This week I started with a budget of $75.29.  I had my regular budget of $55 plus $20.29 left over from last week.  I write these posts to keep myself on track- If I have to come home and record it right away- I can see how much I am spending out of pocket!

My final weekly totals:

Value: $209.08
OOP: $49.93
Savings:76.1%

*WOW I feel like I spent a lot this week but I was still under my $55 a week budget.

Now, “normal” people may look at this and say “She didn’t buy any REAL food! How does she feed her family buying just this?”  It’s because I have a stockpile!  This week it was shampoo, tortilla chips, a few veggies & fruits, some sausages and cookies…yeah real healthy.  But it’s because my stockpile supplies everything else for our meals! 

I have realized that I go to the store FAR too often- but I blame much of that on my job!- finding deals!   I like to try the deals I share!

TRIPS 1 &2:

Lowe’s Foods:

(4) Grande chips used (4) .75/1 coupons = FREE + .07 in tax

Total value: $12.03

OOP: .07

Savings: 99.4%

Food Lion:

3 transactions @ 2 stores’

12 Pantene used B1G1 coupons

4 Secret Deodorant used $1/1

Total value: $71.74

OOP: $15.50 submitting for  a $10 MIR

Savings (before rebate) 78.3% (after rebate) 92.3%

Trip totals:

VALUE: $83.77
OOP: $15.57
SAVINGS: 81.5% before rebate

Left over in budget: $59.72

Trip 3:

Harris Teeter:
2 Keebler Cookies
1 Nabisco Cookies
1 Hillshire farms gourmet creations

VALUE: $15.26
OOP: $1.61
Savings: 89.5%

Left in budget: $58.11

Trip 4:

Have you ever had a trip you wish you could start all over?  I did today.  One coupon refused to scan at Lowe’s Foods.  And since it was an internet coupon they wouldn’t accept it.  Put that item back.

Then I forgot to give my coupons to the cashier at Harris Teeter and since I was getting something for my mom the high total didn’t alert me!  We had to rering the order.  THEN I realized one of my coupons was expired!  My kids were all excited over the pink lemonade I bought it anyway!

Lowes Foods:
4 Grande chips & 1 Pop tart at Lowes foods (my 2nd coupon would not scan- sigh)

Value:$14.64
OOP: $1.09
Savings: 92.5%

Harris Teeter:
1 HIllshire Farm Gourmet Creations
2 Davidson Eggs
1 Simply Lemonade

VALUE: $13.86
OOP: $3.74
Savings: 73%

Trip Totals:
Values:$28.50
OOP: $4.83
Savings: 83%

Left in budget: $53.28

Trip 5:

I went to Aldi & Harris Teeter today:

At Aldi I splurged on Chocolate donuts.  My twins and I needed a pick me up after leaving their dad & older sister at their airp

ort

Aldi:

Cocolate Donuts

Bagels

(2) pks Green Peppers

OOP: $7.18

Harris Teeter:

2 24 pk Water (not pictured)

Value: $15.10

OOP: $6.06

Savings; 40%

Total Trip:

Value; $$22.28

OOP:$13.24

Savings: 40.5%

Left in budget: $40.04

 Trip 6:

Harris Teeter:

(3) Mission tortillas $3.09

CVS:
6 MIlkways
2 24 pk waters (not pictured)

Total OOP: $0.00 (used ECB and previously earned ECB)

Walgreens:

2 Pepperidge Farms cookies

1 Witch Hazel

1 Lanacane

OOP: $0.00 (used a $10 gift card I got when we had a RR printing issue and they gave me a gift card instead)

Target:

12 Nivea creme tins

OOP: $6.61

Received: $20 gift card

Total Value: $41.48

OOP:$9.69

Savings:76.7%

Recieved: .75 ecb, $9 RR, $20 Target gift card

Left in budget: $30.35

 

Final trip:

Lowes Foods:

(2) Grande Chips

(3) Ball Park Buns

(2) lunchables (no coupon- marked down)

Tota value: $17.79

OOP: $4.99

Savings: 71.9%

Left in Budget: $25.36

 

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-Moola Saving Mom
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