We do $60 a week groceries and $200 every other month at Sam's Club. Seems to work pretty well for our family of 4, and it INCLUDES diapers, wipes and baby food!

It works out to be
$240 + $100 = $340 for March!

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Our budget for March will be $400 for everything- groceries, HBA, toiletries, and cleaning. Since I shop at Walmart for almost everything it is too much work to seperate the costs between them all. :-)

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$55.58 at Walmart today
2 boxes cereal
baby puffs
1 can soup
bacon
2 bags cheetos (b-day present for my sister overseas)
tylenol
plastic easter eggs
chicken breast
Cheese
steaks
broccoli
bell pepper
tomatoes
avocado
bananas
bagels
2 gallons milk
eggs

My goal is $200 for march. This will include dog food, diapers and any cleaning products.

Aldi's $48.75
Wal Mart $34.59
Price Chopper $32.02 (saved) $15.64
Price Chopper $39.96 (saved) $29.57
Total spent/saved for March $155.32 (saved $45.21 or 29.11%)
Left to spend $244.68

Goal is $500 for the month - that's for five of us and includes all food, cleaning supplies, hba, etc.

Thus far:
Giant $8.72
Price Chopper $8.77
Walgreen's $15.62

balance left: $466.89

Walmart $85.64
Dining Out $6.75

Left to spend = $347.61

So far I have spent:
Dollar tree: $3
Dollar store: $3
Pet store: $4.11 the guinea pigs gotta eat too
grocery store: $35.48

$354.41 left to spend

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My budget is usually around $300. I get it a lot lower some months but I have to raise it to $400 for March. The In-laws are coming in for over a week and we are going to phoenix for Easter weekend. I started off good for Mar. I'm using my stock pile and I went shopping sunday and spent only $70 for 2 weeks until DH's family get's here.

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save a lot-
frozen broccoli 1.19
6 mini ears of corn on the cob 1.49
family pack of chicken leg quarters 4.58
2.52 bananas 1.11
2 cans of spaghetti-o's@.49 each
3 1# bags of baby carrots@1.00 each
celery sleve 1.29
3 packets of chili seasoning 1.00
chicken flavored crackers 1.19
coloniol sunny bus 2.39
2 bags of oyster crackers@.79 each
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup@.55 each
4 cans of cream of chicken soup@.55 each
3 packs of cream cheese@.99 each
dlx chy 1.69
graham cracker crust .99
kidney beans .39
ketchup .79 light red kidney beans .39
box of margarine quarters .68
mayo 1.59
3# yellow onions 1.00
2 jars of pasta sauce@.99 each
pepperoni mini pizza's 1.49
10# white potatoes 1.79
roll of cinnamon rolls 1.49
48 ounce container of margarine 1.69
sour cream 1.29
5 tomato sauce 1.00
2 cans of tuna in water@.65 each
2 boxes of vanilla pudding@.39 each
2 tubs of cool whip@.89 each

Walmart-
wheat bread 1.34
3 2 liters of diet coke@.67 each+.10 cent deposit each
1 2 liter of cola .67+.10 deposit


Family dollar-
toothpaste 3.00
3 cans of strawberries@1.00each
2 packs of razors@1.00each
salt .60
black pepper 1.00
face tissue 1.00
chicken ramen noodles 1.00

Dollar Tree-
strawberry cream 1.00
muffin top cereal 1.00
2 chocolate marshmallow cereals@1.00 each
4cream of chicken soup@ .50
3 cans of cream of chicken soup@.50 each
fruit punch 1.00
zipper zip lock bags 1.00
2 bottle of conditioner@1.00each
11 hershey kisses snack packs@ 1.00
Italian dressing 1.00
roasted red peppers 1.00
2 cream of mushroom soup@.50each
tomatoes .50
3 cans of sirlion burger soup@1.00each
2 packages of cheese sticks@1.00 each
horseradish 1.00
3 jars of picante sauce@1.00each
2 packs of beef jerkey@1.00each
6 bottles of conditioner@1.00each
chocolate pretzels 1.00

$294.72 balance
$ 55.44 save a lot
$ 4.42 walmart
$ 11.60 family dollar
$ 46.00 dollar tree store
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$177.26 Balance