Day 57: My $30 At Hy-Vee

Day 57 Vitals:

Weight:  271 lbs.
Mood:  Exhausted
Water Consumed:  2 Nalgenes
Breakfast: Eggs
Lunch: Chicken Wing, and Cheese Slices (Gouda)
Dinner: Potato, Chicken Wing, Corn
Hangry Thought of the Day: He wet the bed three times LESS the 24 hours!

When I first envisioned this project, Hy-Vee was one of my first thoughts.  It is also one of the few grocery stores that is not either around my work area, or my home (but I hope that changes soon).  I LOVE Hy-Vee.  It has been my favorite grocery store chain even before they moved into the Twin Cities.  When I decided to break each week into a different store, I HAD To include them.  So here is how I spent my $30 at Hy-Vee:

It's my last week of chicken wings, and I have enough eggs from last week, so that is two huge purchases I don't need this week.  I bought some pasta at Festival, so I thought about snagging some sauce and ground meat to make a sauce.  I also needed some new bread, and fresh veggies.

Here are my big wins:

• Artisan French Bread (2 for $4.99):  I needed bread this week and I got a GREAT deal on two large rounds of bread for $4.99 (buy one at full price, get the second for $1.00).  I tossed one in the freezer, and kept the other one out this week.
• Pork Chops (4 for $5).  These large porkchops are perfect for Grillin', baking, or frying.  They are thick cut, and I might even get multiple meals out of just one.  
• Cottage Cheese ($1.99 for one container).  I have been REALLY hungry cottage cheese, and this is the cheapest I have seen it in a while.

Overall Hy-Vee's big wins are in the fresh departments.  For example I found a pound of ground pork in the frozen section for $4.29, but got more then a pound for $3.33 in the meat department.  Likewise I was able to sneak in multi-colored organic carrots for a better price then a slightly bigger bag of regular carrots.  The BEST wins from Hy-Vee come from these fresh departments.  

I wish I had a more cohesive list of items I needed for this week, but that wasn't to be for this week.  I needed to restock on staples, as well as make sure my lunches were covered.  Overall I was not disappointed by my trip to Hy-Vee.

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