My Grocery Budget - August Update

This month turned out to be another stock up month for me.  I stocked up the pantry with pasta, enough to last a long, long time and olives for the holidays and my youngest's olive addiction.  I added more lunchmeat to the freezer that I found on markdown too.  Produce and dairy made up another large portion of my shopping list.

I found some wonderful buys to resupply the baking box in our pantry with items for holiday baking.  Sugar, baking chips and margarine are now scratched off the list.

My non-food items included cat food and litter along with a bottle of pain reliever.  I spent a total of $15.91 of my $25.00 budget.

Happily I was much closer to my $150.oo budget going over just a few dollars this time and feel I am back on track in that respect.  It feels very nice to know that our freezers and pantry are adequately stocked for winter and then some.

Stocking up on assorted pastas

Here is the list of food I bought.  The items highlighted in red are my stock up items:

Groceries		$$$
Crackers (4)		7.52	Store Coupon
Coleslaw mix		1.25	Sale
Bananas		1.22
Grapes		2.59	Sale
Apples		1.82
Milk - 1 gal.		1.99
Flour - 10#		3.57
Shredded wheat		2.49
Bottled water - 10		3.90	Sale
Crackers (3)		4.17	Store Coupon
Peanut butter  - 64oz		5.00	Sale
Olives (6)		5.94	Sale
Mayonnaise (2)		3.98	Sale
Cheese (5)		5.00	Sale
Mushrooms		2.00	Sale
Bananas		1.06
Lettuce		1.29
Tomatoes		0.88
Grapes		2.84	Sale
Tomatoes - canned (6)		3.00	Store Coupon
Milk - 1/2 gal (2)		1.58	Sale
Mixed veggies		1.79	Markdown
Coleslaw mix		0.59	Markdown
Bananas		0.96
Pasta (24)		14.16	Sale
Ramen (24)		2.88	Sale
Sugar - 4#		1.99
Walnuts		4.99
Olives (4)		3.00	Sale
Canadian bacon		1.49	Markdown
Smoked ham 1# (2)		5.00	Markdown
Sugar - 4# (2)		3.38	Store Coupon
Baking chips		3.98	Store Coupon
Powdered sugar (2)		1.98	Store Coupon
Spice packets (4)		1.00	Sale
Pepperoni		1.99	Sale/Coupon
Margarine (4)		3.00	Sale
Butter (2)		4.98	Store Coupon
Lettuce		1.00	Sale
Spinach		1.00	Sale
Tomatoes		2.68	Sale
Apples		0.49	Sale
Relish		1.00	Dollar Store
Milk		2.19
Vegetable oil (2)		3.98	Store Coupon
Tortillas - 20ct		2.59	Sale
Italian sausage		1.75	Markdown
Italian sausage		1.75	Markdown
Canadian bacon		1.29	Markdown
Canned tomatoes (6)		3.00	Store Coupon
Coffee creamer		1.99	Store Coupon
Coffee creamer		1.99	Store Coupon
Bananas		0.98
Split peas		1.29	Sale
Ramen (5)		1.00	Sale
Snow peas		1.79	Markdown
Worcestershire sauce		1.25	Sale
Total		$      153.26

$153.26 ÷ 30 days ÷3 people = $1.70 per person per day!

Did you stock up on anything this month?  Any super deals?

This budget month runs from September 1 through September 30.