I am doing much better this week. I don’t know if I wrote this, but I have decided to have a separate budget for diapers, which is $20/month. So, I dropped by Publix to do this deal on Huggies, and the deal at Kroger. I am not including any formula or diapers in my totals below, however I will post when I find good deals for you!
Okay, I know you think I am a flip-flopper, but I am going to try going back to a total monthly budget of $160 (4 weeks) and seeing if I can just do it for the month. We’ll see…. Below are my totals after my grocery runs this week. I have exactly 2 weeks to stick to my February remaining budget.
Month-to-Date OOP: $ 104.44
Remaining Feburary Budget: $55.65
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I hit Publix a few times, Kroger and Costco. I wasn’t as organized as I should have been, had to get some staples like milk and grapes that I forgot. We get all our coffee at Costco and so I had to get more (we were almost out!), and while I was there I was pleasantly surprised to see their gallon of milk was priced at $1.99 for skim and $2.29 for 2%!!!
COSTCO (sorry forgot to take a picture)
Costco Coffee 64 oz, $8.99
2% Milk, gallon $2.29
Organic Spring Mix Salad, 1 lb $4.29
Total: $ 16.78
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PUBLIX
Red Grapes .5 lb (not pictured)
Milk (not pictured)
Domino Sugar (Penny Item)
4 – Gerber 2nd Foods
2 – Apple & Eve Organic Juice Boxes
2 – Coffeemate Creamer
3 – Viva Big Rolls
** 2 boxes of Huggies (Publix/ Kimberly Clark Rebate Deal) – not included in budget totals here
Total: $ 20.69
Total Savings: $ 14.23
Total OOP: $5.71
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KROGER
2- Healthy Life Bread ($.25 w/ q)
Fiber One Bars (free kroger q)
Grape tomatoes (free kroger q)
4 – Kroger Shredded Cheese ($1/ea)
2 Liter Dr Pepper (Free Q)
Motts Apple Juice ($1)
4 – Duncan Hines Brownies ($.29/ea)
5.5 lbs bananas @ $.29/lb
Red Grapes ($.99/lb)
Kroger OJ, 1/2 gall ($.99)
2 lbs Organic Cameo Apples ($.98/lb)
Tilapia ($2.99)
** 2 pkg Huggies ($6.38 /ea) – I didn’t include this in my grocery total, I have a separate diaper and formula budget I pull this from. But it was pictured so I wanted you to know!
Total: $ 55.65
Total Savings: $ 42.16 (76 % savings!)
Total OOP: $13.49
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Grand Total Savings: $ 56.39 + unrealized savings at Costco ( 61% savings!)
Grand Total OOP: $ 38.74
