I love to shop and cook and bake and eat, which means I have to work hard to control our grocery budget. With my new found love of couponing, I am hoping to shave some money off of our grocery budget. My goal for this month is $400, down from $500 in January. To keep myself accountable, I am going to post how I am doing on my blog. For right now, as I try to figure out the whole Walgreens and CVS systems, I am not going to include those in my budget, as I purchase mainly toiletries and household goods there. Right now I am going to focus strictly on money spent at grocery stores.
So, here's my totals so far for March -
Super Target - $9.65
Trader Joes - $12.00
Kroger - $27.24
Publix - $13.29
Total spent - $62.18
Total remaining - $337. 82
It feels like I have already spent too much since it is only March 4th, but the only ingredients I need to buy for dinner's next week are eggs and cream cheese, so I should be okay. We'll see how it goes.
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What kinds of things do you get at Trader Joe's? I love that place! We get the greek style yogurt for V. (tho I may want to start making my own??), and I love their frozen foods. You are so good at keeping up with what you spend . . . I usually have not a clue and Costco is my big downfall . . .
Sounds like you can do it! Just go out to eat when you get to the end of your budget and don't count that! lol! :)
A - I got yogurt for Alexa but she hates it. Do you want the rest? I also got her some fake cheerios, and I got a frozen chicken meal we like.
M - Thanks for the help. :) We are going out twice for Dave's birthday, once with a gift certificate and once my parents' will pay.
sure, i'll take the yogurt if you can't use it. are you sure you can't use it some other way? for ex., I use yogurt instead of sour cream.
I don't think I'll use the rest of the yogurt since it is the whole milk kind. I always buy reduced fat sour cream.
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