I thought I was done shopping for the week – until I realized yesterday morning that we were almost out of coffee and sugar!
Total spent: $3.14
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Got:
11.5 oz store brand coffee – price: $1.99
1-lb sugar – price: $1.15
I normally buy different coffee, but we only had $4.80 left in our Grocery Challenge budget since we ate out earlier in the week, so I just went for the cheapest of the cheap. I may prefer my special Millstone blends, but I will drink any coffee just so long as I have it! Plus, we still have a little of the “Good” coffee left, so I’ll just mix that in with this store brand stuff until Week 3 starts on Sunday!
This brings our running total for Week 2 to $48.34.
Sometimes I find myself with less than perfect coffee.
Cheaper blends seem to have an acid/base imbalance. Sometimes a very small dash of salt and some cinnamon or vanilla extract added to the coffee inside the filter basket of the machiene can make ordinary coffee into much better flavored coffee!!! Also smells much much better as it is brewing!!!
That's a great tip, Anon! Thanks for sharing!