I was over budget this month, but nothing to sweat. Like I said last week-it’s going to happen occasionally. Hey, maybe I’ll be under this coming month. If not, that’s ok! I know I did the best I could(except for that awful soda we bought) and had extra people to feed(thankfully we had some great company this past month!). So onto the details!
Albertson’s $7.04-fruit snacks x2, Hunts tomatoes x 3, Progresso Broth x4, Tony’s Pizza x2, and Honeycrisp Apples
KingSooper $14.37-cinnamon rolls x 2(free!), lunchmeat, cottage cheese, and 2 24pks of pop(this will be eliminated soon! 
Albertsons $8.67-I was unprepared for the baking day my grandma, mom and I did. I bought flour, sugar, crisco, and cooking spray
Target-$2.36(again, lack of planning but my grandparents always drink oj in the morning! AND I got to browse through the womens clearance section with no kids! ahh, such a nice treat!)
Walgreens $3.87 (I did 4 transactions to use my RRs and get the most for my money. I started with $13RRs, spent $3.87 and left with $8RRs! Here’s what I purchased: 2 packs of Huggies diapers, Gillette Fusion, Dentek Floss Picks, 3 Halls Cough Drops, Hamburger Buns, 4 pencils, and 2 highlighters. The highlighters and pencils were $.10 and $.15 each and used as filler items to get my coupon/RRs to item ratio correct.)
Weekly Total-$36.31
My Monthly Total- $174.45-my goal is $160.00 so I was $14.45 over budget. No sweat! I saved a lot this month and was able to stock up my freezer and pantry!
**Note-my monthly budget starts over on the 20th of every month(when money is transferred into that account)
Do you have a monthly budget? What ways do you use to stretch your dollar? Do you save more money when you use cash only?
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