Thursday, December 14, 2017

Middle of the Month Budget Update for December

I hope that you have a great month because ours is actually off to a great start.  I can't believe that we are half way through the month but I know that I have totally stocked cupboards, fridges and freezers.  The bright spot is that I have only spent half of my monthly $160 budget so that means that the end of the month has all the flexibility to stock up on the best deals and get anything else that we might need.  I am hoping to get lots with the rest of my budget to stretch everything into the new year but here is what I got so far this month!!!


Harris Teeter $6.30

I got six boxes of pasta, four packages of biscuits, 2 tubes of Crest, 3 packages of Coleman Sausage, and 6 Yakisoba Noodles for free.  I paid $0.24 each for the raviolis.  The Johnsville Flame Grilled Chicken was shelf priced at $5.99 each so it was $11.98 less $6.00 of doubled coupons so it was $5.98 for the two bags.  I got back a $2 catalina which I got to use on my next transaction.  I also got to turn in the receipt for $3 back from Ibotta.



Harris Teeter $1.31

I got some free pasta, Coleman sausage, and Yakisoba Noodles.  I got the Johnsons and Johnsons Body Wash for $0.99 each. The Finish Dishwasher Detergent was $2.79 after sale and coupon.  I used my catalina from the previous transaction and it doubled so this was super cheap.


Harris Teeter $4.31

I got free Mueller's pasta, Barilla Ready Pasta, Naked Juice, Crest Toothpaste, Yakisoba Noodles, and Welch's Fruit Rolls.  The four boxes of cereal was my only purchase.  My evic price on the Welch's Fruit Rolls didn't come off so I had to go to customer service and they gave me the difference off and nothing free :(




Harris Teeter $0.44

My husband did this one and got everything free except tax.  The cashier was pretty impressed with his transaction and that there was a man standing there were coupons.



Aldi $23.53

I went to Aldi and used my first $5 off $30 purchase from the new Aldi opening but I had to return some disgusting potatoes that I got right before Thanksgiving so they gave me an addition $3.06 cash back and a new bag of potatoes.  My son sat in the cart and added all of the items that I was going to get and kept me on track so that I had almost exactly $30 in my cart.




Harris Teeter $6.52

I bought a bunch of things at the store including free Barilla Ready Pasta, 2 Pillsbury Biscuits, 2 Mueller's Pasta, Naked Pressed Juice, Crest Toothpaste, 6 Yakisoba Noodles, and Fleischman Yeast.  I got four bags of Rosina Meatballs for $0.50 each.  I got the Cheese Ravioli for $0.24.  The Johnson and Johnson Body Wash are $0.99 each.  The tomatoes were $0.50 each after sale and coupon for the large cans.




Harris Teeter $6.20 + 2.28= $8.48

 I did one transaction with the Johnsonville Chicken which was $6.20 and the Ibotta was back in my rebates so I got $3 back.  The second transaction included free Barilla Ready Pasta, Crest toothpaste, Luck's Beans, Yakisoba Noodles, Tetley Tea, and Glutino Lemon Cookies from clearance bin.  I bought the Quaker Oatmeal for $0.97 each and the Advil for $0.99 each so I thought that I had enough to use my $2 catalina but I didn't so I asked the cashier to hold one so I went to grab the Finish for $2.79 so I could use the catalina which doubled.  I put in the rebate for $2 for the Advil on Ibotta.




Wegman's $17.66

I went to get the ground beef because we haven't had any in a month and the bags of flour for $0.99 each.



Wegman's $2.03

Two more bags of flour to stock up.



Wegman's $2.03

Two more bags of flour to stock up.  Not a double picture :)




Aldi $4.28

My husband was out of turkey and my son was out of garlic salt so I went to grab these two things.  I was trying to decide if I should buy $30 worth of stuff to get my $5 off but I decided to skip it.



Harris Teeter $0.09

I had some printable coupons that made these free after coupon so this was tax only.



Harris Teeter $0.06

I got a bunch of coupons in the newest inserts for $0.75 yeast and they were on sale for $1.50 at Harris Teeter making them free so this was tax only.



Harris Teeter $0.12

Super excited to find the new Try and Tell so I picked out this soap which I knew my son would love.  I got two more boxes of tissues because I had two more coupons to make them free and three more yeast.  Everything was free and I only paid tax.



Harris Teeter $0.06

More free yeast!!



Harris Teeter $0.06
Yup, I got more!



Harris Teeter $0.06

And again!



Wegman's $2.03

Back to get some more flour at Wegman's for my stock up for the winter.



Wegman's $2.09

I found the yeast was shelf priced at $1.29 so I grabbed three and two more flours so I was excited to get some more for free.



Wegman's $2.09 

Yup, did it again!!





Total Retail $483.37
Total Savings $399.84
Total OOP $83.53 

I don't think that I did as great on making a lot of things at home because I was at the store a lot over the last few weeks but with all these supplies, I am bound to get better.  I made rolls and cinnamon rolls mostly but we enjoyed the things that I did make like the lasagna the other night for dinner.  I am hoping that all this preparation means that I will be out of the store for a little bit but you just never can tell!!!  Also now that it is cold, hoping for lots of baking to heat up the house and our stomaches.

Hope that you are having a good month and can't wait to hear about it!!

2 comments:

  1. That's incredible! If I lived near you, I'd PAY you to do my grocery shopping and I'd probably still end up spending less than I spend now, LOL.

    So you guys get taxed on groceries in NOVA? We only pay tax on ready-to-eat foods, and some snacks if I recall properly.

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    1. Probably staying out of the stores would be a good thing to lowering anyone's budget but I am sure that you would be able to get the deals here too. There is always room to be more frugal!!

      We do get two different taxes and some things aren't taxed and other things are. I don't totally understand the logic but there is a 2.5% tax and a 6.0% tax on the bottom of every receipt. Some of the times there are different things written in to each which add up to the total tax. I was told that there was a higher tax on things that weren't essential or maybe things that didn't qualify for food stamps. I know that my $0.12 transaction said that $0.06 was in each category but I don't know which items went in each because on the yeast transactions, it doesn't list of the two different taxes. I just know that I am going to have to pay it either way so free here still costs money ;)

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