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

AAAAHHHH!  I feel just awful this week...I'm stuck with a nagging cough & congestion along with stuffiness that I've battled for almost 2 weeks now.  I may have to break down and go to the doctor...!  And I will warn you, our budget review is a little scary this week.  But we had an opportunity to get some really really great bargains, and we took it!  (Of course, anytime you shop with the entire family, you WILL spend more money!!)

Time for our weekly budget review!!  As a family, we have agreed to the challenge of $1 per day per person for a food allowance.  In our family, this equals $28.00 per week to be spent only on food!  Are we eating for $1 per day?

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.

Walgreens

Retail total $33.34, Paid $7.69, Saved $25.65
Food total:  $0

Items Purchased:

1 Kid-Eeze Cough & Cold

4 Puffs Tissue

1 Scotch Tape

1 6-roll package Charmin

1 Royal Gelatin

2 Kraft Miracle Whip

1 Lindsay Olives

1 French's Fried Onions

Wal-Mart

Retail total $12.76, paid $3.92, Saved $8.84

Food Total:  $1.58

Items Purchased:

1 Hefty Waste Bags
2 Store brand Hot Dog Buns
1 3.5 lb bag Cat Chow
1 10-pack Quaker Granola Bars
1 White Cloud Toilet Paper 4-pack

Food Giant

Retail total $5.44, paid $4.44, Saved $1.00
Food Total:  $4.44

Items Purchased:

3 Loaves Bunny Bread

3 packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Target  (This one is pretty amazing)

Retail total $32.99, paid $.04, Saved $32.95

Food Total:  $0.00

Items Purchased:

2 Renuzit Adjustable Air Fresheners

3 Heinz Ketchup

12 Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 Box Barilla Plus Pasta

1 Jar Classico Spaghetti Sauce

1 Alexia Sweet Potato Fries

2 Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls

2 Kraft Shredded Cheese

4 Olay Bars of Soap

1 The Goodife Cat Food

 

Okay, Okay, I got a script filled and got a free $10 giftcard...but it was literally $.04 OOP for us!

 

Schnucks

 

Retail total $54.65, paid $27.28, Saved $27.37

Food Total:  $14.62

(soda is not pictured)

Items Purchased:

1 12-roll package Angel Soft

4 cans Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits

12 cans Dole Pineapple

1 Heinz Turkey Gravy

1 Package Chuck Steak

1 Package Beer Brats

2 12-packs Diet Mtn. Dew

2 12-packs Mtn. Dew

1 Package Kraft American Singes

 

Aldi

 

Schnucks comparable price $7.89, paid $4.06, Saved $3.83

Food Total:  $4.06

 

Items Purchased:

1 3-lb bag Sweet Potatoes
1 Frozen Pizza
1 package Celery

Country Mart 

 

Retail total $30.55, paid $20.89, Saved $9.66
Food Total:  $20.89

Items Purchased:

1 Gallon Prairie Farms 1% Milk
3 Packages Jell-O Gelatin
1 Package Jello-O Pudding
1 Jell-O Jigglers Mold (this was free with purchase, sweet!!)
4 Packages Texas Toast Croutons
1 Package Ground Beef
4 Packages Bar-S Hot Dogs
1 Box Rice-A-Roni
1 Head Iceberg Lettuce
1 Bottle Claussen Relish
1 Package Pork Chops

Total Retail:  $177.62

Total Spent:  $68.32

Total Saved:  $109.30

Food Total:  $45.59

 

WWWOOOOOOPPPSSS!!!

But like I said, all-in-all, we're pretty pleased with the purchases.  Generally, our grocery bill picks up during the holidays, as does yours I'm sure.  Sometimes the deals are just really really good and we can't pass them up (especially when our stock is getting low at home).  But, good news is, we have about 4 deer coming our way from this deer season - we have been totally out of venison for months.  This will cut down our "meat" bill considerably!!

 

Are you eating for $1 per week this week?  Tell us about it!