The tracker I uses goes for Jan 1st to the 31st. So even though we only get paid once a month around the 15th. We will be running the grocery budget by month instead of half months.
I set the budget for Jan at $420 with the goal to come in closer to $250.
Shelf costs of food bought $437.19
coupons $ 14.13
discounts $194.55
total savings $208.68 (47.73 %)
Out of pocket $228.51
30 % is fresh produce, 50 % is dairy and the other 15% is a mix of ingredients for special meals,5 % junk food as I also bought Daughter 2 pepsi since it was on sale.
Out of this amount I spent in Jan ,$160 I just spent the 31st for the month of Feb.
SO I decided to set Feb budget for $250.
A Journal of My Days: 4/29/24
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The theme for this year is “Laser focused, hunkered down and spending as
little money as possible.” How did we do this week?Most of my week was
spent getti...
14 hours ago
You did great! Lately I have been wanting to increase our $250 budget just because I get tired of pinching the pennies but we do not need to so I am going to hold it where it is and keep working on saving.
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