For those of you who are new to my blog, you may or may not know that our family's monthly grocery budget (for a family of 4) is $300 a month - which includes all food, personal care items, paper products, cleaning supplies...even diapers! I thought I would give you my total numbers for the month of February so you could see how well I stick to that number.
Total value of all items bought: $660.29
Total amount of money spent out of pocket after sales and coupons: $256.18
Total savings: $402.77 or 61%
I did pretty well in February, staying under budget by more than $40. This is not to say that I am ALWAYS under budget. There are months when I do go over a little. (Rarely more than $50.) But, because of months like this where I am able to save quite a bit, it all pretty much evens out by the end of the year.
When we get to the end of March, I hope to break my totals down by store so that you can see how much money I end up saving at each of the 4 main stores I shop at.
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