Saturday Savings 7/30

Each week our family of four attempts to maintain a $125 grocery budget.  Generally speaking, this includes as much organic dairy and produce as our budget will allow and the stores carry.  I try to buy our meat from a local grocer who is supplied by an Amish community in Ohio.  Although it is not organic meat, I think it is pretty close, without being outrageously priced.  When our budget and grocery list allow I try to stockpile as much as I can.  Items stockpiled are highlighted in yellow below.  We rarely eat out and I am learning to cook from scratch (it's an on-going process :), you could say cooking is not one of my talents.

It was a decent week of shopping around here.  I went over by $5, but I also bought $5 worth of extra soda for next week.  So I'm just going to call that even.  I was able to get a lot of freebies with the use of coupons including: 2 bags of organic carrots, 2 tubes of toothpaste, 3 bars of Ivory soap, free hairspray, 14 cups of Stonyfield organic yogurt & free pasta.  In addition to that, I got two items free (ketchup and a red peppers) with Meijer's 10 for $10 get the 11th free.  I also hit the jackpot with marked down organic lettuce :)!  It is normally $3.50 per container and I was able to get it for $2.09. 

The items highlighted below will automatically go to our stockpile.

30-Jul
Kroger
3 - 2 liters soda	$2.37
2 -2 liters water	$2.00
2 - 1/2 gal. org. milk	$6.38
4 bologna	$4.00
4 - 6 packs soda	$10.00
Coffee filters	$1.50
org. cherry tom.	$3.09
2 Crest toothpaste	$2.00	2 - .75 coupons & $1 off health & beauty
2 Mangoes	$2.98
3 pack Ivory soap	$1.00	1.00 coup
2 instant pudding	$1.30
14 Stonyfield org. yogurt	$0.99	Buy 1 get 1 free & 7 - Free coupons
Coffee filters	$3.99
2 yogurt	$3.76	.75 coup
2 Mustard	$1.95	2 - .60 coup
Cottage Cheese	$1.25
Frozen Broc. Florets	$1.00
4 - Shredded Cheese	$10.00	1.35 coup
2 pretzels	$2.50
Suave Hairspray	$2.99	Free Coupon
Cooking Spray	$1.98
Red Grapes	$5.97
Cashews	$2.79
Frozen Rubharb	$2.51
3 - 16oz Strawberries	$5.37
.72 lbs. org. tom.	$2.15
4.1 lbs. org. bananas	$2.83	$1 off organics
3 Cucumbers	$1.50
1.94 lbs. org. apples	$4.05
Total Spent	$83.51
Total Saved	$55.10
Total Coupons	$17.72
Meijer
2 Org. Corn	$2.18
3 org. Green Beans	$3.27
2 Choc. Chips	$3.34
4 Blueberries	$6.67
3 Peppers	$3.00	$1 off for 10 for 10 & 11th free deal
2 Pasta Mixes	$2.00	$1 off coupon
2 Biscuits	$2.00
1 Can Pears	$1.00
2 Ketchup	$2.00	$1 off for 10 for 10 & 11th free deal
2 Org. Carrots	$2.00	$2 off 2 Earthbound Products
2 Pineapple	$2.00
6 Cans Mandarin Orang.	$6.00	$2.50 in coupons
Pasta	$1.00	$1 coupon
Organic Mushrooms	$1.00
6 Org. Romaine	$12.54	2 - $2 off 2 Earthbound Products
Total Spent	$37.70
Total Saved	$42.56
Total Coupons	$10.50
Local Meat Store
1.08 lbs. Bacon	$4.31
1.46 lbs. Chicken Breasts	$4.80
Total Spent	$9.11
Total Weekly Spending	$130.32
Total Savings	$97.66
Total Coupons	$28.22
Total for July	$630.40
Budget	over by 5.40
Monthly budget	over by 5.08
Yearly Spending	$2,327.43