I'd set myself a
challenge of spending only $20 or less per week in the month of July and I have
to say I think I knocked this one out of the park! I'm super proud of myself. The first week I
went over budget by a whopping 52¢, not bad, but it was still over.
I wasn't too happy about it either.
But, I definitely made up for myself the following week coming in at
just $18.50. In week three I did about
the same, but by week four I found I really didn't need anything so I did shop
much. I even stocked up on a few things which are highlighted in red.
Here is how it all panned out week
by week:
Week 1
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Milk - 1 gal
|
1.79
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Sale
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Albertsons
|
|
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Cheese sticks
|
1.98
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
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Broccoli
|
1.52
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Green beans
|
1.11
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Tomato sauce (2)
|
0.92
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Canned tomatoes (4)
|
1.84
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Cream cheese (2)
|
2.44
|
WinCo
|
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Salad dressing
|
0.92
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Celery
|
0.98
|
WinCo
|
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Carrots
|
0.98
|
WinCo
|
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Lemon
|
0.88
|
WinCo
|
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Lime
|
0.20
|
Sale
|
WinCo
|
|
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Olives (2)
|
1.98
|
Sale
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Mayonnaise
|
0.99
|
Sale/Coupon
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Corn (5)
|
1.00
|
Sale
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Eggs
|
0.99
|
Sale
|
Albertsons
|
|
|
20.52
|
Week 2
|
Milk - 1/2 gal
|
0.79
|
Sale
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Broccoli
|
0.79
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Lettuce
|
0.49
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Lettuce
|
0.49
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Lettuce
|
0.59
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Mushrooms
|
1.39
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Green beans
|
1.99
|
Markdown
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Butter (2)
|
3.98
|
Digital Coupon
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
|
Chicken breasts - 3#
|
4.99
|
Digital Coupon
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
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Turkey sausage (2)
|
3.00
|
Sale
|
Fred Meyer
|
|
|
18.50
|
Week 3
|
Coleslaw
mix (2)
|
|
1.56
|
WinCo
|
Sale
|
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Onions
|
|
0.47
|
WinCo
|
|
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Cream
|
|
3.38
|
WinCo
|
|
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Whipped
cream
|
|
2.58
|
WinCo
|
|
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Lettuce
|
|
2.28
|
WinCo
|
|
|
Onion
powder
|
|
0.98
|
WinCo
|
|
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Tomato sauce (2)
|
|
0.92
|
WinCo
|
|
|
Gelatin
|
|
0.78
|
WinCo
|
|
|
Pudding
(2)
|
|
0.96
|
WinCo
|
|
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Eggs
|
|
-
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Butter
|
|
-
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Hamburger
buns
|
|
-
|
Albertsons
|
|
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Hotdog
buns
|
|
-
|
Albertsons
|
|
|
Whipped
cream (2)
|
|
3.19
|
Albertsons
|
Sale
|
|
Avocado
|
|
0.98
|
Albertsons
|
Sale
|
|
Bell
pepper
|
|
0.84
|
Albertsons
|
Sale
|
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Grapes
|
|
2.08
|
Albertsons
|
Sale
|
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Blueberries
|
|
2.77
|
Albertsons
|
Sale
|
|
Customer appreciation coupon
|
|
(5.00)
|
Albertsons
|
|
|
|
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18.77
|
|
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Week 4
|
Lettuce
|
.98
|
Fred Meyer
|
Sale
|
|
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Bananas
|
.39
|
Fred Meyer
|
Sale
|
|
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Tortillas
|
3.99
|
Fred Meyer
|
Sale
|
|
|
5.36
|
$63.15 ÷ 31 days ÷3 people = $.68 per person per day! Sixty
eight cents!!!
Check out that total!
It was a very good
month for sales and bargains as well as coupons and digital coupons which
helped me a lot to really keep my costs low. I
have to say I had a lot of fun with this challenge so I've decided to go ahead
and extend it another month and do it in August too.
How did you do with
your grocery shopping goals? What great
buys did you find?
This budget month runs from July 1 through July
31