I met my goal by $112.21 in May. I'm going to lower by goal this month by $100.00 and put my goal at $250.00. It is going to mean being really frugal in my grocery shopping and using coupons the best way I can.
This is for a family of 5, but does not include pet food.
Man, i can't believe that June will be here in just a few day's. I got coupons in the mail today from my grandmother that I need to go thru and make my list so I will have it ready when I go to the store Monday. With Joe working 5 day's a week at a Resturant, I think we can keep our total under $200 (I hope so)
I think I am ready to join in June! I will set my goal at $250 since I need to get meat from Costco. My goal amount does not include formula and diapers-but it does include baby food.
I'm in for June!! I went a little over for May and need to make sure I keep it under in June!!
I'm keeping mine at $215 for food and $70 for non food.
I didn't even come close to going over on the nonfood though. Maybe I should put a little of that over into the food!! lol
No, not this time!
I went over a bit in May, so I'm going to stay at $150 for June. It'll be tough, cuz we're out of meat and chicken, but I can do it! This includes all things we need at ShopRite, including health & beauty, etc.
I was bad last month and didn't keep track. Well, I didn't really buy anything either. I did get a lot of freebies, topped it off yesterday with a month's worth of free dog food! May was like this for me last year too. I think I spent $100 last May. We sorted through the freezers and have enough meat to last for, well, a really long time. I'm just going for free or really cheap stuff again this month. I will allow extras for ds#1, though, since we have over $1000 on the food stamp card. Must be rough, huh? Why don't you all come over and we'll cook out these pork chops? Bring a side dish!
June's Grocery Challenge:
I hope that we will Spend only $250.00 for the Whole Month of June.
I am trying to cut our Grocery Budget Down from $400.00 where Dh set it at to $250.00 and on down from that to $100.00 a month.
I hope.
We have 3 Cats, a 4 Year old DD, Two Adults, and soon some fishes.
Our Dog Passed away on Mother's Day Weekend.
I need to account better. I tend to add everything that I buy rather than separate it into catagories. So My goal for June is separate all my reciepts and keep track of Food, Non-food, and pet supplies.
Goals--$350 food
$ 75 non-food
$ 30 cat supplies
This is for 5 people--me, dh, ds19, 16 and dd almost 13. So its like feeding 5 adults all the time.
Well, I am trying for $275.00 this month. This is going to be tough since I have spent $189 already. However, the pantry, fridge, and big freezer are all stuffed to the gills!
Ok Michelle, now you got me all curious....just how much did you spend and on what???? You can't just put something out there like that...not when you have obsessive cupulsive people like me living int he Village!:toothy:
I'm setting my goal at $225 for 2 adults and 2 kids age 4 & 8. I came in right around $250 last month.
So far this month: $24.13
Meijer had bnls, sknls chicken breast on sale for $2/lb and I had 4 wine tags (I FINALLY found some!) so I got 4 of the smallest packages I could find
I also got a $10 gift card for transferring an Rx to another local grocer, so is used that to stock up on their 1/2 price cereal sale and .50/dozen eggs.
$200.87 left for June
Well, I did some major shopping today. I was out or almost out of alot of things I use everyday. I didn't need to buy any meats though. And I got some great loss leader items. Here's the list:
At Rite Aid I spent $5.47 and got:
28 ct scrubbing bubbles wipes
mennon speed stick deodorant
110 ct olay vitamins
26 oz windex
At Hannaford I spent $14.75 and got:
loaf of ecce ciacatta bread from the bakery (free)
4 lbs i can't believe it's not butter
6 cans diced tomatoes
large canister of raisins
8 cans tomato sauce
3 lbs granny smith apples
10 lbs russet potatoes
At the Dollar Tree I spent $6.00 and got:
2 bags of flavored chips
2 bottles of parsley
4-1 lb bags of pasta
At Walmart I spent $28.08 and got:
8 ozs beef jerkey
variety pack crackers
2 ct venus razor blades
8 ct mach 3 razor blades
bottle of dandruff shampoo
At the bread outlet I spent $2.49 and got 3 giant loaves of bread
At BJ's wholesale club I spent $118.60 and got:
5000 sheets computer paper
4 lbs shredded pizza cheese
22 qts dry milk
4 lbs shredded cheddar cheese
2 lbs bananas
5 lbs carrots
500 paper plates
160 slices american cheese
5 lbs cream cheese
gallon of milk
120 ozs chunk pineapple
1000 sq ft aluminum foil
6 lbs 10 ozs canned peaches
6 lbs 10 ozs nacho cheese sauce
At Shaw's I spent $6.71 and got:
6 boxes kraft mac n cheese
2 small cans mandarin oranges
2 boxes nutri grain bars
6 boxes pasta roni
2 pouches ben's ready rice
3 lbs cat food
So far this month I've spent $77.99 on groceries, leaving me with $172.01 to spend for the rest of the month.
I've used $3.25 in coupons
I've gotten 1 free shampoo ($2.99)
I do have a few extra coupons though, so I'm waiting for a few extra $$ and a good sale and then I'll go when its double coupon day in Brandon. Two stores are now doing double coupon days, every Wednesday.
Cj, I'm glad you're finally getting some double coupon opportunities in Brandon!
I spent $6.10 today at the Farmer's Market.
Got one really ripe canteloupe, 1 tomato, 1 cucumber, 4 Italian Herb pita pockets and 1 cheddar cheese pizza crust.
$194.77 left.
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