Grocery Shopping -$ xxx.xx, Mommy and Me Time - Priceless

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Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I crawled away into the family cave and did some hibernating. May I be honest enough to say not a single thing has gotten done over that time? Not a one.

Besides the usual nonsense, my whateverthecoughthingisIgotinthehospital developed into a full case of bronchitis, complete with 4 courses of antibiotics, one course of steroids, three trips to the ER, twice weekly trips to the Dr., and one nebulizer. Then, the kids caught it. Then John. We're a walking, hacking marvel of wonders, we are.

Everyone has started to feel better, so today we started to dig out. Literally.

Laundry mountain was tackled. Pajamas were washed. And boy, did they need it. Vacuuming was done, trash was emptied.

We've basically been surviving on pantry food, 'cause no one was up to going to town for shopping. John has continued to work through this, but was so beat by the end of the day, I didn't have the heart to ask him to tackle grocery shopping. May I just say:

"God Bless the Inventor of Kraft Mac n Cheese".

Hallelujah!

Amen.

So, after facing the reality of an empty pantry and knowing the evil deed must done, I did what every self-respecting wife does- I wrote up a menu. Made a list.

Then, checked the bank account.

Amazing what a family of drug addicts antibiotics lovers can do to the bottom line. Geesh.

So, Kati and I got online and googled "how to feed your family for free ha ha ha" or something like that.

And re-wrote the list.

We had pretty much written off a Thanksgiving meal this year (it's just us, no family), but I was determined. I'm not a big turkey lover, but boy, my husband is.

And this is what I accomplished:

Download menu_11.15.doc

Download grocery_list_11.15.xls

Some of these meals I bought enough for doubling and freezing ... and ended up with two turkeys (25 pounds/.68 pound) so basically, we have over twenty dinners in the house now.

Guess how much ...

come one .....

$130.38

We're ROCK STARS!

Yes ma'am, we are.

And a very special THANK YOU to Jules for my awesomely wonderful Christmas design.
It's been waiting and waiting for it's time to be published, and tonight I thought ~
It's Time!!

So, Fa La La La La Y'All!

Speaking of which .. don't forget this is coming!