Saturday, December 12, 2009

Week of 11/20 through Week of 12/11 grocery budget

11/15  Speedway - 4.99, saved .99
11/16  Marsh - 70.40, saved 62.55 (47%) - had some rainchecks, savings not quite right
11/18  Marsh - 26.53, saved 44.54 (63%)
11/18  Marsh - 8.61, saved 15.41 (64%)
11/18  Walmart - 14.60, saved 6.40 - plus whatever the price difference was for price-matching
11/22  Marsh - 55.49, saved 62.90 (54%)
11/24  Marsh - 6.94, saved 11.19 (62%)
11/25  Walgreens - 2.91, saved 11.72
11/27  Marsh - 30.19, saved .50 (2%) - bought for veggie tray for Thanksgiving gathering
11/28  Marsh - 43.59, saved 67.42 (67%) - triples!  And I had some mispriced items.
11/29  Walmart - 12.74, saved 0.00
11/30  Marsh - 14.57, saved 16.47 (53%)
12/3  Marsh - 1.98, saved .61 (24%)
12/5  Marsh - 55.92, saved 56.26 (50%)
12/5  Burger King - 8.97, saved 0.00 (no eating out money but it was food so we opted to eat at BK)
12/9  Marsh - 9.99, saved 10.56 (52%)


Budget = 300.00

368.42 spent
367.52 saved
735.94 total

appx. 50% savings


I did the three trips in one day (Marsh, Walmart, Marsh) to stock up on cereal (this was in the budget though).  And the $43.59 I spent during triples at Marsh was JUST stockpiling...so that takes my total closer to $325 which is STILL over budget.  And I'm not trying to make excuses here...just reporting what I spent because I also spent that $30.19 on the veggie tray for Turkey Day and that would have dropped us under the $300 level.  Also, compared to last month I had 16 trips to the store (and only 12 last month).

Thankfully Brian and I can afford to put a bit from savings to build the stockpile and cover those small trips that I don't plan so well.  Here's to next month and sticking STRAIGHT to the budget!



AND I just realized this is all wrong.  Darn it!  Those top few lines that are highlighted should have been with the last months grocery budget (which means I blew it out of the water) and that I've still got a week to go on this one.  I'm leaving it now and will add to it next week.  Ugh!

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