September 2019 Monthly Spending

Our normal budget is as follows: $300 for groceries, $20 for household, $20 for newspapers and couponing deals and $30 for animal needs. 

Let's see how we do this month :)

09/01/2019

7.56- CVS and got $5 ECB

$7.76- Sam's Club

$13.10- Aldi

$23.90- Walmart

09/13/2019
$8.52- Dollar Tree
$12.46- Sam's Club
$31.62- Aldi
$78.38- Walmart

09/15/2019
$9.15- Sam's Club
$30.69- Walmart

09/22/2019
$3.98- Sam's Club
$4.26- Dollar Tree
$46.74- Walmart

$250.41 out of $300 for groceries

$11.65 out of $20 for household items

$23.56 out of $20 for newspapers and couponing deals
$8.50 out of $30 for animal items

Our Shopping Trip~ 09/01/2019

I had our menu planned for the month and was working on our big grocery list when we heard that the hurricane was heading for Florida.  Not knowing what was going to happen or if we would need to evacuate, we decided to just get groceries for this week and worry about the big monthly haul after the storm had passed.

Here is what we bought:

CVS
$5.99- Scott paper towels
$11.99- Scott Comfort Plus toilet paper
$5.99- Scott Comfort Plus toilet paper
$23.97
-0.50 Scott Comfort Plus cpn
-0.50 Scott Comfort Plus cpn
-1.00 Scott paper towel cpn
-15.00 ECB for CVS survey :)
$7.56- Total with tax and received $5.00 ECB

Sam's Club
$3.98- Spinach
$3.78- Carrots
$7.76- Total

Aldi
$1.92- Sugar
$1.29- Biscuits
$1.79- Mushrooms
$1.78- Bread X2
$1.89- Kettle Chips
$1.99- Mozz block
$0.49- Salt
$1.95- Applesauce
$13.10- Total

Walmart
$1.16- Turkey lunchmeat
$3.38- Grapes
$1.27- Bananas
$1.74- Ricotta Cheese
$2.00- Breadsticks
$2.36- Almond Milk
$1.88- Bagels
$1.60- Green Peppers X2
$0.76- Onion
$3.38- Raisins
$2.33- Creamer
$1.33- Honey Oats cereal
$0.71- Eggs
$23.90- Total

This trip will be included in our September Spending Post~ where we document what we spend for the month.

Couponing Deals for the week of 09/01/2019

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely frustrated with the amount of coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week and adding on as you feel more confident and comfortable.  Soon you will be creating quite the stockpile :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are some couponing deals that are under $10:

CVS 

Deal #1
$2.94- Tide Simply, Downy or Bounce
Use $1 Tide Simply CVS App MFR cpn OR
Use $1 Tide Simply cpn from 08/11 RMN
Use $1 Downy cpn from 08/11 RMN
Use $1 Bounce cpn from 08/11 RMN
Pay $1.94

Deal #2
$2.94- Hershey Harvest, kisses, minis or Gold
Pay $2.94 and get $1 ECB

Deal #3

$3.79- Hershey pouch, snack mix canister or Cookie Layer Crunch
Use $2 Hershey CVS Coupon Center cpn
Pay $1.79

Deal #4

$4/2- General Mills cereal
Use $1/2 General Mills cereal cpn from 08/25 SS
Pay $3.00 and get $1 ECB

Deal #5

$4.99- Got2b
Pay $4.99 and get $2 ECB

Walgreens 

Deal #1

$8/2- Colgate Optic White or Total Advanced toothpaste
Use $4/2 Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel, Essentials or Sensitive toothpaste Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $4.00 and get 4000 points (4000 points=$4)

Deal #2
$4.99- Bounty or Charmin
$4.99- Tide Pods
$4.99- Tide
$14.97
Use $1 Bounty cpn from 08/25 P&G OR 
Use $1 Charmin cpn from 08/25 P&G
Use $2 Tide cpn from 08/25 P&G
Use $2 Tide Pods cpn from 08/25 P&G
Pay $9.97 and get $6 RR

** There are also Walgreens Clip to Card MFR coupons available for Tide, Tide Pods, Bounty and Charmin if you want to only use digital coupons**

Deal #3

$6/2- Febreze
Use $3/2 Febreze Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $3.00

Deal #4
$13.98/2- Gillette disposable razors
Use $3 Gillette disposable Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn AND
Use $3 Gillette disposable razor cpn from 08/25 P&G
Pay $7.98 and get 2000 points (2000 points=$2)

Deal #5
$7.98/2- Crest toothpaste
Use $2 Crest toothpaste Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn AND
Use $2 Crest toothpaste from 08/25 P&G
Pay $3.98 and get $4 RR

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Our Menu Plan for the week of 09/01/2019

How was your weekend?  Our weekend was filled with questions~ Will the hurricane touch down in Florida, will it miss us, how much food do I get, etc.

We decided that since our week is filled with uncertainty, we would only get enough groceries to get us through this week, just in case.  We can do our big monthly grocery haul next week when all this has passed.

I went through our freezer and pantry and was able to put together some meals to get us through the week.  Which was great since all the stores were crazy packed.

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast

Choice of Muffins, Fruit, Oatmeal, cereal, waffles, pancakes or bagels

Lunch

Sandwich with carrots and fruit or leftovers

Dinner

Philly Cheesesteak Sliders, carrots and salad
Chicken Pot Pie over biscuits with salad
Taco, carrots and salad
Cheesy ham potatoes with peas and salad
Sausage Egg Bagels with fruit
Fish, rice, green beans and salad
Pizza Sliders, carrots and salad

Snacks and Desserts

Apples

Grapes

Bananas

Strawberries

Carrots

Popcorn

Pretzels

Tortilla Chips with salsa

Oatmeal Raisin Bites

Cookies

No Bake Vegan Energy Balls

Chocolate PB Nice Cream

Rice Cakes with PB

Celery with PB and raisin

Chia Pudding

PB Chocolate Chip LaraBar Copy