Weekly Menu, deals, and clearance finds!

     Okay, so I am posting my weekly menu today instead of tomorrow.  Tomorrow evening is "Meet The Teacher" night at my daughter's school (she's starting PreK on Monday!!) and I'm going to be too busy to grocery shop.  There were some pretty good deals at HEB this week!  So, I'm excited about that!
     As I've mentioned before, I budget $100 weekly for groceries and household items.  The total cost of groceries ,plus a few household items, this week was $111.**.  After coupons and a $10 gift card I paid $76.**!
     So, we strayed away from our menu plan last week so some of the meals that we had planned for last week will be used for this week.

Here is what's planned:

Breakfast:
  Cereal, eggs, pancakes, toast...
Lunch:
  Sandwiches, leftovers...
Dinner:
  -(Tonight) Baked Basil/Pesto Chicken w/veggies, mashed potatoes, and Texas Toast

  -Burgers
  -Spaghetti and meatballs
  -Homemade pizza
  -Chalupas
  -Pigs In a Blanket
  -Pizza bites
  -Shrimp Alfredo Pasta


    And some good deals I found at HEB are:
-Buy HEB fully cooked burgers ($11.97) and get free
  Kettle chips
  2lr Soda
  Pickles
  ice cream
  cheese slices
-Buy Parmesan cheese ($1.98?) and get free
  Meatballs
-.50c off Betty Crocker mashed potatoes ($1.25) making it .75c per box
-Buy HEB Galore cookies (I think they are 2/$4) and get free
  HEB teddy grahams cookies


     Plus, I went to Walmart to get my daughter her school supplies and I also scored some shoes for her and my 2yo son on clearance! I got my daughter some pink sparkly shoes for $3 and for my son I got him some shoes that looked like fire trucks ($3!) and some tennis shoes ($5!). He is in love with his fire truck shoes!

 

Menu Plan Thursday!!

     I know a lot of people do "Menu Plan Monday" but mine will be on Thursday's because that is payday and I go grocery shopping on Thursday's. :-)
     So, I went grocery shopping earlier and I went waaaay over budget. I bought more snack-y stuff, than usual, for the hubby to take for his work lunches. Total was about $150. I budget $100 weekly. That budget includes groceries, household items, and eating out. I went over but some items I bought (like frozen chicken) we will use this week AND next week. So, next weeks groceries should be less.
     I also bought some makeup (for cheap!) and I found band-aids on clearance! I will be vlogging about that tonight which I will post a link to once its done!
    
     Ok, so here is this weeks menu:
 Breakfast- is usually fruit, cereal, or toast.
 Lunch- is usually peanut butter sandwiches with fruit.
 Snacks- fruit
 Dinner-
  Thursday: Pasta spirals with ground turkey and cheese (we ate this with corn tortillas)
  Friday: Homemade Pizza (pepperoni for the hubby and cheese and mushrooms for the kids and I)
  Saturday: Chicken Salad with homemade Cucumber dressing
  Sunday: Shrimp and feta salad with homemade Cucumber dressing
  Monday: Spaghetti with Texas Toast
  Tuesday: Baked Chicken Pesto with a side of green beans
  Wednesday: Tostadas (hard corn tortilla shells, refried beans, cheese, avocado, and tomatoes)

:-)

Link to first vlog (I hope it works):

http://youtu.be/hEeX4qwV_RU

Revamping the blog

Oh my!

     It seems I have neglected this blog!  Everyday I wake up and think to myself, "I WILL blog today!" and then life happens.
     Well, I decided to make it a goal to blog every week. If I blog more than once a week then great! I really do love blogging and writing and sharing recipes, ideas, and my life as a mommy to 3 kiddos. 
     I am hoping to revamp this blog and share themed posts.  I'm thinking of starting a vlog (video blog) on YouTube to compliment this blog.
     Hopefully, I'll post/vlog my weekly grocery hauls, weekly menus, yummy recipes, fitness ideas and workouts, and "day in the life" type posts/vlogs.
     I'm excited!
   
     I'll be back later to share my weekly grocery haul and weekly menu!

  Oh, I'd love to see comments of your favorite recipes and ideas for what I should blog or vlog about! ;-D