So here is how my budget is going to look:

$60 per week for groceries, hba, cleaning supplies and paper products for me, DH and 2 ds's (5 and 2) 3 cats and one mini pin (dog, <15 lbs)

I am going to "carry over" anything I don't spend for the week, since some weeks I don't shop for anything but milk, eggs and bread, and other weeks I will spend more in order to stock up on a good deal.

If I have any "Surplus" at the end of 2009, that will go into my savings account.

I started 2009 with almost $80 in gift cards and $60 worth of free grocery coupons!

I also do surveys to earn Paypal credits, and using those funds for more coupons.

Kroger Super Saturday Doubles Posted 08-15-2009 at 07:24:21 PM by Cynthiabutterfly Updated 08-18-2009 at 07:23:39 PM by Cynthiabutterfly All in all, I got: 10 Tony's pizzas 4 Totino's party pizzas 5 Danonino yogurts 5 Activia yogurts 5 Dannimals drinks 6pks 1 charmin toilet tissue 4pk 1 clean n go wipes softpack 5 el monterrey tornadoes 4 Rice krispie treat 8pks 6 kellogg fruit snacks 3 rice krispies 5 keebler cookies (found 1/1 and 1/2 peelies) 5 loaves bread 1 gallon milk 8 apples 2lbs bananas 6 cans mighty dog 10 martha... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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August Challenge - Live off your Stockpile Posted 08-02-2009 at 02:14:55 AM by Cynthiabutterfly Updated 08-02-2009 at 02:24:30 AM by Cynthiabutterfly (adding paypal info) I did better in July than June, so I'm hoping to repeat (or beat!) that success in August. My goal again for August is $25/wk. 4 weeks, so $100 for the month. Starting the month with: $15 paypal funds transferred to my bank CVS $34.46 gc, 10.99 ecb Walgreens $11.02 gc Albertsons $2 oyno cats Kroger $10.18 gc And today I got $30 Tom Thumb gc for a transferred RX. I've got one more that needs to be refilled soon, so I'm going... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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July Challenge - Live off your Stockpile Posted 07-01-2009 at 09:19:57 PM by Cynthiabutterfly Ok, so I've agreed to do this challenge 2 months in a row. I am happy with my results for June, I cut my budget from $60/wk to just over $30/wk. I'm aiming for $25 per week. I'm starting out with: $13.36 Walgreens GC (didn't go at all in June) $10.54 CVS GC + $11 ecb $3 oyno for Albies $2.50 oyno for Kroger $28.31 in free coupons that expire in July + $26 in free dog food coupons expiring 8/3. Lots of paypal cash, but... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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	June Challenge - Live off your stockpile Posted 06-02-2009 at 06:45:24 PM by Cynthiabutterfly June 1 CVS 1 gal Milk $2.69 2 bandaids from $1 section honey/syrup from $ section -$5 ecb .69 on gc $0 OOP Follow along here Cynthiabutterfly
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Savings week of 5/25 and May MTD totals Posted 06-01-2009 at 05:43:27 PM by Cynthiabutterfly Week of 5/25: 3 trips (5 transactions total) at Kroger 1 at Albertsons 1 at Walgreens $51.93 OOP $190.79 Savings May Totals: $266.32 OOP $993.57 Savings $26.32 Over budget I went overboard for the Memorial day stuff, the other 3 weeks I was under budget! I am starting the June Challenge- live off your stockpile, so I'm hoping to trim my budget to $40/week at least for this month. I'll be... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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