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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

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Quote of the Day “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” ~ Morrie Schwartz

Thursday. Let’s do this.

♥ Mavis

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Thinking about placing a bulk order with Zaycon Fresh but not sure what to do with all that meat? Read my post on How to Process and Prepare Your Bulk Chicken Order for some great tips. Zaycon Fresh is now taking orders for their upcoming events.

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Woodman’s of Essex

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A big thank you to everyone who has left suggestions for lobster shacks in the New England area for the HH and I to check out. We are having a blast researching the different towns and have a HUGE list of places we want to visit. Date days haven’t been this varied or tasty in a long time. 🙂

Last week we took your suggestion and headed to Essex, Massachusetts to eat lunch at Woodman’s of Essex. Woodman’s has been around for over 100 years and it’s easy to see why people keep coming back.

If you’re in a hurry and don’t want to wait in line for the restaurant {the line does move pretty fast though} you can get a boiled lobster and butter to go outside. Which begs the question, how does one eat a boiled lobster with butter on the go? Maybe you know the answer to that one, because I don’t.

So many choices! It was a good thing that the line was long. I don’t know about your husband, but mine has to read every single thing on the menu before he can order. Even if it’s a place he’s been to like a million times. I don’t get it. I am the complete opposite. I think it’s a strange habit.

Back in the day you could get a plate of fried clams for $1.00. Nowadays, a plate of fried clams will set you back a whopping $25.99! Wowie zowie.

This time around the HH tried the fully belly clams and said he liked them. When I asked which ones he preferred {the full belly clams or clams strips from Bob’s Clam Hut} he said that although there was a distinct difference between the two, he actually liked both styles of fried clams about the same. Which for some reason I thought was kind of funny. Because you know, it’s either one or the other, right? Well apparently not.

Since I’m not a seafood person, I ordered the hot dog. Which tasted, well, like a hot dog. BUT THE BUN…. the bun was good. It was the same kind of thick toasted bun I ate at Red’s Eats.  And now I can’t imagine eating a hot dog on any other kind of bun. Do these buns have a special name? They are almost like super thick toast, but shaped like a hot dog bun. Anyway, I need to find them.

Woodman’s of Essex, the food, atmosphere and waitstaff get a 5 out of 5 stars.

Where should be eat next? Do you have a favorite lunch spot in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine? We’re up for anything!

~Mavis

 Woodman’s of Essex
121 Main St, Essex, MA 01929

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Quote of the Day  “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” ~ Charles Schaefer

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone, enjoy the day.

♥ Mavis

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Looking for something homemade to whip up this week? These Simple Caprese Lasagna Roll-Ups are delicious.

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How about a Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt to keep your kiddos engaged this summer? Pop on over HERE for a fun list of things to look for.

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Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Trips – Week 24 of 52

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Last week the UPS guy dropped off a package from QVC. I always get excited when I see packages from QVC because I know it’s from my mother in law.  I mean really, what could be more exhilarating than knowing someone had to hurry to the phone and place an order before the QVC countdown timer ran out?

There could be live monkeys in the box, a lifetime supply of toilet paper, a 10,000 bag assortment of tea bags…. it wouldn’t matter. For me, it’s really not what’s in the box, it’s those few moments of not knowing what’s in the box as I carry it inside that I like the best.

A few weeks ago my mother in law sent us Bavarian pretzels and a pound of mustard sauce from QVC. Last week it was 4 pounds of BBQ ribs. Mrs. HB if you are reading this, I fully believe with ALL MY HEART, 10 years from now you will be a QVC shopper as well. 😉 That is, if you aren’t already.

Chicken Bowl: Rice, chicken, beans, corn, salsa, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.

Pickety Bits: Salami, Asiago cheese, sun dried tomato Gouda cheese, cashews, dried figs, prunes, hummus, dried cranberries, chocolate covered almonds, ALDI thin mints, Pita chips and ALDI club crackers.

Chicken Salad on No Knead Bread: Costco canned chicken, mayo, mustard, chopped dill pickles, chopped apple, dried cranberries and salt and pepper.

ALDI Lasagna and Garlic Bread: It has a very sausage like flavor to it. The HH loves it. I like it enough, but I think lasagna should be made with ground beef, not pork. Or at least not as much pork.
Fig Biscotti: My all time favorite homemade biscotti recipe {but without the hazelnuts and using five spice powder instead of anise}. Perfect for dunking in your morning cuppa.

Ribs and Potatoes seasoned with armadillo rub. I don’t know why it’s called armadillo rub, but it is. Which is really kind of a strange name for a seasoning if you ask me. But what do I know, I’m just a girl, reaching into the spice drawer, looking for a little seasoning to throw on some potatoes. I try not to question the free products that end up in our home too much.

Split Pea and Ham Soup. Because apparently that’s what I make for dinner when I have 3 slices of sliced lunch meat in the fridge and it’s 85 degrees outside. And yes, I did sprinkle that pepper on top of the soup to add a little flair.

Fritatta: Bacon, broccoli, chives, cheese, eggs and milk.

Meal time was pretty simple this week and the only thing I bought was a gallon of milk from the country store which was $3.99 a gallon! Holy canolies man.

How about YOU? Did you buy, make or eat anything super tasty this past week? Do you like getting mystery packages in the mail as much as I do?

~Mavis

Total Spent this week: $3.99 for 1 gallon of 2% milk at the Country Store

  • Total Spent in June $165.48  <- Attempting once a month grocery shopping
  • Total Spent in May on Groceries $216.50 <- Included a stock up trip to King Arthur Flour
  • Total Spent in April on Groceries $169.98
  • Total Spent in March on Groceries $306.75 <– Apartment life, moving across the country and settling into a new house
  • Total Spent in February on Groceries $259.81 <- Living in an apartment and buying a lot of ready-made meals
  • Total Spent in January on Groceries $240.15 <– Packing mode and not cooking from scratch as much

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