February $100 Grocery Budget 2021

I really challenged myself this month to spend as little as possible on groceries and I think I did an amazing job.  We went into the month well stocked in our pantry, freezers and refrigerator so the first two weeks of February I didn't do much in the way of grocery shopping.  Just a handful of loss leaders. By the end of the third week the crisper drawer was pretty much empty so I stopped into Fred Meyer for a few things as well as some loss leader sales items.  I did the same thing at Albertson's and we were topped right back up well enough to see us through the rest of the month quite nicely.

 

I was all about the markdowns, coupons & sales items this month

I think I did a good job with my $25 non food budget this month as well.  I was able to find items at rock bottom prices that allowed me to top up our linen closet supplies.  At Dollar Tree I stocked up on a few bottles of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for the medicine cabinet and picked up two packages of toilet paper on sale for $3.99 a package at Albertsons.  At Walgreens I purchased four jugs of laundry detergent on sale for 99¢ each!  I am now fully stocked with enough laundry detergent for the entire year.  My grand total for nonfood items came to only $14.94.

 

Once again loss leader sales and markdown items ruled the day while shopping and I only purchased things I knew we needed and would use.  I didn't really stockpile anything or add to our prepper pantry as it wasn't necessary.  Despite our super low budget we ate some great meals and even enjoyed a couple desserts.  All healthy and nutritious too.

 

I stocked up on laundry detergent

I began my $100 grocery budget this month short $1.13 because I went over budget in January.  I rolled that over to February which gave me a starting total of $98.87 to spend on food.  I used up the remaining $12.51 onmy Albertson's gift card and spent a total of $51.30.  I won't complain about that!  This left me with $.47.57  I plan to roll that amount over and add it to my $100 budget for March.  That is a pretty good amount to start off with next month!