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

This is my weekly budget review from last week.  With a prelude.

I haven't posted because I'm a huge party pooper at the Bradley House and I'm just plum tired.

I didn't really do much shopping last weekend - the stores were crazy and I'm huge party pooper on the shopping front and I'm just plum tired.

I haven't done laundry all week, and I've neglected picking up pretty much anything around the house because I'm a huge party pooper and I'm just plum tired.

Dishes have been done, however.  I can't live with sinks full of dirty dishes.  It drives me nuts.  The kids have been sick and at one point I realized that I actually did 2 full FULL loads in the dishwasher in one day.  It took all I had to wash out my new fabulous espresso machine daily because I'm a huge party pooper and I'm just plum tired.

I'm not a morning person.  But somehow I continue to every single morning drag my beaten and worn out body straight out of bed and begin my day with a quick - too quick - prayer to beg God to get me through just one more day so that I can get to bed early that night because I'm a huge party pooper and just plum tired.

And God has a huge sense of humor.

He wakes me up every morning at 4:55 instead of allowing the horrible buzzing of the alarm clock snoozed way too many times by Justin at 5:15 to wake me up.

I get busy right away - the fast pace of my job makes the first almost two hours fly by.

Then I receive the most beautiful love letter from my God written in the sunrise, painted with colors that no artist can recreate.

Its then that I realize that God makes sure that I hear from Him in these moments.  That I can see Him, feel Him, hear Him, smell Him, touch Him, and live for the next wonder that He chooses to share with me.

Its then that I realize that though I'm a huge party pooper, though I would rather be in bed at 8:30 every night, though I'd rather sleep in until 8:00, though I would love to stumble in the darkness before dawn in a clean and tidy house, though I'd rather not be just plum tired...

God provides all that I need and then some.  He's pretty awesome like that.

And I'm ever so thankful that He wakes me in time to read His love letters everyday.

This week was pretty light on the deals.  I got our necessities and had the opportunity to stock back up on some of our non-perishables.

WalMart

Before sales and coupons, I would have paid $13.53.  I saved a whole dollar and paid $12.53.  Don't laugh.  What kind of savings is that?  About 8%

Aldi - and I can't find my receipt anywhere.  I ran into a sweet gal I used to work with and there's no telling what I did with it while we were talking in the parking lot.  I think it was $4.00(ish)...hmmm...AND, I'd already stuck the bread in the freezer...explains why it looks the way it does, ha!

Walgreen's
Before sales and coupons, I would have paid $54.58.  I was able to get it all for $9.98, which is a savings of 82%, plus I have a $3.00 register reward to spend tomorrow...which is shopping day...ha!

Target
Before sales and coupons, I would have paid $44.72, but I was able to get it all for $16.76, a savings of 63%

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

Now that the holidays are over and life has somewhat gotten back to normal, I'll be posting again for our weekly budget review.  However, I will just be sharing photos of my weekly haul, the price before coupons, and the amount saved - everyone in agreement?  Good :)

Schnucks

Before sales and coupons, I would've paid $104.46.  I was able to get it all for $24.08 for a savings of 77%

Aldi

Paid $4.69

Walgreens


Before sales and coupons, I would have paid  $19.80.  I was able to get it all for $6.20, a 65% savings, plus I received a $5.00 Register Reward for next week

Country Mart

Before sales and coupons, I would've paid $12.28, but I was able to get it for $8.78, a savings of 28%.

Target

Before sales and coupons, I would have paid $26.67, but I was able to get it for $7.03, a savings of 74%.

WalMart

Before coupons, I would have paid $13.88, but I was able to get it for $6.38, a savings of 54%.

Are you eating for $1 per day this week?

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!

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

I don't have pictures this week, please forgive me!  We've started Christmas shopping, and I was much too concerned about hiding gifts, I didn't remember to take pictures!!!

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 $13.55, Paid $.95, Saved $12.60
Food total:  $0

Items Purchased:

1 Can Libby Pumpkin

1 Jar Kraft Marshmallow Creme

2 Johnson & Johnson Dental Floss

1 4-pack Schick Xtreme 3 Razors

Wal-Mart

Retail total $24.36, paid $1.26, Saved $23.10

Food Total:  $1.26

Items Purchased:

2 Tonys Pizzas

2 Jell-O Puddings

3 Rhodes Bake N Serv Rolls

2 Rhodes Bake N Serv Cinnamon Rolls

Food Giant

Retail total $14.47, paid $8.48, Saved $5.99
Food Total:  $8.48

Items Purchased:

1 Rhodes Bake N Serv Rolls
1 Argo Corn Starch
4 Imperial Margarine Sticks
2 Pillsbury Brownie Mix
1 5 lb Yukon Gold Potatoes
1 Package Pork Loin Chops

Target

Retail total $39.44, paid $3.36, Saved $36.08
Food Total:  $3.36

Items Purchased:

1 20 pack Energizer AA Batteries

8 Meow Mix Canned Cat Food

3 Goodlife Canned Cat Food

3 TGI Fridays Fajita Skillet Creations

1 Alexia Sweet Potato Fries

Schnucks

Retail total $22.37, paid $8.57, Saved $13.80

Food Total:  $8.57

Items Purchased:

