If you
remember I only spent a little under $50 on groceries in July as we were
traveling and staying with friends. It
was so sporadic I decided not to track it, but I did hold my receipts until the
end of the month anyway.
I took
the remaining $75 from our July budget and added it to the August budget so I
had plenty to work with and get us stocked back up, but I still didn't spend it
all. I took the remaining $55.63 and
added it to this month's budget which gave me $180.63 as a beginning
budget. Once again I didn't spend that
much, not even close. I still have
$59.21 in reserve. Yeah!
Our
non-food budget came in at $20.47 (of our allotted $25) for 9 cans of cat food,
16# bag of cat food, a package of coffee filters and a couple toiletry
items. Again, not bad.
This is
what I bought for groceries this month:
Groceries
|
|
$$$
|
|
|
Cheese
(2)
|
|
3.58
|
|
|
Tortilla
chips (2)
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Tortillas
|
|
1.29
|
|
|
Cereal
(3)
|
|
3.50
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
|
Mushrooms
|
|
1.97
|
|
|
Cole
slaw mix
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
Lettuce
|
|
0.88
|
|
|
Bread
(2)
|
|
3.00
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Hot dog
buns
|
|
0.59
|
Store
Promotion
|
|
Less bag
refund
|
|
(0.10)
|
|
|
Bananas
|
|
0.67
|
Markdown
|
|
Bologna
|
|
0.99
|
|
|
Butter
|
|
2.66
|
|
|
Italian
sausage
|
|
2.39
|
|
|
Blackberry
pie
|
|
2.99
|
|
|
Ice
cream (2)
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
Milk -
1/2 gal (3)
|
|
2.97
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Mushroom
soup (2)
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Ground
turkey -1#
|
|
2.89
|
|
|
Less bag
refund
|
|
(0.10)
|
|
|
Roast
beef
|
|
6.22
|
|
|
Rolls
|
|
1.78
|
|
|
Bread
|
|
0.99
|
Store
Promotion
|
|
Bacon
|
|
2.88
|
|
|
Bread
(2)
|
|
2.50
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Cereal
(2)
|
|
2.32
|
Store
Coupon/Coupon
|
|
Sour
cream
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Butter
|
|
1.66
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Pasta
(2)
|
|
1.20
|
Coupon
|
|
Canola
oil
|
|
2.36
|
Markdown
|
|
Pudding
(3)
|
|
2.00
|
Coupon
|
|
Pastrami
|
|
3.35
|
|
|
Potato
chips
|
|
1.49
|
|
|
Less bag
refund
|
|
(0.10)
|
|
|
Tortilla
chips
|
|
1.62
|
|
|
Donuts
- 6 ct
|
|
1.20
|
Markdown
|
|
Steak
|
|
2.44
|
|
|
Pot
pies (3)
|
|
2.19
|
|
|
Pizza
|
|
3.33
|
|
|
Bananas
|
|
0.89
|
|
|
Taco
seasoning
|
|
0.25
|
Coupon
|
|
Soup
(3)
|
|
3.75
|
Coupon
|
|
Onion
|
|
0.61
|
|
|
Mixed
Veggies
|
|
3.88
|
|
|
Mushrooms
|
|
0.84
|
|
|
Bread
(2)
|
|
2.50
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Cheese
(2)
|
|
3.34
|
|
|
Parmesan
|
|
2.09
|
|
|
Dressing
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Milk -
1/2 gal (2)
|
|
1.98
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Orange
juice - 1/2 gal
|
|
0.99
|
Store
Coupon
|
|
Cream -
1qt
|
|
3.49
|
|
|
Pasta
(2)
|
|
1.20
|
Coupon
|
|
Less bag
refund
|
|
(0.10)
|
|
|
Crackers
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Pork
chops
|
|
1.94
|
Markdown
|
|
Steak
|
|
2.25
|
Markdown
|
|
Chicken
(2)
|
|
1.97
|
Markdown
|
|
Ground
beef (2)
|
|
5.58
|
Markdown
|
|
Bananas
|
|
0.89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ 121.42
|
|
$121.42 ÷ 30 days ÷3 people = $1.21 per
person per day.
How did
you do with your grocery budget last month?
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