Weekly Budget Review - Are we eating for $1 Per Day?

Time for our first weekly budget review!!  Remember, I had $10 left from last week, so we decided to use some of that to buy each of the kiddos a pumpkin (Yes, I know this is technically not a consumable since we're carving them, but I'm hoping to salvage the seeds to make a snack!) and splurge a little above our $28.00 weekly food allowance.

We budget $10.00 each week above our food budget for soda - Justin and I are addicted!!  We're a couple of serious Dew drinkers (even if it is the store brand!!).  This is the only product that we specifically say that we're going to spend above our $28.00 budget for food.

All other areas have their own amounts - toiletries, cleaning, pets, paper products, etc.

So here we go!

Walgreens

Retail total $32.70, Paid $3.09, Saved $29.61

Food total:  $.25

Items Purchased:

1 Halls Refresh Drops
2 Old Spice Body Washes
1 Gillette Body Wash
2 Packages No-Nonsense Knee High Stockings
2 Nivea Body Washes
1 Package Noxema Razors

Country Mart

Retail total $21.56, paid $13.38, Saved $8.18

Food Total:  $13.38

Items Purchased:

1/2 Gallon Prairie Farms 1% Milk
4 Bottles KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce
8-lbs Ground Beef
1 Package Bar-S Bologna

Target

Retail total $24.96, paid $6.39, Saved $18.87

Food Total:  $6.21

Items Purchased:

4 Ortega Taco Seasoning

4 Tide Travel Size

2 Kraft Shredded Cheese

2 Kraft Cheese Slices

1 Hershey Kisses

6 The Goodlife Cat Foods

1 Beneful Dog Food

Schnucks

Retail total $23.75, paid $1.75, Saved $22.00

Food Total:  $.50

Items Purchased:

2 Campbell's Chunky Soup

4 Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Detergent

1 Triscuit Thin Crisps

1 Wheat Thinks Stix

Wal-Mart (no picture)

Retail total $34.09, paid $28.42, Saved $5.67
Food Total:  $5.72

Items Purchased:

1 Cottonelle Tub

4 12 packs store brand soda

2 2-liters store brand soda

1 3.5 lb Cat Chow

1 Brawny Trash Bags

1 Scott Toilet Tissue 4 pack

1.97 lb Red Grapes

1 Heinz Ketchup

1 Box Success Rice

1 7 lb bag Feline Pine

2 loaves store brand bread

Aldi (no picture)


Comparable Schnucks price $17.65, paid $10.78, Saved $6.87
Food Total:  $10.78

Items Purchased:

2 Pumpkins

1 Bag Red Onions

1 Package Mini-Marshmallows

1 Jar Applesauce

1 Package Hot Dogs

1 Package Hot Dog Buns

1 Box Honey Buns

1 Box Swiss Rolls

Total Retail:  $154.71

Total Spent:  $63.81

Total Saved:  $90.90

Food Total:  $36.84

This means that I actually have $1.16 left (and I still will be purchasing a bag of salad mix for Saturday night's dinner).

Are you eating for $1 Per Day this week?  Tell me about it! 

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