What is your grocery budget for the month?Post it here to keep track of it.

I am setting mine for $355.00 this month.Since I was under last month I went down another $10.00.

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*Wife to Rick since (14 years)*
~Mom to 2 boys Dakota 13 & Ryan 9~
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~Month~Budget~Spent~
February~400.00~380.35(under 19.65)
March~400.00~419.65(over 19.65)
April~400.00~395.94(under 4.06)
May~400.00~391.53(under 8.47)
June~375.00~373.13(under 1.87)
July~375.00~365.62(under 9.38)
August~365.00~363.24(under 1.76)
September~355.00~292.74(under 62.26)
October~345.00~345.00(even)
November~350.00~352.81(over 2.81)
December~340.00

Meijer's-
2.50 pounds banana's 1.48
lettuce 1.18
6 pack of chicken flavored noodles 1.18
2-4 packs of toilet paper@1.19 each
shampoo 1.59
conditioner 1.59
preserves 2.09
capri sun juice boxes 2.24
whiten mouth rinse 3.19
bottle refund -.60
bottle refund -3.90

total=12.42

Budget=$355.00
Meijer's=$12.42
Budget Left=$342.58

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*Wife to Rick since (14 years)*
~Mom to 2 boys Dakota 13 & Ryan 9~
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~Month~Budget~Spent~
February~400.00~380.35(under 19.65)
March~400.00~419.65(over 19.65)
April~400.00~395.94(under 4.06)
May~400.00~391.53(under 8.47)
June~375.00~373.13(under 1.87)
July~375.00~365.62(under 9.38)
August~365.00~363.24(under 1.76)
September~355.00~292.74(under 62.26)
October~345.00~345.00(even)
November~350.00~352.81(over 2.81)
December~340.00

I am going to say $350. Beings I have two not eating lunch at home now, I should be able to save a few bucks here and there. Going to go to the store tomorrow after a dr. appt, so I will post when I get home. I dont plan on getting too much.

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Now that summer is over, I can budget again. Our summer schedule is too topsy turvy to keep a budget , but I suspect it's not much more. Also, I am babysitting on Th and F which provides cash for groceries, so it's easier to budget.

So, I have decided to up my budget to $90/week, because of rising food prices. I did a big trip on Sat and spent $91, and that included a lot of meat since my supply is down to nothing, so I think this is where I need to be.

$360/month, $90/week... Let's hope I can pull this off, prices have gone through the roof!

I am just joining here. So I'm gonna start out a little higher. I'm going to try to spend under 400 this month.

I did pick up a few things today. I spend 32.00. I have 368.00 left to spend.

I'm going for $200 again, and maybe a cushion of $25 for stockpile.

Start 200.00
9-1 Reasors 47.97
Left 152.03

Mil sent home a lot of stuff between the last two days being at her house and the guys going fishing.I made a list of all what I had to make it into meals this week.Here is what I got sent home with-

ham lunch meat(Dh can use this for his lunches)
2 white plastic bags(grocery sacks,think I am going to make some salsa or something with most of them),
2 packs of ritz crackers,
3/4 loaf of homemade bread,
4 kinds of cakes(german chocolate,red velvett,truffle & carrot cake-Kids will eat this up for snacks after school),
2-4 packs of fritters(kids been using this for snacks and breakfast),
bag of carmel,butter,cheese popcorn,
2-15 count solo plastic plates(They have deviders and MIL doesn't like that kind),
1/2 bag of baking potatoes,
bag of chips not openend,
pineapple jello,
strawberry jello,
1 whole chicken,2 chickens that were partially ate on(Gonna do soup and all kinds of dishes the next couple weeks to use this up),
hot salsa,
mild salsa,
1/2 gallon of vitamin d milk,
ranch chip dip,
French onion chip dip,
3/4 loaf of bread from sandwiches,
bottle of squeeze helmans mayo,
3/4 container of dijon mustard,
3/4 bag of cheese curls(Can use in lunches),
1/2 bag of tortilla chips.


Also MIL was looking through her freezer and gave us 7-8 ounce steaks(FIL didn't like them),
5 pound of 80/20 burger and I devided that into 5 packages,
1 foot long sub with all different kinds of meat and cheese and dh is going to slice into pieces each day and take it for work(it is huge).

We sure did get blessed this week huge!
I think I got it all.There is so much there and so much I can work with.I was waiting on making a menu until I know what all I was going to have.Now time to get that menu done. so my budget is at $342.58 still.

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*Wife to Rick since (14 years)*
~Mom to 2 boys Dakota 13 & Ryan 9~
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~Month~Budget~Spent~
February~400.00~380.35(under 19.65)
March~400.00~419.65(over 19.65)
April~400.00~395.94(under 4.06)
May~400.00~391.53(under 8.47)
June~375.00~373.13(under 1.87)
July~375.00~365.62(under 9.38)
August~365.00~363.24(under 1.76)
September~355.00~292.74(under 62.26)
October~345.00~345.00(even)
November~350.00~352.81(over 2.81)
December~340.00

I'm in this week again... I was over last month but I'm going to set it at $400 again. I've got a little bit of a stockpile so this month should be easier... lets hope!

9/1 - Meijer $50.19 - Saved $45!

9/5 - Meijer $10.50 - Saved $16.95!

9/5 - Biggs $5.00 - Saved $11.45!

9/6 - Target $24.00 - Saved $22.28

9/6 - Walmart $10.67

9/7 - Kroger $1.23

9/8 - Kroger $6.58 - Saved $6.49!

9/8 - Kroger $108.89 - Saved $64.51!

9/9 - CVS - $10.08 - Saved $15.68!

9/12 - Meijer - $50.00 - Saved $29.86!

9/13 - Meijer - $0.36 - Saved $4.50!

9/18 - Kroger - $12.41 - Saved $16.42!

9/20 - Kroger - $35.65 - Saved $16.80!

9/23 - Kroger - $24.97 - Saved $13.18

9/24 - CVS - $20.73 - Saved $19.69 & got $10 extra bucks!

$400 - $371.26 = $28.74 left

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I'm doing $275 +$25 for stocking up again. I spent $240 last month, so I'm going to Sam's to spend my extra $60 on stocking-up today.

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I'm going to go for $260 again this month. Last month I was over by about $25. It is going to be hard. BF is starting a new job, so we will need lunch foods for him, and to not eat out after work.