$50 Friday!

Not Pictured: pear, avocados, milk, eggs, bananas, canteloupe, grapes, strawberries, beef

I don't have the exact details, but I had $10 and some change leftover after this trip, making it around $40!! I needed that to make up for the 2 terrible weeks I had earlier this month! A really nice couple stopped me in the grocery store and was asking about couponing, etc. It was a lot of fun and I think they are hooked!! yay!!

A Couple $50 Fridays!

Not only have I fallen behind on these but I have gone WAY over $50...shoot!!! My one grocery store has had a 2 Week ad that was really good and I haven't been as great of a planner, grabbed alot that wasn't on my list. oops!

Last week:
Total Spent: $68.98
Total Saved (with q's only, not including giftcards, store q's, etc): $34.70

This week was bad. I had a big Wal-Mart trip planned out, that didn't help. But found some really good stock-up deals, always good to have extra pasta sauce, crackers and salsa on hand!!

Total Spent: $83.94
Total Saved (with q's only, not including giftcards, store q's, etc): $22.19

Eek. I think the rest of February needs to be a shopping fast...

Total Saved with Q's: $169.57

$50 Friday--Week 4--

...Week 4's $50 Friday...

This pic includes EVERYTHING from this week's shopping trip!

I was pretty pumped to score some cheap cold medicine as the cold hit our house this week and the thermacare wraps are awesome! Also found a really good deal on crackers!

Total Before Coupons: $92.50
And After: $53.30 (ack!)
$ Saved This Week: $26.74 (remember just keeping track of q's, not RR, giftcards or store discounts)

Last week in January! Let's see if I met my goals:

1. Keep spending at $50\wk
2. Save $20\wk in coupons

GOAL ONE: January Grocery Bill: $220.42 with an average spending of $55.10\wk. I am happy with that. I hope to get better as the year goes on!

GOAL TWO: I saved $112.68 in q's this month, with an average saving of $28.17\wk! YAY!

I think this was a great first month of getting serious about my couponing. I was SO CLOSE to hitting my first goal and exceeded my second! I see alot of things I can work on and change, looking forward to February!!

$50 Friday!

Didn't have too many coupon deals this week, however, here is a picture of my trip to Walgreens:
Was able to get 3 Ajax cleaners, 1 Tylenol precise cream, bag of gummy candy and 4 candy bars all for $1.15. I had a lot more on my list but I missed a lot of the deals.

My grocery trip wasn't anything to brag about...


Was able to get all of this plus lettuce, tomatoes, onion, apples, 2 lunchables, and 2 more yogurts (husband ate them already) for around $47.00. Made it under my $50 limit but Hy-Vee has a deal on meat, seafood and cheese, so I think I am going to go stock up! That will put me over my $50 but hopefully it will all last awhile!

Come back next week! How are your grocery trips going? Have you been using your coupons?