This Week on the Dining Table

The "Why, Oh Why, Do I Have to Come Home to My Boring Life" Edition.......

 

Who can meal plan when all I want to do is relive last weekend in my head?  This shot was taken at The Purple Parrot in Rehoboth Beach DE.  We had lunch there on Saturday.  It was all decked out for St. Patty's Day weekend.
And frankly, that sign wasn't the only thing lit up there when I left....... ;-)

 

 

And here is what was planned last week---

 

Sunday--Chicken with Pot Pie Noodles, Carrots
Monday--Beef Stew with onions, carrots, potatoes and I might throw in the leftover asparagus too!
Tuesday--Fend for Yourself(Hubs not home for dinner)
Wednesday--Burgers or Sloppy Joes, Sugar Snap Peas
Thursday--?
Friday--?
Saturday--?

 

And here is what actually happened---

 

Sunday--Chicken with Pot Pie Noodles, Carrots
Monday--Beef Stew with onions, carrots, potatoes and I might throw in the leftover asparagus too!
Tuesday--Chicken Sandwich, Salad(I was the only one home for dinner.)
Wednesday--Burgers, Sugar Snap Peas
Thursday--I don't care what they ate. Bwaaaaahhh
Friday--Ditto
Saturday--Ditto

Everything as planned.
My guys got pizza on Saturday and they ate leftovers on Friday and I didn't even ask about Thursday.

 

 

As for the food spending update.....I spent a total of $87.96 on groceries last week between the Bread Outlet and Weis(PoundMeInTheAss)Markets.  Saved 34.46% over regular retail in all as I bought some things not on sale.  Not great but not bad.

I have spent a total of $233.96 in March of our $300-$400 food budget.  I'm going to try to eat from the pantry/freezer/stockpile and not shop for food this week as much as possible. I'd like to go into the final week of March having spent under $300 for the month.

 

  

Oh and no food waste last week either.

 

Going into the new week here are the leftovers we have......2 med. helpings of Chicken w/Pot Pie Noodles and Carrots, 1 cantaloupe, 4lbs. of yellow squash, a large helping of Beef Stew.

 

Here is this week's meal plan----

Sunday--Hamburger & Noodles, Sugar Snap Peas(I just had a bowl of veggies.)
Monday--leftover Chicken w/Pot Pie Noodles and Carrots
Tuesday--Meatloaf(freezer), Squash Casserole(use the squash on hand)
Wednesday--Crab Cakes(freezer), Haddock(freezer), Sautéed Green Beans(freezer)
Thursday--Kielbasa(freezer) on Rolls, Squash Casserole(leftovers), Potato Salad
Friday--Pork Chop(freezer), Roasted Cauliflower and Carrots, Applesauce
Saturday--Roast Chicken(freezer), Sweet Corn Cake, Veggie Mélange(freezer)

What I need to purchase for this menu?.......Rolls for the Kielbasa, Cauliflower and turkey deli meat for lunches, any spices or staples we've run out of(I haven't checked on things yet), and maybe some loss leaders.

I am hoping to spend $40 or less for all.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

 

Sluggy

May the Devil Know Them From Their Limping

And if you know the rest of that Irish toast, you are my kind of people!

Well I bugged out of Delaware just in time, beating the snow storm that came east.
I arrived home at 4pm and never hit any precipitation along the way.
This storm passed through Pennsylvania too but didn't spread to the northern environs were I live.
I'm sorry my new friends Todd and Ann Marie who had planned on staying through Monday had to leave Lewes early. 8-(

Anyway, I napped when I got home yesterday from the Bloggerpalooza II and I will spend today catching up on my sleep with another nap later this afternoon.
I'll be back tomorrow with my "This Week on the Dining Table" post.  Yes, I'll be a day late but nothing new for me, right? lolz

Instead of raising a pint(or five)today, I'll be drying out from my trip to Bloggerpalooza II.
It goes against all my Gaelic DNA but it must be done.

I'll leave you, this fine, but chilly, Saint Patrick's Day with a musical interlude from Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis that I "heart" alot.



 

From all my O'Brien, McCarthy, Kelleher, O'Neal, Bowman, Redfern, McGovern, Healey, Roche, Forrester/Foster, Carey, Chaplin, Flippen, Cashion, Claiborne and all the other unknown-to-me at this time Irish Ancestors.

To my new friends from Bloggerpalooza I'll lift my glass and toast you all....

"May the hinges on our friendship never grow rusty."

Sláinte!

Sluggy

Life is Unfair

Oh woe is me today!

*Bloggerpalooza II has ended and I am not ready for that to happen.  I need more Mimosas!
Oh and more chuckles and smiles too.....

*I have to pack everything up and haul it out to the car.....and the car is 4 steps from my door.

*It shall take about 18 trips to the car to get it all onboard, since I have prizes and love to also load for the trip home.

*I shall have to eat breakfast alone, yet again.  sniff  You know, it's important to have your friends around for that first meal of the day....
If anyone needs me I'll be sittin' all alone in the Cracker Barrel.

*Did I mention I don't want to go home yet?  And Ron, our host, is such a sweetie....or is that more like the "Belle of the Ball"?.......

*My daughter gave me a heads up about what she wants me to buy her here a little late so I have to hang around and wait for the stores to open, and since it's Sunday that would mean 11 or noon.
So I shan't be getting an early start back on the road.

*Ditto because I want to go to the Easy Spirit shoe outlet here.  (Easy Spirit=comfortable shoes for old ladies with wide feet but Outlet=frugal)

*Did I mention I don't want to go home and leave my new friends??  Ya know, I would drive to the ends of the Earth for these guys/gals.
Ok, maybe not the ends of the Earth put certainly as far as Millsboro.....

Life is so unfair sometimes!



Sluggy
*sad face*

My Postcard to my Friends & Family

Having a great time.....wish you were here!

Don't hate me. ;-)

Love,
Sluggy

So Many Men, So Little Time!

Ok, get your minds outta the gutter folks!
It's not like that......

Just having too much fun and not enough hours to do that, sleep AND post so enjoy another bit of Gaelic influenced music and I'll be back next week!

 

Sluggy