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WIS, WWA | a new year of grocery shopping!

The Frugal Girl

The post WIS, WWA | a new year of grocery shopping! But I can tell you that the pasta is ALL gone now, so dinner will not include leftover pasta again. What did you have for dinner this week? And…do you ever buy salad kits? appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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I threw the Menu Plan out.

The Coupon Game

Last week I had a fully planned-out Menu Plan , and instead decided to take a last minute trip to visit my family. So, we'll be incorporating last week's menu plan for this week. And since I have most everything still in my freezer or pantry, that also means I have very little grocery shopping to do this week!

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Menu Plan Thursday

The Coupon Game

As you all know, I typically do my grocery shopping on Thursdays, therefore, that is also the day that I plan my weekly menu. You'll see my grocery photo and breakdown soon.) For my menu planning, I start by scouring my freezer, fridge, and pantry to see what I have on-hand already. but I know we ate!

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Eleven Tips for Easier Menu Planning | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

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The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Menu planning saves me time.

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Menu Plan Thursday

The Coupon Game

It's been forever since I've posted a menu plan. Thus, the weekly menu has not been what it ought to be. I notice I tend to desire to eat out more when the menu isn't planned, which in turn causes a higher cost in our food budget. That needs to get nipped in the bud! That needs to get nipped in the bud!

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WIS, WWA | one more week of phoning it in

The Frugal Girl

I didn’t really grocery shop this week because…busy. What I Spent By the time I write my next WIS, WWA post, a lot of my big time-consuming stuff will be all done. But for the next week, you can be sure I will be phoning it in on the dinner front, just as much as I did this week. ? Busy, busy, busy. $14

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WIS, WWA | largely from the freezer

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent I did get a Hungry Harvest box and I made a small trip to Aldi, but I haven’t done an honest-to-goodness grocery shopping trip since we got back from Hawaii! I’ve done some freezer scrounging to come up with things to eat, so…yay for using up what’s on hand. squirrel-watching I spent: $ 6.99

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