September Grocery Savings

Time to look at this month's budget and spending on groceries....

8/31-9/7
Spent 65.00
Saved 35

9/8-9/14
Spent 103
Saved 76.00

9/15-9/21
Spent 110.00
Saved 46

9/21-9/27
Spent 0

9/28-10/4
Spent 46
Saved 27

Total month spent 323 and saved 184

On average, I spent only 80.75 a week on groceries!!! Not too bad. You may have noticed that I didn't spend any money on groceries one week. This is one of the wonderful things about the grocery game. Honestly, I could have also not shopped the following week as well. I only went to the store to get some items that were on sale. When you shop using the grocery game, the stockpile you end up creating is just amazing. There is always food in the cabinet that you can use to prepare for dinner! I did run out of milk yesterday, but otherwise I am in good shape with lots of things that we can eat.

Remember that you have to reverse your shopping/cooking philosophy to participate in the wonderful world of saving money. The trick is to plan the meals based on the food you have on hand (that you had gotten on sale) instead of planning your meals based on what you feel like eating. Once you get your stockpile going, you can plan your meals and then check your panty and/or freezer and find out that you already have these items!!

For more information about the grocery game make sure you check out my other posts!