I went to look for the sandwich thins and my store didn't have any... didn't even have an empty spot :( Then I went to look for the cheese and they were all out :( I grabbed the Minute Maid juice boxes, Gerber baby food, Gerber Graduates, Frosted Mini Wheats, and a special treat of Danimals Yogurt for my son. I was still a little short of the $5 mark so I decided to get a loaf of bread and save me making it this week.
Total Savings $25.19
Then, my husband grabbed two more juice boxes and the jelly. I miscalculated the jelly cost because I thought it was going to be free and it wasn't but it was still a great deal (even if I am blaming my bad math for going over budget).
Total Savings $13.68
The last check out was to pay my mom back for the two packages of juice boxes that she brought down with her last time which she said she was saving at her house for when my little man came to visit (so I used her card to get the special pricing). Well, he already drank those... OOPS! I will have to send these home with my Dad when he comes tomorrow.
Total Savings $8.44
Although overall, I got some great deals and saved a ton of money... I went over budget for the month during this trip.
Total Monthly OOP $160.56
Total Monthly Savings $504.69
I still have one more trip to Giant to spend my $10 credit so I will be spending a little more money there too above the credit. I don't think that it is too horrible since I was WAY under budget last month but I was still hoping that I could restrain myself during super doubles but it turned out that I couldn't :) We will see how close I can get at Giant later this week!! How are you doing this month??
WWOOOWw what amazing deals Alison! We don't have doubles here sadly. Going over budget for .98 for jelly oh my silly girl! I wish I was that overbudget hehe.
ReplyDeleteThis month way over budget here too. School starts, and tons of goodies for kiddos. Hopefully with all my sausage, ground meat experiments the next months will be much better haha.
I still have one more trip to make this weekend so we will see how over budget I land but I am currently $0.56 :)
DeleteI decided to follow your lead and make myself a budget, altering slightly. Four paychecks come in per month so I just said i will do $40. Per paycheck. I started yesterday and headed to Harris teeter. I didn't need much, my major needs were bread, cheese, sandwich meat and lettuce. I got:
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2 plum applesauce pouches
2 chex mix
4 velveeta cups
2 progresso soups
1 loaf bread
2 heluva dips
1 Kraft singles
10 yo plait yogurts
1 daisy sour cream
2 hillsire farm lunch meat tubs
12 budding meat packs
Total cost $16.72
Our Lowes foods has boneless skinless chicken 1.97 a pound so I will likely go there today to check that out.
That is an amazing trip to the store!! you got so much stuff and the total is amazing. I tried to do $40 a week but then when there were deals, I felt like I couldn't stock up in one week because there wouldn't be much for the next week so it was easier for my brain to take $160 for the month instead of the weekly but I think that most people like to use a weekly number. Good luck!!! I love getting chicken for $1.97 a pound. I don't know if you have seen my other posts about cutting and freezing them with the marinade but it saves a lot of time when dinner comes around!!
DeleteGood idea! I think during the weeks sales aren't good, I'll save that $$ for the follow
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