Catch up/ grocery shopping

Wow. I knew it had been a day or two since I posted, but Tuesday? Really?

Wednesday for dinner I made a broccoli and black olive pizza in the Le Creuset skillet.

Last night I was going to make sausage with rice and greenbeans, but I didn't have sausage. So I used black beans instead.

Today, I had the worst shopping experience of my life.

I spent close to $90 and got next to nothing. Let's blame the iron-deficient anemia and associated health problems. $25 of that was for two bottle of beaujolais. For the iron. Of course.

I prepared a shopping list on my iPhone and headed to Giant. My original plan was to get the things I can only get a Giant there, using a couple store register-generated coupons, then head to the liquor store and to Aldi. The list of things I needed, from all THREE stores, was about 15 items.

I lost my keys and had to use the spare car key. Strike one.

I checked the bank balance ($85) and tossed my wallet in my pocket. Took husband to work and realized I forgot the MAC card. Had to disturb hubby at work and borrow his.

Went to store. Forgot half the items on the list, despite making THREE passes through the damn store. After the second pass, I opted to skip Aldi and get everything at Giant. Even if I could have saved $5 at Aldi, because at this point I've been in the store an hour. Forgot the coupons in the car. Didn't have a "bonus" card because it's on my keychain, which, remember I lost. Used the store card.

Went way over budget (I was thinking $40, spent $63.01) so used the visa instead of the mac card.

Good news is the liquor store is next to the Giant so I managed to do that right.

So, the purchases:
- 3.15 pounds of Purina Kitten Chow, $3.89 (for the older cat who's vomiting a lot, cheaper than a cheap to the vet, I figure.)
- 10 juice boxes of minute maid 100% juice fruit punch, $2.79
- 8 juice pouches of organic Honest Kids berry lemonade (no high fructose corn syrup) $3
- 5 liters of Giant seltzer, $2
- Nature's Promise Organic Ranch Dressing, (no MSG) $2.50
- cinnamon, $1.79
- 6-pack of Giant Mac and Cheese, $2.79
- Giant 100% cranberry juice, no sugar added, 2 @ $2.69
- grated cheese, $2.49
- Giant coffee, 11.5 ounces, one French roast, one breakfast blend, $2.49 each (I can't remember what we like)
- one box of penne regate, 16 ounces, and one box rotini, 89 cents each
- Country Acres apple butter (good stuff!) 19 ounces, $2.73
- almost 2.5 pounds of bananas, $1.43
- one cucumber, 99 cents
- 2 packaged salads, $5
- 2 boxes of Morningstar vegetarian sausages, $3.29 each
- the big container of Light and Lively cottage cheese, $3.24
- 64 ounces of vanilla almond milk, $2.69 minus 55 cent manufacturer coupon (really? should have bought MORE)
- dozen jumbo eggs, $1.65
- 64 ounces of Nature's Promise soy milk, $2.39
- 8 ounces of extra sharp cheddar cheese, $1.99
- Barbasol shaving cream, 89 cents