2 Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix

2 Strawberry Jell-O

2 Grape Jell-O

2 Chocolate Pudding Jell-O

4 Banquet Peach Pies

2 Carnation Evaporated Milk

2 12-packs Schnucks Soda (does not count toward food budget, see explanation above)

1 Sargento Deli Style Colby Jack Cheese

1 Sargento Deli Style Provolone Cheese

1 Perdue Chicken Breast Nuggets

Total Retail:  $114.19

Total Spent:  $22.62

Total Saved:  $91.57

Food Total:  $21.67

Justin & I ate out while we were Christmas shopping (we both took off work on Monday & Tuesday).  We ate at Bob Evans with a gift card I received at work on Monday, and on Tuesday, we ate at KFC with coupons that were in the Sunday paper a couple of weeks ago.  We also bought a bag of salad mix & a loaf of bread last night at Aldi, which was under $2.00.

All in all, a pretty good week!

This week's budget review

Hello my loyal readers - I wanted to let you know that there will be no budget review this week.  We aren't doing any real shopping - and since we had company this weekend, my spending is off...alot...I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend.  I have an exciting giveaway coming soon!

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

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.


Sorry this post is a little late this week, its been busy here, and we have company staying right now (AND its Halloween!).

Walgreens

Retail total $39.80, Paid $2.69, Saved $37.11

Food total:  $1.26

Items Purchased:

3 Bugles Sweet & Salty

4 Bags Chex Mix

1 Royal Gelatin

2 Mentos Gums

2 Walgreen's Toilet Paper

1 Colgate Sensitive

1 Contac Cold & Flu

1 Scotch Tape

Wal-Mart Trip #1

Retail total $29.17, paid $12.62, Saved $16.55

Food Total:  $4.44

Items Purchased:

1 Green Giant Frozen corn

1 Hostess Donuts

1 Progresso Chicken Soup

1 Good Earth Meal

1 Box Fiber One Bars

1 3.5 bag Cat Chow

1 7lb Feline Pine

1 Box Success Rice

1 Package Kotex Liners

1 Package Turkey Drumsticks

1 Loaf Bread

3 Store Brand Soda

3 Diet Store Brand Soda

Country Mart

Retail total $21.79, paid $12.79, Saved $9.00
Food Total:  $12.79

Items Purchased:

2 Packages Chi-Chi's Tortillas

2 Store Brand Biscuits

6 Williams Taco Seasoning

4 Tonys Meatball Pockets

2 Tonys Cheese Pizzas

2 Tonys Supreme Pizzas

1 Smoked Sausage Links

2 Bar-S Bolognas

1 Package Pork Chops
 

Food Giant

Retail total $16.60, paid $10.99, Saved $5.61

Food Total:  $10.99

Items Purchased:

2 Whole Fryer Hens

2 Pork Cutlets

1 Blue Bonnet Spread

1 Imperial Butter

2 Mt. Dew 2-Liters

2 Diet Mt. Dew 2-Liters

Wal-Mart #2 (No Picture)

Retail total $13.48, paid $7.48, Saved $6.00
Food Total:  $7.48

Items Purchased:

1/2 Gallon Prairie Farms 1% Milk

1 Container Quaker Quick Oats

3 Kraft Taco Mix Shredded Cheese

2 Kraft Colby/Jack Shredded Cheese 

Total Retail:  $120.84

Total Spent:  $46.57

Total Saved:  $74.27

Food Total:  $36.96 (overbudget, yes, I know!!)

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

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

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 $44.52, Paid $4.80, Saved $39.72

Food total:  $.35

Items Purchased:

1 Mucinex Nasal Spray
1 Halloween Sack
1 Bag Hershey Candy
2 Coffee Mate Creamers
2 Glade 4 oz Candles
2 Nivea for Men Body Washes

1 Blistex Medicated Ointment

3 Campbell's Mushroom Soup

1 Oreo Brownie Cake

Schnucks

Retail total $38.82, paid $18.82, Saved $20.00

Food Total:  $18.82

Items Purchased:

2 Hot Pocket Sideshots

6 Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups

1 Bag Santitas Chips

4 Packages Idahoan Mashed Potatoes

1 Bag Johnathon Apples

4 Yakisoba Noodles

6 Boxes Mrs. T's Perogies

1/2 Gallon Schnucks Brand 1% Milk

Wal-Mart

Retail total $25.70, paid $9.26, Saved $16.44
Food Total:  $2.30

Items Purchased:
 
4 Beneful Dog Food

1 7lb Bag Feline Pine 

1 3.5 lb Bag Purina Cat Chow

3 Store Brand Loaves Bread

1 Box Success Rice

6 Renuzit Air Fresheners

4 Gain Dish Soap

Food Giant (no picture)

Retail total $7.45, paid $7.45, Saved $0
Food Total:  $0

Items Purchased:
 
1 17.6 lb  Bag Dad's Lamb & Rice Dog Food

Total Retail:  $116.49

Total Spent:  $40.33

Total Saved:  $76.16

Food Total:  $21.47

This means that we *should* have over $6.00 left, but I took the kids for an after school snack and we had a trip to Aldi to buy salad mix for a dinner we took to a family that just had a baby at church.  The rest of the "loose change" goes into our jar here at home.  So my envelope is actually empty :(

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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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