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.

Week of 5/18 Savings Posted 05-26-2009 at 03:55:25 PM by Cynthiabutterfly One trip to Tom Thumb 1 to Target 2 to Kroger 4 to Albertsons All this, plus charcoal, 10 12pks of sodas, meat for grilling, hot dogs, sausage, and buns of course, plus a stockpile of diapers... and I went over budget by $32. However, I have lots of leftovers from Memorial day weekend cookouts and $12 in oyno cats to get me thru this week, if I can resist stocking up on more sodas and diapers! It really is a work-in-progress to get great... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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Week of 5/11 Savings Posted 05-18-2009 at 03:10:36 PM by Cynthiabutterfly 2 trips to Target 1 to Tom Thumb 1 to CVS 1 to Kroger Walmart 3 to Albertsons My grand total oop for the week: 57.91 $2.09 Under Budget! I also earned $5 in oyno cats for Albertsons, and $15 in gc for Target! I am having such awesome luck with my deals recently, and my stockpile is fat. so I'm trying to come up with ways to pay it forward. I've given away lots of coupons and also some of my stockpile to friends... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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Week of 5/4 Savings Posted 05-11-2009 at 04:44:46 PM by Cynthiabutterfly Due to some family issues, I did not do much shopping this week except to get food for a Mother's day extravaganza party on Sunday. My mom, 3 of my sisters and 1 of my brothers and his gf (there are 7 of us all together, but 2 didn't make it) 3 bil, 1 mil, and 5 grandkids (my mother's grandkids) all at my house for BBQ. I made 1 trip to Walgreens, 1 to CVS and 2 to Tom Thumb. OOP: $48.84 I got: 11lb brisket 15 lbs ground beef 2pks bacon... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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Week of 4/27 Savings Posted 05-04-2009 at 03:24:04 PM by Cynthiabutterfly There really were no good sales to get me out of the house this week except the Living Well, Feeling Great offer at Randall's... and the 2 times I went, my $10 coupon didn't print!! ARG! I really need more trash bags but I won't be making as many trips back there as I had originally planned on. I made a trip to buy pullups using the $3 insert and $2 shortcuts coupons, which ended up being most of my oop cost for this week. 1 trip to Kroger 1 to walgreens to roll... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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Week of 4/20 Savings Posted 04-27-2009 at 02:55:27 PM by Cynthiabutterfly Finally! I am under budget after going over for weeks, thanks to Randall's. I went every day except yesterday, so 6 transactions total, and 2 trips to Albertsons for free TP and to use my free milk catalinas. Here's what I got: Randalls 15 boxes Kraft deluxe mac n cheese 24 lbs Goodlife cat food 12 boxes Electrasol 8 6pks Ozarka water 12 Bertolli sauce pouches 2 jars Skippy Peanut butter 2 boxes Hefty trash bags 2... Continue reading... Cynthiabutterfly

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