Shopping with the hubby and son is a big NO, NO! - Meal Plans and Grocery Trip Breakdown for February 15th - 21st

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Because we were getting another snow storm on my normal shopping day, we went shopping after Jon got off work on Friday.  I would have rather just gone with Michael on my normal day.  Here's what I planned for dinner this week:

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http://www.giggleboxblog.com/2014/06/thick-crust-pizza.htmlPizza Chicken Quesadillas Lasagna http://www.giggleboxblog.com/2014/03/hamburger-night.htmlHamburgers Hot Dogs Nothing Planned Nothing Planned

One mistake was taking the hubby and kid, but another big mistake was going without a list.  Here's a breakdown on what we bought at Walmart and Wegmans:

Walmart
Wegmans
Item
Prices
Item
Prices
Stouffer lasagna $7.98 OJ $4.69
frozen waffles $2.46 gallon whole milk $3.19
pizza style cheese $2.47 go-gurt $6.49
Olive Garden croutons $1.38 2lbs strawberries $7.99
Nesquik powder $4.38 2 pizza dough balls $2.49 x 2 = $4.98
Olive Garden dressing $3.42
stuffing $1.00
hamburger buns $1.28
loaf of wheat bread $1.84
hot dog buns $1.28
pizza sauce $0.98
goldfish crackers $6.48
Lucky Charms $4.48
2Lt Pepsi $1.48
2 2Lt Dr Pepper $1.48 x 2 = $2.96
Walmart Total = $47.02 Wegmans Total = $28.02

The total spent this week was $75.04 which made us over by $25.04.  I did get $1.99 back for the Stouffer's lasagna and $0.23 for each of the 2Lts which made that a total of $2.68 back from Walmart's Savings Catcher.  I also earned $0.50 for the hamburger buns and $0.50 for the hot dog buns through Ibotta.

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