My Monthly Budget Re-Cap

Well August proved to be another great month for our family in cutting our grocery expenditures. Here is the monthly breakdown:

I purchased a total of $1,040.18 worth of merchandise for only $299.04! That equates to a savings of 61%! While I exceeded my personal goal of $250, I was able to stock up on quite a bit of meat that will carry us well into the next month so all in all a great month!

Print Your Coupons Now!

The on-line printable coupons will be changing on Tuesday September 1st so just a reminder to go print any coupons you may want. Here are the links to all the great sites:

Coupons.com

Smartsource.com

Redplum.com

All You Magazine.com

Betty Crocker.com (Must Sign Up)

Simple and Delicious.com (Must Sign Up)

Remember to hit your back button and print each coupon twice!

Sunday Coupon Preview

This Sunday you can expect two coupon inserts in the paper, one Smartsource and one Proctor & Gamble. You can preview the upcoming coupons here. Coupons vary by region so we may not see all of the one's listed, however most of them are usually available in the Denver Post. It looks like there are some great coupons for cleaning items and makeup so I will probably purchase 2 Denver Posts. When purchasing extra papers make sure you will at least use coupons valued at the cost of the paper. The Denver Post is $1.50 on Sunday so I always make sure I will use at least $1.50 in coupons or I do not buy one.

My Weekly Budget Recap

Here is my weekly budget recap. I have set a personal goal to keep my spending around $50 per week for our families food, cleaning supplies, and health and beauty items. This week I visited five stores Target (2), King Soopers, Safeway and Albertson's. I spent a total of $38.05 and saved $130.80!Here is recap again of what I purchased for only $38.05:

2-Renuzit Airfreshener 2-packs
4- Duracell AA battery 6-packs
2- Duracell AAA battery 6- packs
1-Market Pantry Sour Gummy Worms
2- Push Pops
1- Box of Cinnabon Cereal Bars
3- Bottles of A-1 Steak Sauce
1- lb Bananas
1- lb Apples
1- Dove Deodorant
1- Hefty One-Zip Gallon Bags
4- Twix Bars
3- 1lb package of Steak
3- Lunchables
1- Cantaloupe
1-10lb bag of potatoes
2- Hormel Roasts
2- 1lb Packages of Bacon
2- Packages of Lunchmeat
1- Package of Bagels
1- 2 liter of Diet Pepsi
1- Package of Napkins
2- Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mixes
4- Sobe Life Waters
3- Grands Biscuits
1- Betty Crocker Frosting
1- Cottage Cheese
1- 18count eggs
1- Loaf of Bread
2- Reeses Snack Packs
2- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Cups
1- Bottle of Vegetable Oil
2- Carmex
4- 8 count packs of Bic Mechanical Pencils

I purchased 64 items total for an average cost of .59 cents per item! I have a monthly spending goal of $250 for all of our expenses. As of today I have spent $230.25. I will post my monthly review next week.

Albertsons Re-Cap

I also made a quick trip to Albertson's this weekend to stock up on a couple of things I told you about here. Here is what I bought:

3 1lb+ packages of Sirloin Steaks
3 Oscar Mayer Lunchables
1 10lb bag of potatoes
1 cantaloupe

I used a coupon for $3.50 off my next order that I got last week so my total was $11.36 and I saved $27.40!

Safeway Re-cap

I also ran to Safeway for just a couple of items. As I said before I almost always hit 3-4 stores each week to stock up on sale items and maximize my budget. Here is what I bought:

2 Hormel Meals $7.49 each BOGO and used 2 of this manufacturer coupons
2 Healthy Ones lunchmeat $3.99 each BOGO and used 2 of the 8/16 manufacturer coupons for .55 off which were doubled to $1 each
2 packages of Smithfield Bacon $3.00 each and used 2 of this (must register) $3.00 off coupon making them free

So my total for all 6 items was $5.48 and I saved $28.46 or 84% off my total!

More Thrifty Target Deals

Here are a few more Target deals I got using manufacturer coupons and Target coupons that I told you about here. Here is breakdown of my purchases:

2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Cups- Free using this coupon
2 Reeses Snack Packs- .45 cents each after 8/23 Manufacturer Coupon (found in the Denver Post)
1 Bottle of Market Pantry Vegetable Oil- $2.79
2 Carmex- .4 cents each after using Manufacturer Coupon (no longer available)
4 Packages of Bic Mechanical Pencils .24 each after using this Target coupon and the 8/9 Manufacturer coupon

My grand total for all of these items was $3.76 and I saved $10.55!