This Week's $74.06 ALDI Grocery Shopping Trip and more...

Jesse was so kind to go grocery shopping for us again this week as I had another very full week.(See our menu plan for this week here.) He spent $74.06 at ALDI. (Have you read my Open Letter to ALDI?) […]

Here's what's new: This Week’s $74.06 ALDI Grocery Shopping Trip Save on Vaseline products at Walgreens + enter to win a $100 Walgreens gift card! WORKING MOMS: Let’s chat tonight about feeling overwhelmed… National Consumer Panel: Earn rewards for scanning your grocery purchases This Week’s $74.06 ALDI Grocery Shopping Trip Jesse was so kind to go grocery shopping for us again this week as I had another very full week.(See our menu plan for this week here.) He spent $74.06 at ALDI. (Have you read my Open Letter to ALDI?) Our Grocery Budget We currently budget $125 per week for groceries for our family of 5. This does not include eating out once a week (we budget separately for that). We also get some of our expensive groceries and personal products (such as makeup) via Amazon using credit earned from Swagbucks + we get the majority of our household products (cleaners, toothpaste, detergent, etc.) via credit earned from Grove. We only spent $74.06, which leaves me wiggle room to buy more markdowns at Kroger if I have time to swing by there later this week to see if they have some great markdowns. If I don't have time or they don't have good markdowns, I'll roll over the extra $$ to next week. Here's what we bought: ALDI Shopping Trip 2 cans pineapple chunks — $0.99 each 3 bags frozen broccoli — $1.19 each Bread — $1.39 4 boxes mac & cheese — $0.33 each 2 cans cream of chicken soup — $0.89 each 3 packages cheddar cheese — $1.89 each Organic brown rice — $2.99 1 bag Fuji apples — $3.89 2 bags frozen chicken breasts — $5.99 each 1 box Cinnamon Squares (not pictured) — $1.39 2 packages of strawberries — $2.49 2 packages of Mini Babybels — $2.79 Brown sugar — $1.29 Butter — $2.89 Honey Nut Cheerios (not pictured) — $2.69 2 packages of Cream cheese — $1.29 each String cheese — $2.79 Tortillas — $1.29 1 bag Granny Smith apples — $2.99 Ketchup — $1.49 Strawberry preserves — $1.79 Natural Peanut Butter — $1.49 Frozen Sweet corn — $0.95 Granny Smith Apples — $2.99 Cocoa Puff Cereal — $1.39 Total with tax — $74.06 (Plus, don't forget that when you shop at ALDI — or any grocery store — you can upload your receipt to Yaarlo & earned a little cashback for doing so. If you haven't signed up with Yaarlo, use my coupon code CRYSTALP861 when you sign up to earn more.) This Week's Menu Plan Interested in what we're eating this week? You can see our menu plan for this week here. I plan our menu based upon what we already have on hand, so I didn't have to buy every single item needed to make everything on our menu. Struggling with menu planning? Check out this post on How to Be a Meal Planning Mama.        Save on Vaseline products at Walgreens + enter to win a $100 Walgreens gift card! Sponsored post by Mirum Shopper. Vaseline has partnered with Direct Relief and Walgreens for The Healing Project to help provide dermatological care and medical supplies to those in need around the world. This fall, every purchase of Vaseline at Walgreens could help those affected by poverty and natural disasters care for their skin in a healing way. And right now, Walgreens is making it super easy to help donate towards this cause. Through October 29th, spend $10 on any Vaseline products and you’ll receive a $2 coupon to use on your next in-store purchase of Well at Walgreens first aid products. Coupon will be valid through December 24, 2016. This offer includes several different Vaseline products, such as their Vaseline Coconut Radiant Lotion, Vaseline Deep Moisture Tub, and Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Remember — every purchase is a donation to The Healing Project! Would you like to win a $100 Walgreens Gift Card? I've got a $100 Walgreens gift cards to give away! To enter to win, head over to this post on my Facebook Page and leave a comment sharing what you love about Vaseline or which product you’d like to try. I'll choose a winner from the comments to win a $100 Walgreens gift card! {This post is sponsored by Mirum Shopper Opinions. The giveaway portion is sponsored and provided by MoneySavingMom.com. Read my disclosure policy here.}        WORKING MOMS: Let’s chat tonight about feeling overwhelmed… As I told you earlier this week, we’re doing something special just for you working moms all week long! Every evening at 8 p.m. CT, I’m hosting a Facebook Live to discuss the struggles and stresses you face and to give you some tips, tactics, and strategies that have really helped me as a full-time working mom. Whether you work part-time or full-time and whether you work at-home or outside-the-home, these conversations should encourage and inspire you! On Monday night we talked about 3 Systems That Help Me Keep My Home Orderly. If you missed that video, you can watch the replay here. On Tuesday night we talked about 3 Super Simple Ways to Make Time For Your Marriage. If you missed that video, you can watch the replay here. On Wednesday night, we talked about My Top 3 Tips for Time Management. If you missed that video, you can watch the replay here. Come join us tonight at 8 p.m. CT (9 p.m. ET) over on my Facebook Page. Tonight, I’ll be talking about 4 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed. You can watch live and interact in the comments — and I’ll even answer some of your questions live, too! Just go here and the video will pop up when I go live. P.S. Ever wonder how a blogger actually makes money from their blog? This week I’m pulling back the curtain and giving you all the nitty-gritty details on our blogging income and expenses. Check it out here.        National Consumer Panel: Earn rewards for scanning your grocery purchases The National Consumer Panel (formerly known as Nielsen Home Scan) is accepting new applicants in many locations. If you are accepted as a panel member with National Consumer Panel, you will be sent a small hand-held scanner and will scan all the bar codes of everything you purchase. Once a week, you'll transmit this information to Nielsen and you'll earn points that can be redeemed for a variety of items from the Nielsen Gift Catalog. While I have personally not been a part of this panel, I have known many who have. I have heard that it takes a while for your points to add up but you can earn some fairly nice prizes – like electronics and household items – if you stick with it. Some of you have signed up in the past for this and really enjoyed it. Others of you have tried it and found it was too tedious and time-consuming. Feel free to share your experience in the comments! Sign up here to get started. Looking for more opportunities to make money from home? See my list of recommended survey companies here. (Note: The links in this post are affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here.)        Latest finds on Pinterest Want to making money blogging? 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