Day 30: Shopping Sales

Day 30: Shopping Sales

A couple of weeks ago I was at my local A&P Grocery Store and noticed the lady in front of me saved $30!

If you’re like my groceries add up, especially when trying to eat healthy. Most weeks I save about five dollars using coupons or my A&P card. This week I wanted to see if I could save more.

On Friday I went to http://www.apfreshonline.com/default.asp and looked thru the circular listing sale items. I made my list and planned out my weekly recipes around these items. I found it hard to weed thru the items and only pick the ones I knew we would eat. As Chip says “don’t buy it if we don’t need it”.

My weekly menu is as follows:

Monday – Steak with Asparagus. Both items were on sale and I wouldn’t normally cook steak. I found a Weight Watchers recipe for the steak and it’s only 6 points per serving

Tuesday – Salad topped with Chicken. The pre-made salad in a bag was 2 for 5 and the chicken was on sale. I did splurge on some additional items like tomato and avocado.

Wednesday – Crab Cakes with salad. The pre-made crab cakes were on sale for $3.99 each and I’ll use the second bag of salad.

Thursday – Eggs. These weren’t on sale.

I was so proud of myself. Then we checked out. I only saved $5!

I have to admit that I was disappointed my planning didn’t yield more cash-back but in the end I realized that by shopping the sale items I was able to branch out what I would eat for dinner. Normally I would never buy steak or crab cakes but by reading the weekly circular I was given new ideas.

Mixin' It Up!

Mixin’ It Up!

When it comes to food I can act like a 6-year-old. I don’t like things to touch. I like to eat foods in a certain order. The strangest part is that this only applies to food I cook. There are no rules when dining out aside from “I don’t care for mushrooms”.

My morning breakfast usually consists of fruit and a ½ cup of original Fiber 1 Cereal. I eat the fruit first (around 8:45am) and hold out until around 9:15 to eat the dry Fiber 1. I’ve done this same routine for the last two to three years. Needless to say it’s getting old.

I felt inspired this morning. I mixed together cut-up strawberries, ½ cup Fiber 1 and ½ cup of skim milk and ate it all togetherskim milk and ate it all together.

It was a delicious party in my mouth! So many flavors and textures, for once I was excited about breakfast! And the icing on the cake was that it only cost me 2 Weight Watchers points!

Dry Feet, Happy Mer

People keep asking me what I’ll do with this blog once my “30 new things” are completed. After pondering this for quite sometime I’ve decided I will keep blogging. I will share with you recipes, fun finds, things that make me happy, weight loss tips and anything others might like to read.

Yes, I still have “Day 30” to complete but in the mean time here’s a brief post.

This will be my 6th winter in NYC. I have worn regular Uggs every winter and thus they have a huge hole in the toe. Snowy, salty streets + soft Uggs = wet feet. I’ve wanted a pair of snow boots for a while but always find some sparkly outfit that I buy instead. (Very responsible I know.)

Last week I took the plunge and found these awesome boots (they look just like a version from Ugg) at Target for around $40!

This winter my feet will stay dry and my spirit will stay happy and healthy.