Saturday, June 5, 2010

Week of 5/7 through 5/28 grocery budget

Okay, I know straight up I blew budget this month!  We went into last weekend knowing that with all the Coke and Pepsi products we were buying, that there was no hope of not going over.  But we decide together that it's wise for us to do that every so often to get a deal that we don't want to pass up.  I'm actually going to break down my listings below...so I can see how close my regular shopping did in comparision to the budget.

5/7  Kroger - 3.41, saved .84 (21%)
5/7  Kroger - 16.00, saved 28.00 (63%)
5/8  Marsh - 5.38, saved 9.40 (65%)
5/8  Marsh - 51.19, saved 68.84 (58%)
5/15  Marsh - 1.39, saved 1.30 (48%)
5/16  Marsh - 56.84, saved 25.62 (31%)
5/16  Walmart - 17.53, saved 5.94 (appx - based on Walmart's "regular" price versus the rollback price) (25%)
5/22  Marsh - 60.47, saved 78.19 (56%)
5/22  CVS - 2.01, saved 17.00 (appx 90%) - used gift card
5/22  CVS - 5.19, saved 19.97 (appx 80%) - used gift card and left with $5 in ECBs too
5/23  Marsh - 68.64, saved 57.20 (46%)

5/28  Walmart - 27.01, saved 6.04 (appx - based on Walmart's "regular" price versus the rollback price)
5/28  Walmart - 40.30, saved 18.08 (appx - based on Walmart's "regular" price versus the rollback price)
5/29  Walmart - 12.00, saved 17.76 (appx - based on Walmart's "regular" price versus the rollback price)
5/29  Walmart - 24.08, saved 8.12 (appx - based on Walmart's "regular" price versus the rollback price)

5/30  Marsh - 93.37, saved 73.54 (45%) - and about $20 of this was stockpiling pop and razors

Total spent (EVERYTHING):  484.81
Total spent (subracting CVS (gift cards) and stockpiling):  354.22 (bummer dude...over budget by $54.22!)

Total saved (EVERYTHING):  435.84
Total saved (subtracting CVS (gift cards) and stockpiling):  328.87

Percentage saved (EVERYTHING):  appx. 47%
Percentage saved (subtracting CVS (gift cards) and stockpiling):  48%

So...  For sure not the best month but there have been some months were it was worse!  I just have to keep working on it and see where we get to.  I'm thinking this next month will be better because we got a LOT of stuff in the last few weeks!

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