Grocery Shopping: Sam's Club and Butcher Shops

On Monday, I went to Sam's Club and then to two different butcher shops (one I buy only bacon and it's absolutely the BEST homemade bacon). I was supposed to go to a track meet, but it was cancelled due to snow....still snowing here now too. I guess we're supposed to get 3-5 inches by tomorrow. It sure makes the hills pretty, but I'm ready for spring!

I think I may have stocked up a bit too much on my "pantry" given my current financial status (AKA...I don't have much money in my savings account to buy the 1/4 of a cow that we'll be getting in May...) so we'll be eating from the pantry for the next few weeks - excluding Easter dinner and company food.

Sam's:

• 3 English Cucumbers $4.00
• Romaine Lettuce $4.00
• Heavy Whipping Cream $4.00 - plan to serve fresh fruits with whipped cream for dessert at Easter
• 1 pound Kerrygold butter $7.25 (GULP! Expensive, but I think it's much better for you)
• Spinach $4.00 (seriously need to stop buying this! I buy it only because it's organic and cheap. I'm the only one who eats it and now I'm hearing that maybe I shouldn't eat it raw (don't like it cooked) because of the BLAH BLAH BLAHs in it (can you tell I'm not too scientific...you can read over at The World's Healthiest Foods if you want more info). Since I'm still in "healing my body with food" phase I need to be really careful about what I eat.

Butcher Shop in Sturgis:

• 3 packages of regular bacon $12.00 ( I cook 1 package a week, mostly to flavor different dishes)
• 1 package of bacon ends $2.00 - curious to see if this has more fat than the regular bacon since it's half the price

Butcher Shop in Piedmont:

• link sausages
• ground pork

This post has been linked to Grocery Cart Challenge.