We spent $373 on groceries and households this month!! Our goal was to stay under $400.00 and we hit it again. We will keep our July goal for under $400 also because we seem to go under that when we set it for a goal.
I’m not actually sure how much we saved with coupons this [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by admin
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Well we kept grocery spending to $350 for May, our goal was to stay under $400 and we did it!!! We were able to buy $387 worth of stuff with coupons!!! Now for June, I think we will try and keep the same goal for grocery spending to $400.
Posted on June 1st, 2009 by admin
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We met our grocery budget goal for $425.00 for April!!! I’m actually shocked because I didn’t know how much my husband had spent on groceries and we actually came out to $425.62!! Woohoo!!
Grocery Spending from May: $425.62
Coupons used=$489.00
Over $30 left on my Walgreens Gift Card Card
May Grocery Spending Goal: $400.00
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by admin
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So after reviewing Quicken today. We have spent:
$432.50 of our $450.00 Grocery Budget leaves $18 until tuesday
Saved:
$349.47 with coupons!!! Best month so far.
I think we can do better next month. We’re going to try for $425 Grocery budget.
If you need to do better than this, here are some inspiring couponers on even tighter budgets to inspire [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2009 by admin
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As a Registered Dietitian, I’m loving this post about deprivation which can lead to splurging. Just like how a diet restriction and result in binging, sometimes keeping your budget too tight can lead to splurging. So check it out: Should We Keep Some Luxuries to Avoid Feeling Deprived? | artofthecoupon.com.
Posted on March 25th, 2009 by admin
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I use Winco for my back-up when the sales, plus coupons aren’t good enough at Safeway to beat Winco’s prices. This is one of those weeks. I spent $43.02 at Winco on the groceries we will need for the menu I just planned.
Here’s a link to a lady with 6 kids who feeds her family on $60 a [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2009 by admin
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