What happened to my budget? (Wednesday Weekly Shopping)
I was over budget again this week, ack!
I don't really do anything to keep myself under budget. I don't use a cash envelope - though I pay with cash, I keep the grocery money commingled with cash meant for other purposes. I don't even write down how much I've spent as the week goes on. I just kinda estimate in my head how much I've spent during the week.
But I may need to implement some method - either keep the grocery money separate, or keep a tally of how much I've spent - and stick to it!
Here's what I got this week:
Overall, this week I spent $98.73 for items which retail for $190.92, or a 48% savings based on the retail value of the products at the stores where they were purchased. (But don't compare percentages!)
For the year (24 weeks), I spent $1,806.25 for items which retailed for $3,456.57, and saved $1,650.32, or a 48% savings. That's an average of $75.26 spent each week for a family of five (husband, wife, and daughters ages 14, 11, and 7), including lots of fresh produce, dairy items, and kosher meat, as well as paper and plastic goods, health and beauty items, and cleaning supplies.
In 2011, I spent $4017.13 for items which retailed for $7344.08, saving 45% and spending an average of $77.25 per week for the year.
How did your shopping go this week? What bargains did you get? Please leave a link to your blog post about your weekly shopping. The aim is not to brag, but to inspire! Please link up directly to your post, not to the blog itself. I'd appreciate it if you put a link to Wednesday Weekly Shopping in your post as well. If you don't have a blog, please leave a comment!
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2 comments:
I finally switched to a cash envelope system for my grocery and household purchases and I didn't think I would like it but it really allows me to coupon much more efficiently now and I love it.
I keep track, and I make sure that I stay around $65 a week. Keeping track really helps, and you are already doing such a great job with that already.
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