Providing a week of snacks for school can hurt the budget - Meal Plan and Grocery Trip for September 28th thru October 4th

meal plans, grocery budget of $50.00 a week,
Because of doing the snacks for this week of school, I couldn't wait to do the shopping on Monday like I have been doing.  So, even though I was sick, we all went and did our shopping on Saturday.  Here's the dinner plans for the week as well as what the kids got for their snacks:

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cupcakes
pretzels
chocolate milk
mini blueberry muffins
water
Mickey cheese
pepperoni
Ritz crackers
apple juice
animal crackers
popcorn
milk

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Here's the list we had for Walmart:

Items Prices
2- 1 gallon water $0.88 x 2 = $1.76
6 cans of soup $1.00 x 6 = $6.00
2 small cans of tomato sauce $0.42 x 2 = $0.84
can of tomato sauce $0.88
vanilla frosting $1.48
cupcake wrappers $1.48
cake mix $1.12
Ritz Fresh Stacks $2.50
fruit gummies $2.00
cups $2.58
Clorox wipes $3.97
zinc lozenges $3.00
animal crackers $2.48
hoagies $2.78
3 bags of Mickey cheese $2.17 x 3 = $6.51
paper towels $5.47

We ended up spending $46.37 at Walmart, off to Wegmans.

Here's the list for Wegmans:

Items Prices
mini blueberry muffins $6.00
gallon of chocolate milk $3.89
gallon of 1% milk $2.69
OJ $2.49
gallon of whole milk $2.69
2 bags of pepperoni $2.39 x 2 = $4.78
chicken Steak-umms $3.19
apple juice $4.99
pop tarts $2.89 on sale for $2.50
pretzels $2.99
popcorn $3.79
onion $1.13
green pepper $0.82

We spent $43.00 at Wegmans which made the grand total $89.37.  Yep, majorly over our $50 budget by $39.37.  The amount spent on things for snacks this week was $58.48 before tax.  I received $0.50 for the Ritz and $0.01 for each of the cans of soup as well as the fruit gummies through the Walmart Savings Catcher app.

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