Today was a challenging shop for me....
The challenge that I faced was due to the fact that my tween daughters accompanied me to the store. I coerced them into going by agreeing to take them to Shoe Carnival and Target if they went to the grocery store with me. They are a great help, but they tend to still whine about wanting this and wanting that...
I only gave in once and bought something off the list that wasn't on sale and that I didn't have a coupon for. Overall, it was a great shop. We stocked up on a lot of snack items such as chex mix and cheerios mix.
I have written about this before but I highly recommend subscribing to 2 Sunday editions of the paper. I get the Pantagraph and the Chicago Tribune. The money I save by subscribing to these allows me to buy multiple items with multiple coupons. I only subscribe to 2 papers since the grocery stores that I shop at will only double 2 coupons for the same item.
Today I spent $94 and saved $67!!!
I saved $15.25 for Meijer promotions.
I saved $38.73 for buying items that were on sale.
I saved $13.28 with coupons from my newspapers and Meijer Mealbox.
We are getting into the swing of things!!! Gotta love coupons!! :)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
September Savings
It is hard to believe but September is now over and we have entered the Halloween month of October. We have been back to school for 6 weeks and it is amazing to think that the school year is about a quarter of the way done.
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, life has been pretty crazy with activities. I am back on the coupon journey. Not only am I back to couponing, I am trying to get back my love of cooking. The activities that the entire family has taken on has greatly impacted my desire as well as my time to prepare a meal. I have made a promise to myself that I will cook at least 3 times a week. I am sure that some of you wondering what we are going to do for the other meals. What I mean by this is that I will actually prepare a meal that doesn't involve a microwave 3 times each week. For the rest of the week, it will be up for grabs with meals like breakfast, sandwiches, and maybe a frozen pizza.
Last week was pretty good week for me. I made spaghetti and meatballs, italian sausage with vegetables, and salmon with mashed potatoes and brocolli.
In regards to my savings, I only posted once this month but here is my monthly total.
9/5 Meijer spent &113 and saved $56
9/11 Sam's club spent $187
9/19 Meijer spent $131 and saved $75
9/27 Aldi spent $82
The total spent for the month of September was $513 and saved $131.
This breaks down to a weekly average of $128. Not too bad. I am trying to get back to a weekly average of below $100.
I hope you continue to join me on my coupon adventure!!!
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, life has been pretty crazy with activities. I am back on the coupon journey. Not only am I back to couponing, I am trying to get back my love of cooking. The activities that the entire family has taken on has greatly impacted my desire as well as my time to prepare a meal. I have made a promise to myself that I will cook at least 3 times a week. I am sure that some of you wondering what we are going to do for the other meals. What I mean by this is that I will actually prepare a meal that doesn't involve a microwave 3 times each week. For the rest of the week, it will be up for grabs with meals like breakfast, sandwiches, and maybe a frozen pizza.
Last week was pretty good week for me. I made spaghetti and meatballs, italian sausage with vegetables, and salmon with mashed potatoes and brocolli.
In regards to my savings, I only posted once this month but here is my monthly total.
9/5 Meijer spent &113 and saved $56
9/11 Sam's club spent $187
9/19 Meijer spent $131 and saved $75
9/27 Aldi spent $82
The total spent for the month of September was $513 and saved $131.
This breaks down to a weekly average of $128. Not too bad. I am trying to get back to a weekly average of below $100.
I hope you continue to join me on my coupon adventure!!!
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