I am so excited! After a few weeks of diligently clipping, cutting, prayer and planning I finally managed to get our grocery bill down. The great part about it is I even stocked up in the process!
If you remember, my goal has been to get our budget down to $100 per week for our family of five (ages 7, 10, 14 and a hungry husband!). I set the goal with much skepticism, but aimed high anyway. I just got back from grocery shopping, and folks, I did it! Happy dance, happy dance!
Here is what I got:
Store #1: Shaw’s
Can you say FREE milk? Yep, two gallons for nothing. I also got those two orange juices in the reduced bin for $1.50 each. The meat was marked down, and the cereal was a super steal. I realized that after I took the picture I still had another bag with two boxes in it. I got 7 boxes total. My kids love to have cereal for a snack, and I could live off Raisin Bran! The straws were a .50 splurge, and the Hamburger Helper is for the local food pantry. Total spent: $23.88. (I saved $27.96 in coupons and sales)
Store #2: Fiddleheads (a local farm store)
All their items at this store are organic, and you can’t beat the sales prices. Raspberries and strawberries are on sale for .99 each! Total spent here: $10.93
Store #3: Market Basket
This store is where I do most of my shopping each week. They almost always have the best prices. I just discovered that the store in the next town takes printables so I have been going there. This week I needed toilet paper, bleach, trash bags and dish detergent and none were on sale. I had a .75 off coupon on the dish stuff and that was it. I still made out well. Total spent here: $61.32
That leaves me with a grand total of 96.13 this week!
I was so excited to come under budget! Woo hoo! Did I mention I even had my children with me while I was shopping? There are several things I can think of to cut our budget even further, so I am actually seeing some wiggle room here!
Our total food budget for the month is $400, and so far we have spent 318.00. That leaves me about 80.00 to do groceries with next week. No problem, right!? I am determined to make our goal this month! Make sure you pop in next week for the results!
This post is linked up to the Grocery Cart Challenge, my new favorite blog 
She is feeding a family of 6 on a $60 weekly budget, which is so inspiring to me! You never know, I may get there one day too!
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Woohoo! SO excited for you. Great job!
You recently started following me on Twitter and I came over to see ya. I too have a family of 5 with 2 in Diapers and have made it on $100 a week including household supplies, groceries and diapers for a long time. YOU CAN DO IT!!
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Can I ask about vegetables? I can’t see them in the photos. Do you have a garden out back? I admire your budgeting skills and I try to keep grocery costs down, but I find that fruits and vegetables can cost a lot. At the same time, I’m willing to spend more money on those items and try to cut down on packaged/processsed food to balance the budget.
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You did great! I had to laugh when I read the ages of your children. I could have written that myself! Mine are 13, 10, and 7! I’ve been a grocery budget challenge myself this month! Keep up the great work!
That is so great! Congruatulations
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Good job–I’ve been couponing/bargain shopping for less than a year, and it’s amazing the deals you can find when you start looking for them!
You did great. We have a $400 a month budget too, although I never seem to be under.
Congratulations on coming in under budget! I know that it is hard sometimes to do that especially if you go out with the children while you are shopping
blessings,
lady m
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Way to go! Next week will be my first attempt at getting groceries for our family of 4 on $80.
You got an awesome deal on your produce!!!
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This is amazing! I can’t believe you got ALL those groceries for $96.13. And just as an aside, I think it’s rather hysterical that the TP has been raided already.
) haha! Sorry. Odd sense of humor.
Congrats! you are doing a great job, and I am really enjoying your blog (been reading for a week or so). I wanted to mention a contest that All You magazine is running on feeding your family for $25 per person per week. You should enter!http://www.allyou.com/general/grocerychallenge/?xid=commonsensewithmoney.com
Oooo. Now you have me wanting to go grocery shopping! Visiting through CC3@MBC.
Congrats! That’s amazing! I wish I could find steals like that here.
Wow, great job! I wish I could find organic strawberries for .99!! Even the regular store bought kind are around $2.50 each here!
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