Mar 15 2009
New Budget & Post Update!
New Budget - I have allotted myself a budget to try and save more. (You spend less, you save more.) This will help me manage my growing stockpile! (There’s only so much room in the fridge, freezer and pantry! And there’s only so many shelves you can build in your laundry room!) I have decided not to buy things that I don’t absolutely need or we aren’t running low on unless it is completely free. (I might get it if it’s .10, but basically it’s to try and keep my costs down even more.)
Budget:
Groceries - $50/week
Drugstores - $15/week
*Anything that I don’t spend I will probably roll into the next week in-case we need to stock up on meat or something like that. If I happen to go over my budget I will subtract is from the following week.
This puts me at a $200/mo grocery budget and I’d like to get that down even further. The problem is fresh produce and meats get costly!
I haven’t decided if I will include pet food in this or not…I’ll just have to play that by ear!
New Post Update:
A couple of days ago I wrote out a list of categories for each day on what I’d be posting. I am still going to try and stick to that, however I noticed some of the categories really overlapped. I will probably tweak these a bit, but I will also probably eliminate a day. I may take off 1 day a week to give myself more time for other things. (Believe it or not, it’s time consuming to shop for great deals!) Again I will play this by ear and try to bring you savings 7 days a week.
Things to look forward to this week:
Miscellaneous Monday: My Menu (I plan out meals 2 weeks in advance.)
Teaching you Tuesday: Produce on a Budget (Gardening!)
Weekly Deals Wednesday: TBD
Online Thursdays: TBD
Frees on Friday: TBD
My Savings Saturday: My Deals for the week. I stuck to my $50 and $15 budget for the week and got some great savings! I can’t wait to share!
Amen to the running out of room!!! I made it this week with spending $54.00 on groceries……and saving $47.91. I thought that was pretty good considering…. I now have no more room left in my laundry room shelves either. Too many cereal boxes up there.
I am enjoying your website. I am trying to “do better” about not being so brand specific.
I hope you had a great weekend!!!
~Pam
Hi,
Thanks for leaving a comment and reading my blog. I have heard of Oriental Trading, they’re awesome. I’m thinking about getting some stuff from them soon. They have a lot of stuff at really good prices. Thanks for your tip though! I’ve done a lot of research to find the best deals I can on everything and I’m keeping the budget as low as I can. We’re not spending a ton and it’s great! Family is helping with some of the cost, but not all, so we are paying for quite a bit. There’s definitely no way I’m going to get in debt just for a wedding though and I don’t think anyone should take on a giant debt for a wedding, that’s just crazy. I love your writing on all the savings and coupons you use. Keep up the good work!
Thanks again,
Amanda (mandasparkle)
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