Wednesday, October 7, 2009

My New Hobby

I thought I'd better post about my newest hobby: saving lots of money!!! I'm doing a whole lot of blog following and cutting a coupon or two and having a blast! I think it's my competitive spirit that makes this so fun for me.

My new goal - $50 per week to buy groceries, diapers and all toiletries for our family of four. I've been doing this for 9 weeks and my weekly average spent is $60.83, so I'm staying pretty close to my goal! I've gone over a few weeks and I've gone under a few weeks and I'm hauling home at least double the amount of groceries, diapers and toiletries as I did before and spending a great deal less. It's so much fun!

So, I thought I'd post what I did yesterday just for fun.



I purchased the follow items:

Albertsons:
4 boxes cheerios
1 box Wheat Thins
1 box club crackers
1 jar beef bouillon

Walgreens:
lotion
chx broth

Target:
3 Glade Reed Diffusers

Total spent: $4.59 (after factoring a $5 rebate) + I have a $7 gift card to Walgreens to spend! So, basically I made $2.41 yesterday for buying all that stuff!

3 comments:

The Jeffersons said...

Are you doing coupon sense? Can you share your secrets on how to find the great deals?

Christie Darago said...

I'm doing coupon sense and it is saving us a ton. I look like I have a grocery store in my laundry room! Isn't so fun to score the big deal!

The Pichura Family said...

That is CRAZY!!!! I've got to get going and get on the band wagon!!!!