Two winners of the March Stockpile Challenge!
MamaBird06 won a gift card from Hot coupon world and an envelope full of coupons from OAMC Social Group.
CJNelson won an envelope full of coupons from OAMC Social Group.
Congratulations to the two winners and everyone that participated in the March challenge.
Hi everyone! 
(only a female waver<sorry>)
Come join us at Social Groups Bulk Cooking, OAMC or Feed the Freezer
We are going to do a one month challenge contest!
Save up for Spring by living off your stockpile and only buying the bare necessities each week. Post your weekly results here or on our group OAMC, bulk cooking, or feed-the-freezer.
Each week I will chime in with our family's weekly "living off stockpile" issues/results/recipes/receipts.
Anyone else up for the challenge? We're hoping to save enough to do Spring yard clean up in April.
We have exceptions:
1. Rolling RR, Catalinas, ECBs.
2. Finding Items for free.
3. Finding items for less than $.10 on the dollar.
4. Diapers and Medications do not count.
Can you do it? It's a contest, so we need prizes! The winner and 1st runner up, found by spending the LEAST amount of money for the month of March, will get an envie filled with coupons in the mail from me! And the top winner will get a $20 gift card to Amazon from HCW!
We'd love to have you join us here or on our group and read your info!
Frank
FAQ
Q. What about fresh fruit, veggies, milk and bread?
A. Buy all your necessities each week to go with what you have in your pantry/freezer. This is all about cleaning out your stockpile and saving money for Spring. Here is an example: Our usual weekly food budget is $150, we would like to spend only $50 per week on the bare minimum, like veggies, fruit and milk. So we would be saving $100 a week for the month of March.
Q. Can we roll ECBs, RR, and Catalinas?
A. Of course! Only the out of pocket expenses count as what you have spent for the week. Here is an example: We have $40 in ECBs and $12 in Catalinas. If I go to the store and use my ECBs, only the amount of money I spent on items after coupons and ECBs count toward my weekly expeditures.
Q. What does $.10 on the dollar items mean?
A. We can't resist a sale can we? Of course not, that's probably why we have stockpiles in the first place! So if your local grocer is having a sale on an item that is normal $4.00 and with a sale price and coupon discount you can get the item for $.40 or less, than it doesn't count towards your weekly expeditures.
Q. How is the winner of the stockpile challenge figured?
A. The winner of the stockpile challenge is the person that spends the least amount of out of pocket expenses for the month of March. Each week anyone participating will post their weekly out of pocket amount. I will mark it down in a spreadsheet. At the end of the month, the person with the least amount of money spent for the month of March will win. We don't want you to starve! Complete nutrition is a must especially for small children. This is going to be fun and hopefully we will all learn some valuable information about ourselves about sustainability and ingenuity.
Members currently involved in the challenge:
Name -- Totals So Far
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FrankRyan -- 152.07 (up to date)
CJNelson -- 55.46 (up to date)
frugalstafar -- 135.14 (up to date)
Cody82414 -- 142.55 (up to date)
mommy2twocuties -- 104.82
Zansammommy -- 182.09 (up to date)
MamaBird06 -- 52.01 (up to date)
lestelle -- 30.87
sosimplenow -- 45.59
MotherNature -- 113.84
GJonhsnon39 -- 146.66 (up to date)
cdarrow26 -- 136.44
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If I am missing anyone or if my totals are incorrect, please PM me with the correct information. Thank you everyone for posting your totals and your continued involvement.
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Re: Living off your stockpile Challenge - Join Us at Social Groups! 
Originally Posted by cjnelson
We definitely want to Spring Clean our stockpiles and save money. I hope the contest is fun and we learn a lot about how far/much we can really live on a stockpile.
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