HotCouponWorld - 2008 Family of Four Budget, $800!!!

Welcome to my blog! This will be a continuation of my annual budget goal that I started on August 1st, 2007.

2008 Family of Four Budget, $800!!! This is my budget for 2008, $800. This year will be a little different than last. I will start out with $100 in paypal and $700 in savings. The paypal money will be used to pay for someones time to cut and send me coupons. I will also increase my paypal

October 22, 2008

Posted 10-22-2008 at 12:26:10 PM by JANE4girls ($800 annual food budget for family of four!)

October 22, 2008

a quick trip to Kroger

12 Celestial Seasoning Tea used $1 coupons
1 yo-baby yogurt used $1 catalina
1 Uncrustables used FREE item coupon from BzzAgent
2 Nutellas used FREE item coupons from mfg

paid 91� on gift card, nothing oop

total available to spend $232.17

total saved for the year...

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OAMC - Once A Month Cooking - Potatoes

Posted 10-19-2008 at 11:24:16 AM by JANE4girls ($800 annual food budget for family of four!)
Updated 10-19-2008 at 12:49:07 PM by JANE4girls

OAMC - Once A Month Cooking - Potatoes

I am really getting into this OAMC! Today I decided to do stuff with potatoes, 3 different ways: Twice Baked Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes and Potato Skins.

Start off by baking 10lbs of washed and pricked potatoes at 450� for 1 hour. Place them on a cookie sheet before sticking in the oven for easy handling.

After...

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OAMC - Once A Month Cooking - Buttermilk Waffles

Posted 10-17-2008 at 07:25:14 AM by JANE4girls ($800 annual food budget for family of four!)

OAMC - Once A Month Cooking - Buttermilk Waffles

Because of the cheap buttermilk and eggs I bought I looked around to see what else I can make with it before ti goes bad. I found a great recipe for buttermilk waffles and I doubled it.

3.5 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
8 large eggs
4 cups buttermilk
3.5 sticks butter...

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October 14, 2008

Posted 10-15-2008 at 08:05:25 AM by JANE4girls ($800 annual food budget for family of four!)

October 14, 2008

First off I hit up Kroger since I had a few more Silk IP that were about to expire. I decided to look around and see what else I could find.

5 Silk soymilk used $2.25 IP
1 Gallon Kroger milk clearanced to $1.49 (expires in 3 days)
1/2 Gallon Kroger buttermilk clearanced to 25� (expires today)
2 32oz containers Kroger yogurt clearanced to 50� (expires in 1 day)
2 dozen PS brand eggs clearanced to $1 (expires in a week)
...

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October 12, 2008

Posted 10-13-2008 at 11:12:38 AM by JANE4girls ($800 annual food budget for family of four!)

October 12, 2008

This weekend was pretty crazy for me. We started Saturday out by taking our older dog to the vet and ended up with the puppy losing two teeth! A word to the wise: if your dogs like to play tug-o-war with each others collars, get break away collars and save yourself a trip to the vet.

I only had time to do a few quick trips at Walgreens and one...

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