As you may or may not know, my husband is a landscaper. He is lucky enough to have a year round job, and he has a few side jobs that he does. Since we are heading quickly into winter, when he won’t have the extra side jobs, I thought it would be good to start buying a little extra each week for the winter.
Aldi’s is great place to start your stockpile. Their can goods are inexpensive and we have not found any that we didn’t like.
Some highlights are:
Rice Mix $.59
Ice Cream $1.79
Egg Noodles $.99
Saltine Crackers $.89
Buns $.79
Garlic Salt $1.09
Salad Mix $.99
And the can goods for stockpile:
Pineapple $.89
Cherry Pie Filling $1.79
Diced Tomatoes $.49
Tomato Sauce $.25
Tomato Paste $.39
Chicken Noodle Soup $.49
Mushrooms $.55
Total Spent $83.97 for 76 items
Walmart shopping $15.88
Second Trip to Aldi’s for Milk $2.98
Grand Total for the Week $102.83
My budget for groceries is $100 per wk (remember I have 3 boys, 18, 15 & 12 
) So, I went a little over, but did start my winter stockpile.
CVS Shopping
Laundry Soap $4.96 (on sale)
Shampoo x2 $.77 (on sale)
Total before ECB $6.95
Total spent $3.97
The Aussie Shampoo that was on sale $.99 after $2.00 ECB was gone, I did get a raincheck though.
Please visit these great blog carnivals for more inspiration:
~Super Savings Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom
~Weekly Shopping Trip hosted by The Grocert Cart Challenge
~Weekly Deals hosted by Deal Seeking Mom
I’m home in Louisiana for the time, deals have been few and far between in our little town, but I am trying to get my stockpile organized so I can see what I need to be on the look-out for, and what I already have.
Like your new design!
@Charlene,
Thanks for visiting! Our new CVS just opened this wkend, I’m excited.
~Liz
We don’t have Aldi’s here, but twice a year we have a case-lot sale at one store, and their prices are similar to Aldi’s regular prices. It’s nice that you can easily do a little extra each week from Aldi’s. On the two months where we have the case-lot sale, I spend most of the month’s food budget to stock up.
Good luck stocking up for winter!
I loved that you shared your Aldi’s savings. I would like to let you know that I now make my own homemade laundry soap that is awesome and only cost me about $2.00 for 5 gallons of great soap. I can’t beat that price and with my husband’s allergies of laundry scents, it really works for us. I am all about saving money and planning ahead. I also raised 4 boys so understand about feeding eating machines.