Challenge: To trim down the grocery bills by at least 33%

According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries. This statistic breaks down to $177 per person a month. My family is not the traditional nuclear family. In addition to me and my husband, we have four children -- three teenagers, a two-year-old, and a mother-in-law. Applying the above figures, our grocery bill for a family of seven should approximate to $1239 per month. And astonishingly, it has regularly fluctuated in the range of $1000- $1300. My goal is to trim this monthly pile of receipts down to $830,(including diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and restaurant bills) if not less. Being able to frugally feed my nutrition-conscious husband and appease the voracious appetites of my teenagers will be my main challenge!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Water Bottle Stock Up

It is such a wonderful sight to see the shelf by my basement stairs stocked with water bottle packs.  After using two $1 manufacturer coupons, a $5 rewards buck coupon, and a $5 off a purchase off $25 coupon I received via my email, and after subtracting  a $10 gas gift card to Shell, I was able to bring home four packs of Nestle water bottles, one 6 roll pack of Scott's paper towels, a pack of 12 Scott toilet paper rolls, and two packages of Turkey Jerky all for only a little over ten bucks!

If you haven't checked out CVS's buy $30 worth of selected products and receive a $10 gas gift card promotion, you must try it!  Generally the items are very useful, fairly good price-wise, and easy to match with coupons.
Posted by Dilara Channing at 9:37 PM

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