I am higher this past month then I have been in a while.  I had 5 adults living and eating in the house for a month (home from school) and some guests so actually, when you think of it, it really wasn’t that bad.  I stayed below my $75 budget which is all I can ask for.  Here are my current numbers since I started keeping track in March:

March:
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $567.83
Avg $128.24 per week

April:
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $380.57
Avg $95.14 per week

May:
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $425.02
Avg $106.25 per week

June:
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $323.34
Avg $80.84 per week

July
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $288.99
Avg $72.25

August
Total Spent out of pocket for the month: $288.08
Avg $72.02 per week

September
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $279.16
Avg $69.79 per week

October
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $245.13
Avg $61.28

November
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $197.88
Avg $49.47 per week

Nov/December
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $207.81
Avg $51.95

December/January
Total spent out of pocket for the month: $291.80
Avg: $72.83

**If you missed it you can check out our months shopping trips here.

So to sum up our budget, for the last 44 weeks I have saved over $7500. That is over $682 each month. Click here to see how I got started using coupons and saving.
If you are ready to get started using coupons, check out my beginner series here.

My grocery budget week goes from a Friday to Thursday as that is when we get paid. So this month’s groceries were determined from Friday 12/19 through Thursday 1/14. Next month are from 1/15 – 2/11.

How have you done on your grocery budget.  Share your savings!!

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