Week Two Done... On To Week Three!

Life is keeping me pretty busy, I'm not posting as much as I'd like to be but I am making sure that I post all my interesting meals!  Generally through the day what I eat isn't anything too exciting.  Fruit, Veggies, Eggs.  You know the drill.  I am happy to announce that at the halfway mark weigh in, I am down 5lbs!  Two weeks of eating Whole Foods, never feeling hungry, always satisfied but not stuffed.  Hopefully the next two weeks will prove just as successful!

We spent $100.53 on groceries last week.  I had to buy a bit more chicken (my husband is now eating chicken with lunch instead of processed lunch meat), Mangos, Tomatoes, Bananas (I actually bought Bananas 4 separate times!), Corn, Potatoes,  Garlic, Cucumbers, Onions and more Almond Milk (which is carried over into this week).

To start this week off, I spent $42.50 at Blissfully Organic Co-Op.  I spent $22.50 on my normal share and then bought 3 doz Free Range Eggs for $8.50 and the other $11.50 on a bunch of extra goodies.

Then I spent $14.29 at Safeway on some 7ish lbs chicken and a couple cans of tuna.

At Winco I spent $7.06 on 1 eggplant, 2 bunches of Spinach and 2 Cantalope.  Seems a little expensive when you compare to the Co-Op picture above...  :)

Next week I am considering trying out the little produce stand a few miles away instead of my CSA share.  Haven't decided yet, I need to see if it will be cheaper or not.  I love the surprise of CSAs, but since everything is ALL Organic, while it's a great price, it is a bit more expensive and I generally still have to go buy more produce.  We'll see though.

So, to start the week I've already spent $63.85.  But we shouldn't need too much more, aside from bananas.  and almond milk.  I'd really like to cut down our budget to $75 a week, but that's gonna take some extra figuring out.  Anyway, here's to a great start of week three!

Week 1 Groceries, CSAs & Co-Ops

I've been trying different Co-Ops, CSAs, etc trying to find a good one around here for fresh, local and organic produce.  First I tried Full Circle.  While their food was fabulous and delivered to my door, it was way overpriced for what I got.  I was glad I had used a coupon code I found for 50% off.  They have several sizes to choose from, the one I got was $27.95 for 1 Bunch of Broccoli, .33lb Mixed Greens, 1 Cucumber, 4oz Mushrooms, 1 Green Leaf Lettuce, 1 Swiss Chard, 2 Fuji Apples, 3 Navel Oranges.  I forgot to take a picture, but that's not much food for almost $30.

Then I tried Olympia Local Foods and was much happier.  I got all this for just under $40, delivered to my door for $0.01.  Still a little high priced but I did get to pick and choose what I wanted.  It's set up like an online store and you pick what you want.

This week, I found a local CSA Blissfully Organic Co-Op and ordered a share from them.  *Happy Dance!* Much, much better!  $22.50 for everything seen here.  They're just a few minute drive away from me so it worked out pretty nice.

I wanted to see how this breaks down price wise.  As much as I like local, organic produce, I have a budget, too.

If I would have purchased all this from Winco (Not local, not organic) I would have paid $19!  So, for only an extra $3.50 I have much better quality, Organic produce!  That works for me!

Yesterday I also bought just under 6lbs of chicken breast from Safeway for $11.99 and a box of Green Tea for $2.50.  Green Tea is supposed to be really good for weight loss, so I am going to add it to my diet.  

I finished up my grocery shopping at Winco today for the week (hopefully, but not promising).  I bought Spinach, Kale, Cantaloupe, Ginger Root, Cauliflower, Sunflower Seeds and Dry Garbanzo Beans for $9.96.

So, here it is.  For the week (and I'll let you know if I buy anything else, I usually do):

Bananas

Strawberries

Apples

Mango

Grapes

Limes

Cantaloupe

Eggplant

Onions

Mushrooms

Red Leaf Lettuce

Kale

Spinach

Cauliflower

Chicken

Various Dried Beans

Of course I still have stuff around the house from previous weeks, but so far I've spent $46.95.  My goal budget is $75-$100.  This is to include breakfast/lunches for my husband and son, which you will not see, as I am only sharing my meals.  My husband is eating dinners with me, my son eats what he eats.  I use coupons to save money on what he needs.  

So, here we go!