Yesterday was my big monthly shopping day. I spent several hours Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday preparing my list, organizing my coupons and gearing up.
My kids and I went to Sam's, Wal-Mart and Kroger.
Last month, I spent over $500, this month, the grand total was $244! Yipee!
Sam's - I bought those things I knew I couldn't really get cheaper anywhere else without a coupon.
Wal-Mart - I had over $30 in coupons. The most fun was getting steaks for $.49 each with my coupons. I was able to buy 10 steaks!
At Kroger's the bill total was $106 and after Kroger discounts, coupons and WIC, it came down to $49.
This family now has 20 pounds of hamburger meat at $1.98 a pound, 15 boxes of Hamburger Helper, 10 cans of Pringles, 20 bottles of Fuse Banana Daquire water, Terra chips, rice chips, Spaghetti sauce,pizza, chili, chips, cheese, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, things for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts.
For those that are curious, my weekly menu options looks like this:
Breakfast: Cereal, Toast, or leftovers
Lunch: Leftovers, Sandwiches, Pizza, corn dogs, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches or chicken nuggets or patties, fish sticks, pasta
Dinners:
Two days a week we eat leftovers
Monday night is Breakfast night : pancakes or waffles, bacon, eggs, toast, biscuits, (whatever we want to fix)
Tuesdays: Hamburgers, Chicken Sandwiches, Tots & Onion Rings
Wednesdays: Pizza sometimes Pasta & salad too
Thursdays: Chicken cheese enchiladas, chili, cheese, chips, tortillas and guacamole
Friday night is leftover night, usually Sat too.
Some Saturdays, I'll go get one Chinese lunch buffet full of chicken and beef and bring it home and add my own rice, eggrolls, fruits, vegetables and noodles to the meal. ( We love that!)
Sunday lunch - I usually have something nice prepared ahead of time: chicken, roast, pork tenderloin, brisket or lasagna
Sunday evening is usually leftovers or quick pasta.
We are rather simple here and as prices increase, I will increase my efforts to continue saving money. I did not reach my goal this month of only spending $500 on groceries and gas. I will say though, that I just looked at our Discover bill and this month's efforts reduced our monthly bill by 33%. I don't think that's too bad for my first month.
There is a potential roadblock however. I'm not the only one out there learning to do this. That's obvious when I enter a store with a "HOT" coupon only to find the shelf cleaned. Somebody beat me to it!
Yesterday was also the first day I could order this next week's coupons coming out in Sunday's paper. The May 1st Coupon Inserts will be BIG! and full of Savings. Within one hour of releasing the sale on wholecouponinserts.com, they were completely SOLD OUT!!
So, I am emailing others and looking for alternative ways to get my hands on next week's coupons without spending $25 on Newspapers. I've been buying 10 newspapers worth for $16 from Whole Coupon Inserts, hopefully I will be able to get them for the same price or cheaper from someone else on Monday.
We shall see.
Enjoy your weekend.
My kids and I went to Sam's, Wal-Mart and Kroger.
Last month, I spent over $500, this month, the grand total was $244! Yipee!
Sam's - I bought those things I knew I couldn't really get cheaper anywhere else without a coupon.
Wal-Mart - I had over $30 in coupons. The most fun was getting steaks for $.49 each with my coupons. I was able to buy 10 steaks!
At Kroger's the bill total was $106 and after Kroger discounts, coupons and WIC, it came down to $49.
This family now has 20 pounds of hamburger meat at $1.98 a pound, 15 boxes of Hamburger Helper, 10 cans of Pringles, 20 bottles of Fuse Banana Daquire water, Terra chips, rice chips, Spaghetti sauce,pizza, chili, chips, cheese, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, things for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts.
For those that are curious, my weekly menu options looks like this:
Breakfast: Cereal, Toast, or leftovers
Lunch: Leftovers, Sandwiches, Pizza, corn dogs, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches or chicken nuggets or patties, fish sticks, pasta
Dinners:
Two days a week we eat leftovers
Monday night is Breakfast night : pancakes or waffles, bacon, eggs, toast, biscuits, (whatever we want to fix)
Tuesdays: Hamburgers, Chicken Sandwiches, Tots & Onion Rings
Wednesdays: Pizza sometimes Pasta & salad too
Thursdays: Chicken cheese enchiladas, chili, cheese, chips, tortillas and guacamole
Friday night is leftover night, usually Sat too.
Some Saturdays, I'll go get one Chinese lunch buffet full of chicken and beef and bring it home and add my own rice, eggrolls, fruits, vegetables and noodles to the meal. ( We love that!)
Sunday lunch - I usually have something nice prepared ahead of time: chicken, roast, pork tenderloin, brisket or lasagna
Sunday evening is usually leftovers or quick pasta.
We are rather simple here and as prices increase, I will increase my efforts to continue saving money. I did not reach my goal this month of only spending $500 on groceries and gas. I will say though, that I just looked at our Discover bill and this month's efforts reduced our monthly bill by 33%. I don't think that's too bad for my first month.
There is a potential roadblock however. I'm not the only one out there learning to do this. That's obvious when I enter a store with a "HOT" coupon only to find the shelf cleaned. Somebody beat me to it!
Yesterday was also the first day I could order this next week's coupons coming out in Sunday's paper. The May 1st Coupon Inserts will be BIG! and full of Savings. Within one hour of releasing the sale on wholecouponinserts.com, they were completely SOLD OUT!!
So, I am emailing others and looking for alternative ways to get my hands on next week's coupons without spending $25 on Newspapers. I've been buying 10 newspapers worth for $16 from Whole Coupon Inserts, hopefully I will be able to get them for the same price or cheaper from someone else on Monday.
We shall see.
Enjoy your weekend.
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