Good morning!

This week I was energetic enough to run to the store on Sunday afternoon while the rest of the family took naps after many, many eggs hunts.  I was surprised that our local store was quiet.  I did see a few last minute shoppers buying candy, eggs and huge stuffed bunnies.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.

I have changed my menu planning around a bit to try and incorporate at least two nights every week that we will eat from the pantry.  While I still have to shop for the other nights, I am also going to try and use the “Cook Once and Eat Twice” method more.  With summer almost upon us, we will be spending more time at the park and pool and mom will forget to get something out for dinner.  So I figure if I can start cooking my meat and freezing it in meal size portions, I will be able to pull together a meal in 30 minutes or less.

What do you do on those hot summer nights when you forget to plan ahead?

My shopping trip for the week looks like this,

Total $60.47 – $18.68 (coupons) = $41.79 OOP

I have some leftover from last week and this to take to Kmart to snag some deals with their Super Doubles Event.  I will get pictures and total of what I was able to pickup.