Starting off the month well! After I completed this weeks meal plan, below is all I needed. Not too many great deals this week, so more “needs” and a few freebies.
As a disclaimer, there are two items I have a separate budget for: diapers and coffee. I had a great week, did trips to Aldi, Food Lion, Kroger, Trader Joes, Publix and Costco.
How did you do?
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Month-to-Date OOP: $ 44.61
Remaining March Budget: $ 115.39
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Here is my breakdown per store, I only did one picture, and some items are not pictured here.
Food Lion
2.75 lbs Tilapia @ $2.99/lb
Total Groceries: $13.06
Total Savings: $ 6.30 (48% savings)
Total OOP: $ 6.76
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Publix
4 Diced Tomatoes – no salt(Free w/ Q!)
4 Bush Cannellini Beans (BOGOF)
Kashi Frozen Dinner (Free Q)
2 Muellers pasta (BOGOF)
2 Classico Sauce (BOGOF)
2 Yoplait Kids Yogurt (Free w/ Q)
Publix Toilet Paper (Penny Item)
Total Groceries: $31.52
Total Savings: $ 23.82 (76% savings)
Total OOP: $ 7.70
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Kroger
Kroger Butter
Popcorn Kernals
2 Oscar Meyer Turkey Meat
Total Groceries: $16.13
Total Savings: $ 7.12 (44% savings)
Total OOP: $ 9.01
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Aldi
2 Whole Wheat Bread Loaves
Bag white onions
marshmallows
peanut butter
2% milk
Total OOP : $ 8.89
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Trader Joes
bag organic apples
organic cherry tomatoes
Total OOP: $ 7.63
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Costco (not pictured)
Organic Spring Mix Salad
Seattle Blend Coffee ($8.99) – not included in budget #’s here
Total OOP: $4.62
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THIS WEEK’S GRAND TOTALS…
Grand Total Groceries: $ 81.85
Grand Total Savings: $ 37.24 ( 45% savings)
Grand Total OOP: $ 44.61
Your daughter is so cute, my kids always want in the food photos too. The other day my 3 year old daughter told me “Mom, normal people don’t take photos of their food” I had to laugh. Take care, great job this week!
I have a question about Publix and the penny item. Do you have to have purchases that total 10 dollars after coupons or can it be before?
My Publix will honor the penny item before coupons. But it is at the stores discretion