Shopping Trip

I went shopping today with $16 in my budget. I had $1 left from last week and $15 this week. I was able to get much more since I had a bunch of extra bucks to use up at CVS today. I discovered late last night that they were about to expire.

At CVS I bought 4-12 packs of Pepsi, 3 bags of chips, SoyJoy bars, four movie theater boxes of candy (for movie nights at home), and 3 greeting cards. After the extra bucks I paid a penny! I received $21 in extra bucks and will send in for the Pepsi coupon rebate.

At Walgreens I bought 3 packages of gum and 2 bags chocolate covered macadamia nuts for $2.17 OOP. I am stocking up on gum for DH and the macadamia nuts were a cheap splurge.

Walmart - squeeze bottles (for use with candy molds), 3 EZ grip Johnson's soaps (free after coupon), Bird's Eye Steamfresh meal for two (free after coupon), 1lb elbow macaroni, cheddar cheese soup, coffee creamer (forgot coupon at home - ugh!), and Dixie coffee cups with lids for taking coffee from home to work for a total of $10.86 OOP.

The last stop was a local grocery store for Worcestershire sauce. Cost after coupon $0.04 - tax only!

My total for today was $13.08. I am not going back into town so there will be no more shopping for this week, which means I am under budget!! Unfortunately dh put everything away before I could get any pictures. He was being really helpful so who am I to complain.

Recent Shopping

My dear husband organized the pantry today while I was at work so I thought it was a good time to post a couple more pictures. We are well stocked after our recent shopping trips.

We went out of town to Sam's Club last week. We bought organic spring mix, organic carrots, grapes, celery hearts, four pounds of yeast, 25lbs bread flour, trash bags, charcoal for grilling, bread, 5lbs mozzarella cheese, 5lbs cheddar cheese, and a few other things. I have stuck the receipt somewhere and I cannot find it right now. My total spending was $180. (I have a bit of OCD so rounding up is better.) I had $40 left from that week, which left me with $35/week for the next four weeks toward this bill. That gives me $15/week left to spend. I am going with average spending since some weeks I will buy more than others.

I got a $10 rebate check in the mail which gave me $25 to spend this week. I spent $20 - rounding up - which will give me $20 to spend next week if needed. Here is what I got:

Worcestershire sauce - 3

sour cream

tomatoes - 3

mint M&Ms

candy canes

oatmeal - 2

equal sweetener - 2

milk

gum - 6

cake mixes - 2

breakfast bars

syrup - 2

bakers joy

soap - 3

Ben & Jerry's ice cream - 2

salad dressing

mushrooms

air fresheners - 3

candles - 3

I think that was pretty good for $20. Part of it was for the pantry simply because the cost was too good to pass up. Other items I had coupons for that were expiring. The air fresheners and candles cost tax only. The ice cream was a splurge, but I had coupons. I am tired of shopping and really hope next week is a slow one sale wise. I know I have a few things to pick up but should be able to stay well within my budget.