What's The Headbangin' Housewife Buyin' This Week??

The number one question I get asked about is how I feed all 5 people in the headbangin' household on $75-$100 per week. To answer simply, I shop by what's on sale. Period. No exceptions. Why? Because wasted food money is wasted concert money. Everyone's got priorities, right? So, here's the plan for this week. Save Mart: 10 lbs Cook's ham .99 lb=$10 2 lbs strawberries $2.67 (not my "happy" price, but it's for Easter) 2 (5lb) bags potatoes .67 ea=$1.34 1 lettuce .97 1 Best Foods mayo $1.98 w/store coupon in paper 2 doz eggs .59 ea w/store coupon in paper = $1.18 1 bag Moran's hamburger patties $5.99 w/store coupon 1/2 lb cooked shrimp $3.99 lb = $2 4 cans Green Giant canned green beans .59 ea =$2.36 1 bunch green onions .50 1 pack burger buns $1.29 1 (about 5lbs) chicken .99 lb = $5 1 pkg mushrooms $1.50 approximate total $36.78 Safeway: 2 Campbell's cream of mushroom soup .99 ea = $1.98 2 Farmer John sausage links .99 ea= $1.98 4 cans Bumble Bee tuna .50 ea = $2 approximate total $6 Raley's: 1 (12 pk) Coke $2.39 2 pineapples $1.57 ea =$3.14 1 C&W frozen vegetable .99 (use .35 off Q from Smart Source 3/21/10)= .64 2 Knudsen sour cream $1.50 ea ( use .60 off Q from 3/21/10 Smart Source) = $1.80/2 2 lbs yams .79lb = $1.60 1 Pillsbury cake mix .99 3 McCormick gravy mixes .49 ea= $1.47 3 Jello pudding mixes .99 ea (I found a Q in Bertha for $1.25/3) 2 Imperial margarine 2/$1 2 lbs bulk oatmeal .69lb (not as good as Winco, but I'll deal for one week) Approximate total $16.16 Approximate Grand Total $58.94 Only stragglers on the list that I need to grab are a few tomatoes, a red onion, a yellow onion, milk, bread, 1 lb pasta and some crunchy onions. Oh, and another thing...I can't lie to you guys. I'm really not going to buy the ham because I already have two in the freezer.

Stay tuned to see what I'm cooking with all of these goodies.

Until next time, rock on my friends!