Grocery Haul and Chimichangas

This was a busy week- at work and at home! One errand was restocking the pantry after vacation. Our grocery bill is our second highest expense after our house. It takes Herculean efforts to save at the grocery store. I feel like the price after working the sales, flyers, member card and coupons gets you to what you should be paying in the first place! My husband and I made an extra effort last Sunday and I wanted to share the results.

Also, our garage was overrun with cans and bottles that had to go back.  My husband and I returned 192 cans and bottles; another chore that was way overdue.  Hey, that is 192 cans and bottles that stayed out of the landfill!

When we got home, we realized not one, but two items were missing from the order.  Of course, they were on the receipt. This happened in Florida too. Is it just me? I remembered that midway through our checkout, the cashier flew off as if there was an emergency.  I thought she was helping the next cashier, but she didn’t come back, and a new girl took her place. My husband recalled that cashier #1 had two items in her hands when she disappeared. Needless to say, I went back to the store with my receipt and got the items.

Oh, and I found a penny in the parking lot. 🙂

Here are the results:
Total grocery cost before savings $231.64

Savings from store sales / member card $52.48

Coupon savings $12.67

Credit from bottle returns $9.60

Total paid $147.29

Grand total savings of $74.75. I can think of better things to do with $75!

Star dinner of last week - I made these healthy Beef Chimichangas from Eating Well. I omitted the mushrooms but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. The filling was enough for way more than 6 tortillas. I filled 8 tortillas and had leftover filling which I froze.

Happy eating!

Served with red beans and rice 

Yum!