December grocery purchases

December 3, Bed/Bath/Beyond (fancy one with food section) $9.55 Gingerbread men cookies, Lemoncello almonds and Pumpkin Spice Almonds. 

December 7 Restaurant Depot. $295.38 OOP (plus friend paid $120.00 towards the full total that was mine as she owed me funds) Went with a friend, but have since found out as a business with a FEIN number I can get a membership.  Story for another post.  This was a huge spend, with husband having done research and requested several meats.  Large amounts, most were frozen for future assets.  Dried mushrooms, 10.7 lbs of veal cutlets, 17.62 lbs of Beef Ribeye Select, 10 lbs of onions, 5 lbs of sweet sausage, 5 lbs of hot sausage, 10 lbs of cod, 10 lbs of mushrooms, 20 lbs of spaghetti and 12 lbs of Penne.  20 lbs of rice and 5 lbs of chestnuts.  So far we have had some of the beef (amazing) and veal(amazing) and all of the chestnuts. 

December 14 Shoprite $52.13 after coupons and Ibotta/checkout51  3 cases Poland Springs water,  Sourdough Boule, Broccoli Crowns, Rib Roast, Green Peppers, Shank Ham, 2 cans of Tuttoroso tomatoes and a grapefruit.

December 18 Target, $50.34  all coffee

December 19 Big Y $24.37 3 Tuttorosso tomatoes, 2 black pearl olives, 2 boxes Townhouse crackers, Wrights Bacon, Lemon, three mushrooms. 

December 19 gave friend mentioned above $40 for 10 more pounds of chestnuts.  Any suggestions on preservation?  Average price in stores here are 6.99 - 9.99 a pound.  We could not resist this nutritious treat.

December 22 Stop and Shop $6.61 marshmallows, canned sweet potatoes, beef jerky, carando meatballs and 3 pounds of carrots

December 24 $88.08 Produce Market Loaf of crusty Italian bread, Challah bread, 6 stuffed breads, lemon chocolate pie, Cioccala bread (Italian specialty we only have at Christmas and too much for me to make) and two packages of organic romaine heads. These were purchased for three separate households. 

December 26 BJ's wholesale $121.28 Croutons, tomatoes, cukes, gouda, smoked gouda, Peanuts, sharp provolone, cocktail sauce, jarred mushrooms, romaine, peppers, boom boom shrimp, brussel sprouts, celery, asparagus. The shrimp was delicious, but I now know I can do it myself. 

December 26 T & J Market, $80.64 Twelve 5 ounce lobster tails.  Some for New Years, other's for in the future.

December 26 36.67 Costco 3 bags of organic prepared beets, Smoked salmon, 5 lbs of clementines.

December 26 Restaurant Depot (with our own membership) $21.46 12 ounces Tabasco, Gallon (yes, it will get used by Gpa P) of French dressing, 26 ounces of Salt and a Panatone Italian cake.  Retail of this cake alone would be for all we paid. 

Do you notice a pattern here?  Way more money spent when DH is with me, but it's okay.  End of year splurges and 2018 stock ups.  $826.51 spent.  DH and I discussed the idea that we will not be purchasing proteins for a while.  Our chest freezer is actually 3/4 full of vegetables that I put up over the summer.  We will now eat down our surplus.  I do realize how blessed we are to buy such high quality food.  I try to purchase real food more so than processed.  I don't always do it (as the bakery purchases on December 24th show) but the majority of our food is whole food.