....because.. I'm exhausted. Sam's total 277.56
At HyVee, we picked up four rolls of cinnamon rolls for Sunday mornings-a lot easier on this momma than making waffles two mornings in a row.. Refried beans for the burritos-in case I don't feel like making homemade. The rest was normal spending. HyVee Total 106.07
At Dollar Tree, we grabbed some new coloring books for the kids for the conference next week, tortillas, worcestershire sauce, italian dressing and air freshener. Dollar Tree Total 13.78
The Bakery outlet was awesome. :D We got our normal 8 loaves of bread, some donuts (because I was lazy and didn't make coffee cake last weekend-so hubby needed something with his breakfast, raisin bread (I blame that one on the baby lol). They were giving away free samples of their artesan bread (REALLY YUMMY, especially as cheesy garlic bread) and since I spent $10, I got a free loaf of the same thing.... So Basically, I spent $13 and got about $25 worth of bread. Oroweat Bakery Outlet total 12.72
So total grocery spending was $410.13... Over budget, but that's what happens when I buy convenience foods... and the $20 in extras (plates and laundry soap) didn't help much.
Things are going a little crazy around here... We got new furniture, a new love seat, it's a rocker/recliner on both sides with a console in the middle.. Original price was around $1100, we got it for $799. Not bad, eh? A bunk bed for the kids, I don't THINK it was on sale, but we got it for around $179. And a twin mattress for that which they gave it to us for $99... We think we did pretty good spending $1130 on that (sturdy frame construction) including delivery and assembly. Another $120 for a new rocker/glider with footstool for me from KMart.. That one's original list price was $160, but with the sale and getting it from the Kmart closing in Mitchell, gave me a good discount. That stuff came Wednesday, so this weekend we have some rearranging to do to get end tables how we want them and get my sewing stuff and the kid's school stuff figured out.. Along with hopefully getting the keyboard back out.
Have a good week!!
~Tabitha
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