By 7am today I had…
- made a batch of PB chocolate chip granola bars
- ran a load of dishes
- hand washed dishes and even put them away
- cleaned the sink and toilet in the upstairs bathroom with new homemade cleaner, which I also made this morning
- pressure cooked a batch of chickpeas
Then by 9am I had…
- made a batch of anytime cookie
- tasted an anytime cookie
- wished I had written down said anytime cookie recipe while I was throwing them together
- made breakfast for me (creamy banana custard oats) and Jacob (super eggs)
- read a chapter in The Purpose Driven Life
- unloaded the dish washer
- washed/put away the new dirty dishes I made
- started a load of laundry
- packed snacks/lunch for Jacob to take to work
My productivity today must be making up for the fact that I accomplished absolutely nothing yesterday. It rocked.
Well, okay we did go grocery shopping and pick up frames at JoAnns (60% off… we bought 5 medium/large frames for under $30!).
I can’t say my grocery shopping was of the better ones. I started out strong by meal planning.
Saturday: super eggs
Sunday: curry chickpea mash + homemade naan
Monday: lentil loaf + brussel sprouts
Tuesday: naan pizza
Wednesday: burritos
Thursday: Crunchy tofu nuggets + salad
Friday: Chickpea chop
I even made my 2 lists… one for Trader Joes and one for Fred Meyer.
From Trader Joes…
Eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese and goat cheese
Romaine, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, sweet onions, teeny tiny potatoes, apples and avocado
Sunflower seed butter, peanut butter, spicy peanut dressing, castile soup and brown rice veggie rolls (eaten by Jacob right away)
Total spent at Trader Joes: $41.37
Notes: I’m not counting Jacob’s rolls + the castile soap in my total. If I had the total would have been $54.87.
Onto the next store. To Freddies, where I had a 10% off coupon for entire purchase!
Kale, cantaloupe, cucumbers, green onion and bananas.
Bulk items: whole wheat flour, rolled oats, dried chickpeas, raisins, walnuts and natural cane sugar
Panko, deodorant, apple sauce, coffee filters, mayo, artichoke hearts, sharp cheddar cheese, field roast veggie sausage and chocolate chips
Diced tomatoes, tomato paste, refried beans and pumpkin (!)
Total spent at Fred Meyer: $48.85
Bringing the weekly total to $90.22.
Ummm… yeah, I totally went over my $75 budget. I guess I was feeling a bit more lenient, but there were other reasons why I think we went over.
- shopped at Trader Joes – it’s expensive there!
- bought non-necessities
- we’re actually planning for this to last us thought next Sunday since we’ll be going up to the lake house Thursday-Sunday and hopefully not picking up any extra foods
- I was being lazy (big reason!)
So yeah, I didn’t meet my goal. Luckily, it gives me more drive to meet my goal for next week!
Since September is now over (crazy), let’s see how much I spent on groceries for the entire month…
$404.35
Yay, so happy with that! $400 is a goal of mine to hit, so I’m happy to see that I met it.
I also plan to re-cap my September goals… I better knock a couple more off the list today while I’m still being productive. Or I might go take a nap. One of the 2 will happen.
See ya later!
How’s your Sunday going?
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Heather
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I’ve started to read the Purpose Driven life too! So good 🙂
How far into it are you? I litterally just started… so today was day 2.
I went $5 over budget this week—I got a little salmon-crazy!
Hey $5 aint bad girl!
I loveeee super productive mornings!! I want that dressing from tjs. Great job on the budget. Today i ran, made a lot of food and now we have people over for football
The dressing is addictive 🙂 Hope you had fun with people over!
Not an overly productive morning for me. But getting to blow dry and straighten my hair for church is a plus. (having a newborn keeps that from happening too often) I’m glad to see Fred Meyer sells in bulk. I’m counting down the days til I become a Portlander, Portlandian… resident of the Portland area!!! I can’t wait to find the farmers markets too. I hear they are excellent!
Hey sounds like something I never make time for and I don’t even have a newborn keeping me from doing that! You’ll looooove Freddies when you get here 🙂
wow! you really were productive!
Nice read, I love productive mornings but I must say that I think I have more productive nights than days as there are less people around to bother me. When I am working on my own projected 2-4am is the best time of the day for me!
Wowza I get up shortly after you finished your productive time! And I agree, it’s soooo much easier to get a lot done when no one is around. My hubby works on Sundays so they are usually my productive days.
I really hope I have as productive a day tomorrow as you had. I LOVE days like that. Today I wasn’t feeling so well so I was definitely lazy.
Love your loot!!
I hope you have a productive day too! Since my Saturday was so lazy it really made me motivated to be productive on Sunday… making up for the wasted time I guess 🙂
And I thought I was productive!
I meal plan in my head but I need to go to writing it all down. Theres something about a spreadsheet that just makes me feel soo good!
A lot of the time I meal plan in my head too, but then I forget by mid week everything I was going to make!
Reading your productivity list makes me tired… 😉
Your meal plan sounds good!
Haha it made be tired too.
Wow, productive day!! I’m impressed. So, I remember you saying that your grocery budget was $400, but does that include things like laundry detergent, hair products, makeup, etc? I’m really curious because our budget is $400 too, and we can’t seem to stick to it, but we seem to go over by 10-20 every month….it’s so tough! Ours just includes food and drinks (inlcuding beer and wine). We have a separate category for hair products, house cleaning supplies, stamps, etc.
Yup it includes everything (even pet food + litter)… which makes me think that I should have included the castile soap… oh well.
It was really tough to meet $400 at first, but now it’s getting easier. Not really buying alcohol helps too… Jacob brews his beer (which doesn’t come out of the food budget, more of his fun money), and we don’t buy much wine. Alcohol sure is expensive! You can do it girl, just keep trying!
Isn’t it funny how we’re so productive the day after no productivity? Please post your recipe for the curry chickpea mash + homemade naan! Sounds delicious. I’m on a big curry kick these days ha. Also, I noticed your Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola recipe and I’m definitely making that for a co-workers bday party this week!! Thanks for all the great recipe ideas 🙂
Hey girl here’s the curry chickpea mash + naan recipe… http://www.neverhomemaker.com/2010/11/curried-chickpea-mash-and-5-minute-naan.html