Our goal is to spend only around $200 a month on all groceries and household items and this month we were $70 under! This was a little bit of an unusual month for us as far as our grocery budget goes. As exciting as that is, it’s only because of the Free $100 Publix Gift Card I won. This took $100 off of our budget so we would actually have been about $30 over this month otherwise.
We were on track to spend even less in May but towards the end of the month I recommitted myself to eating really, really healthy. Therefore, I didn’t want to eat some of the food we already had in the house and had to go out to buy more meats, veggies, etc. It did cost a little more but it was definitely worth it and I’m going to continue the healthy eating into June (and hopefully longer) so we will see how this affects the grocery budget next month.
We also ate out more this month than we have in probably an entire year. We had a lot to celebrate so I feel that it was entirely worth it. Eating out isn’t included in our grocery budget.
May Totals-
Spent- $129.84
Saved- $309.73 (not including savings from stores such as Aldi and Dollar Tree which are hard to calculate)
Remember- This budget is for two adults and we eat almost all of our meals at home. This also includes all household items such as toilet paper, soap, cleaning products, toothpaste, etc.
Some of Our Shopping Trips This Month (Not All of These Were From The Grocery Budget)-
Free Croft & Barrow Towels with Kohl’s Cash
Walgreens Banana Boat Sunscreen Deal $1.75 each
5-16-13 Goodwill Thrift Shop Finds
5-11-13 Recent Thrift Shop Finds
See How We Have Been Doing With Our $200 Budget So Far in 2013 With the Links Below-
January Grocery and Household Item Budget
February Grocery and Household Item Budget
March Grocery and Household Item Budget
April 2013 Grocery and Household Item Budget
How did you do with your grocery budget this month?
Check back at the end of June to see how we do this month!
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