Spending This Week

Monday:       7.00  Sneaky Pete's Hot Dogs
                      4. 00 2 Wendy's Frosty's

Tuesday:       14.00 CVS (32 dollars of real merchandise using bonus dollars)
                      33.00 The Pig

Wednesday:   39.00 Sprouts Market (Stock up sale on boneless skinless chicken thighs)

Thursday.:     4.00 Bojangles

Friday:            .00 (Hooray for no spend days)

Saturday:       40.00 The Pig (Stock up sale on bacon, coffee)

Sunday:         31.00 AMC cinema (My birthday celebration, plus TheHub always get a large popcorn                        and a drink)
                      35.00 Bonefish Grill (Continuation of birthday celebration*)

So we spent 207 bucks, on food, drugstore necessities, and my birthday. I did not need to go to Krystal or Bojangles, but I go to Mom's early each morning and stay with her for  about 3 hours where there is a gap in her home care. I leave when her daytime help gets there and I am hungry by then.  (And have not gotten back on the keto wagon yet). One day a scrambler breakfast was screaming at me (Krystal), and who can say no to a Chicken and pimento cheese biscuit? (Bojangles)

The hot dogs, you might ask? TheHub called from work asking what was for dinner. When I told him we were having tuna salad sandwiches, he declared he was stopping at Sneaky Pete's for hotdogs instead.  Much later we decided to run out and get and ice cream cone, but our favorite joint  closed 10 minutes before we got there. Instead we swung by Wendy's and picked up a frosty. (I think I might start saying we are going to eat tuna sandwiches more often)

I will always stock up on groceries we use on a regular basis.
Sprouts had boneless, skinless chicken thighs for 1.77 per pound. I cook them all the time so I bought 3 packs of them and freeze them in packages of 2 thighs each. It is perfect for our dinners
The Pig had bacon @ 4.99 for 1 1/2 pounds. It is a super deal for here and a brand I really do like. It was limited to 4 packs, but I got free eggs with each pack as part of the deal. Coffee was bogo. I drink 3 cups of coffee every morning and TheHub drinks one. We make our own refillable KCups, so we use a pound of coffee relatively quickly. They also limited the coffee to 4 bags per person, so I bought 3 for the freezer and one to use immediately. Additionally they were having a big promotion and put a free loaf of white bread in the bags at checkout.

* We no longer give each other gifts for our birthdays. Instead we opt for an experience. Normally we would have gone to the movie on Tuesday (the cheap ticket night) but I have found 24 hour care for Mom really means I fill in whenever a caregiver is a no show or late. There have been several nights I have had to run down and take care of her for a while (or overnight) and we knew Angel was going to be with her all day Sunday (which was my actual birthday) so we went then.

I would say we will do better this week, but it is just Monday and we have already been out to eat. Mom's day sitter was sick and I had to stay with her all day. I wish I had known before I got to her house early and I would have taken food to cook for both Mom's dinner and our own. Instead I got there butt early to relieve Angel, dressed for the day for 2 appointments I had for later in the morning (yeah, I had to cancel those) and stayed until her evening shift arrived. Mom is a serious fall risk now but can no longer be trusted (dementia) to stay seated or in bed while I run to the store or back to my house to pick something up. My sister picked up a dinner for Mom on her way home from work, which left TheHub and me with nothing cooked or even planned. We opted to run to a little meat and 3 joint to get a veggie plate. And another 20 is now down the drain fueling the local economy.