Showing posts with label savings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label savings. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
month has come and gone
the month has come and gone. I was able to spend $200.00 less in groceries. However, we did have to buy new glasses and tires. LOL:) so much for savings. That's life right. Can't wait to see what I do this month.
Monday, June 6, 2011
This week
Okay, so this week I've spend $140.00. More than the $100.00 I was aiming for. However, I was able to purchase meat for next week, buy one get one free. I saved 103.11. $30.00 in coupon savings. I also received a $5.00 gift card from Target. I was able to get a total of 4 things completely free with coupons. I guess you can't know all the ins and outs in a week. I still feel I did a good job this week.
I've asked my parents to save any unused coupons for me. I think I'm going to ask a few more people as well. Really max our savings.
See ya next week!
I've asked my parents to save any unused coupons for me. I think I'm going to ask a few more people as well. Really max our savings.
See ya next week!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
adding on....
I'm adding on to my challenge. Our grocery bill is out of control! While I'm loving the Extreme Couponing tv show on TLC, I don't want 100 tubes of toothpaste. Or a ton of junk food stock piled for my family. I'm super picky about the type of products I buy. So my add on goal is still to coupon more, but only for products we use and need. Also to cut at least $200.00 out of our grocery expense.
I'm also going to try to get full grocery's twice a month with fillers in between for perishables. To help me do this, I've made out a dinner list for two weeks and bought items I'll need for those dinners. I've also started a spreadsheet divided into sections to see just where in the store I'm spending the most money. This will help me know where I really need to try to save more. The bulk of my bill is in fresh fruits, veggies, dairy and meats. We eat a ton of fresh fruit and veggies, which is great. However, I'm sure I can find good deals on that as well as boxed foods.
So for this weeks shopping I spent a grand total of $340.43 for my family of 5. ( and 2 dogs)
I was only able to save with coupons $13.12, and a total of in store savings of $80.51.
We'll see what next week brings. My goal is to only spend $60.00 on perishables.
I'm also going to try to get full grocery's twice a month with fillers in between for perishables. To help me do this, I've made out a dinner list for two weeks and bought items I'll need for those dinners. I've also started a spreadsheet divided into sections to see just where in the store I'm spending the most money. This will help me know where I really need to try to save more. The bulk of my bill is in fresh fruits, veggies, dairy and meats. We eat a ton of fresh fruit and veggies, which is great. However, I'm sure I can find good deals on that as well as boxed foods.
So for this weeks shopping I spent a grand total of $340.43 for my family of 5. ( and 2 dogs)
I was only able to save with coupons $13.12, and a total of in store savings of $80.51.
We'll see what next week brings. My goal is to only spend $60.00 on perishables.
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