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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I wanted to update everyone. 
Thanks SO much for the suggestions. I went to Stop and Shop Friday and spent $110. I bought 5 lbs of chicken leg quarters for $3.50, 6 chicken breasts, 4 lbs ground turkey, and 2 johnsonville sausages/kielbasa (they were bogo). I spent about $25 on meat. I then bought 10 cans of beans- on sale for .50 each. I bought 6 bags frozen veggies, on sale $1 each (stir fry, kale, butternut squash, corn, and a broccoli/cauliflower blend). I also bought some dressings and marinades (generic brand), eggs, bread, 2 milks (we still had some in fridge), steel cut oats, 1 box generic cereal, apples, bananas, a few snack items, and cheap brown rice. I'm probably forgetting a few things. Oh- TP and paper towels were about $7-8/each for a bulk pack. 
It hasn't even been a week yet, but I know it'll last until next Friday (two weeks). We have 6 meals ready to go in the freezer (thanks to those freezer-to-crockpot suggestions), as well as some recipes in mind to use the beans / lentils / rice that we have lots of.  We tend to bring leftovers for our lunch the next day, so we don't have/need a bunch of lunch items.

Who knows what will be the final outcome, maybe it won't work, but for the next few months we need to get ourselves back on track financially. No, it's not the healthiest options (cheap meat! ah!), but getting our finances in order is our priority right now.

I'll update everyone when the two weeks is up, and the month, and see if we were successful at spending less than $250/month on groceries. 
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