I just realized I didn’t give you guys the latest report of my weekly spending which ended my month. I came within budget! I had lowered my grocery/household budget to $160 per month and was successful!
Sept 11-17(I didn’t spend any the 18-19th & my budget starts over the 20th)
Target-$7.56-used a gift card from filling a new prescription. Bought lunchmeat, small artisian breads(free), bread(free w/ coupon for buying lunchmeat), butter, frozen pizza, and string cheese(also free)
Walmart-$9.94-case for our GPS, licorice, stickers, bagel chips, tomatoes, green beans. My mom was here so a few snacks were thrown in for my son.
Target-$10.52-lunchmeat, buns, block cheese, watermelon(for $1, they were marked down to $2, & I had the $1 off coupon from the home mailer), tampons, fruit snacks.
Great Clips Haircut $19
Weekly Total-$39.46
My total for the month was $158.07.
One thing I want to stress is don’t get caught up in comparing my weekly total to your family. Your family’s needs are different than mine. My husband doesn’t eat a lot of fresh produce(he’s a meat and potato man) so it’s just my 2 year old and myself eating the fresh veggies and fruit so I don’t have to buy as much. I try to stock up here and there when meat is on sale.
When you look at my menu plan you’ll notice I’m not buying everything that week because I use things out of my freezer and pantry to complete the meals.
This month I used cash only and saw a huge difference. I highly recommend withdrawing your amount for the month. The visual was great for me because I could see that I had x amount left for each week. I actually found myself putting a few items back because I knew they weren’t necessities and I didn’t have enough in my weekly budget.
How are you doing with your budget? What ways do you reduce your monthly grocery bill?
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