Checking In

Its the start of a new month and its been awhile since I gave you a monthly savings report. So here's what happened in our house during the month of October with our grocery and household item purchases:

Total Value: $858.12

Total Saved: $498.86

Total Spent: $359.26

I also kept track of all the Manufacturers Coupons I used this month and that total was $94.20!! (I love my coupons!!!!)

If you aren't familiar with my household budget we a lot $350 a month for groceries and all other household items (that's toilet paper, cleaning products, girly stuff : ), etc.) We just barely went over our budget by $9 for October. Oh NO! Just kidding, but I don't mind too much because my last shopping trip at Smith's is included some gifts AND October 16'th was Justin's 30'th birthday and we bought one of those huge Costco cakes and had lots of friends over to celebrate and that purchase went into this budget too.

June Savings Report

June has come and gone (wow time really does fly) and its report card time! Here's how I did:

Total Value Purchased: $545.22
Total Coupons Used: $85.55
Total Saved: $322.69
Total Spent: $222.53
Percentage Saved: 59%

I decided that since we were out of town for about a week and half in June that I needed to cut back my $300 budget by at least $50 dollars and use the money to cover travel expenses. It was nice having the extra money to use for travel expenses like eating out. How did you do this month?

I am going out of town again for a couple weeks in July so I am going to try the same idea again for July. We'll see how it goes!

April Savings Report

We are really getting into May now so here is my savings report for April:

Total Value Purchased: $1048.18

Total Savings: $753.26

Total Spent: $294.92

Total # of people in my household: 4

(plus my 13 cute preschoolers who would be really upset if we started skipping snack time!)

Total per person: $73.73 (funny how that worked out ; ) )

March Savings

I think I finally got all my reciepts into my savings tracker for March. And the Results are...

I Saved $935.58 in March!

Here's my break down:

Number of Consumers in my household: 4

Total Value Purchased: $1278.51

Total Savings (coupons/sales): $935.58

Total Spent: $342.93

Amount Per Family member: $85.73

Savings Percentage: 73%

I did go over budget in March. My personal family budget goal for groceries and household products is $300. In February I only spent $270 so I had a little left over and also part of March's spending includes my stocking up on baby gifts. Did you miss my post on baby shower gifts on a budget? Click here to see what I am working on.

February Savings

It's a new month! How did you do last month? I had a fantastic month and with the help of the fabulous Albertson's sale I only went shoping the first 3 weeks of the month for groceries. Here is my February Savings Summery:

Number of consumers in my household: 4 family members (13 preschoolers)

Total Value Purchased: $921.91

Total Savings (coupons/sales): $714.98

Total Spent: $270.52

Amount per family member: $67.63

Savings Percentage: 71%

When tracking my savings I enclude all my purchases for groceries and household products (even trips to Costco).

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