See Kroger Deals for Cereal and other Stuff

Whoa, I'm going shopping...because I didn't get enough cereal last week!! See Crystal's blog, Money Saving Mom for the details. This is a blog I check daily to get deals and coupons. Crystal's methods really work (see sidebar). She and her husband just fully funded their emergency fund and now they are saving to purchase a house WITHOUT a MORTGAGE.

Grocery Shopping/Deals

Since the first of the year (really way before that, but now with more effort) I have been working to cut our grocery budget. No easy feat considering the rising costs of food. I plan to chronicle this journey here in hopes that others can learn from my efforts (and mistakes). Also, I want to give God the glory for the success I have in this process. I feel extremely blessed to be able to stay at home with Ella and serve my family. We have had to make numerous financial sacrifices, which many friends have thought are crazy, however they are worth it as I am able to invest into Ella's life continuously!!

So, by no means is my grocery budget as low as I hope it will go. I have been using many sites for encouragement, I have listed some of them on the side bar. Money Saving Mom is my favorite site. Crystal is able to feed her family and purchase all cleaning supplies and personal items on $40 a week. Right now, I am working on $300/month. This includes eating out, which I must say we do more often than we can afford (even though Sam's food stand is our most frequent meal "out").

I want to share my successful shopping endeavors from last week. Below is a picture of my purchases from Kroger and CVS.

I didn't plan to do any shopping last week, however, I am learning to stockpile things when there is a good deal.

My quick trip to Kroger...

7 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate Clusters

Sale price $1.99/box

I had 7 $2 off 1 coupons, so I got all 7 boxes for $0.28 (just paid the tax)

My CVS trip...

2 Mach3 Sensitive 3 count razors

Sale price $7.99, used 2 $3 off 1 coupons

Received $10 Extra Care Bucks (ECB)

So, they were free!

1 Venus Embrace razor

Sale price $9.99, used 1 $4 off 1 coupon

Received $6 ECB

So, they were free!

1 Sunsilk shampoo

Price $4.49, used $2 off 1 coupon

1 Sunskilk conditioner

Price $4.49, used $2 off 1 coupon

1 Dove bar (this was a filler to get to the $30 I needed to use a coupon)

Price $1.99

Received $1 ECB

Paid, $0.99

1 Tic Tac (again, a filler)

Price $0.89

Applied $5 ECB from a previous visit.

Applied a $5 off $30 coupon CVS sent me by email.

My total out of pocket was $11.15.

I received $17 back in ECB.

Not bad for a newbie! I'll keep you posted on my progress!

I'm Back...at least I'm trying!

Have you ever been so far behind with something that you decide not to go back and catch up. That is were I am with this blog. For months I have been ignoring the blog because I didn't have the time to "go back" in time to catch up on all the happenings of our life, so I have decided not to catch up, just move forward. So, here I go, ENJOY!