Week 2 Spending: $3.31

Total left to spend for 2009: $731.28

Shopped at Publix; did 3 transactions (pasta was the Publix Penny item)

Best coupons:

• $3 off any Gerber Food item (gave me overage); details here: still available
• $1 off any Muir Glen (also gave overage); coupons here and here
• $1 off Jolly Time popcorn (makes it free) here

(Thoughts… This was from the week I left to go be with my parents, but I wasn’t able to post sooner.  I missed a week of shopping, but since we’ve had extra people with us in the first weeks of January and will have more family with us in the coming weeks, it will be nice to have a little more padding in our food budget for the extra mouths. Plus, there were travel expenses, though that’s a different budget. In case you’re wondering, our pantry is stocked on pretty much everything, with the exception of fresh produce and a few other items. So most of my shopping is just keeping the pantry full. :))

Here are the totals for last week’s spending:

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• Publix:      $1.47 (2 transactions)
• Walgreens: $0.00
• Bloom:      $6.66 (2 transactions)
  • I also picked up a gallon of milk on clearance, but forgot to take it back out of the fridge for the picture.
• Sav Mor:   $7.00
• CVS:         $0.00**(multiple transactions)
  • Just a note on this: I used a gift card to pay the few cents (a little more a couple of times) remaining after coupons.
• McAlister’s Deli: $.28
  • my husband and I both used the $3 coupons, and $.28 was our total.  Not bad for a quick date!

Total spent: $15.41

Left to spend for 2009: $734.59

Total saved: ~$400.20 (over 90% savings!  I like to hit 90%, if possible, but am thankful for even higher savings…not that I would have bought name brand if I didn’t have coupons.)

Other deals I did to save/earn money:

• I received my check from the Publix Kellogg’s rebate: earn $10
• My husband and his brother test drove a truck (and had fun!): $50 gift card should arrive in a month

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