Budget Update

November 15
Cub #1
4 Wild Harvest baby food $.89
6 Cheerios $2.50
2 Reeses Puffs $2.50
2 Cinnamon toast crunch $2.99
6 Kraft dressing $2.50
1 Cub white bread $.99
2 Solo heavy duty plates $1.49
5 Cocoa Pebbles $2.00
12 Kool Aide packets $.25
6 Family size Wheat Thins $4.29
6 Animal cracker pouches $1.66
2 green onions $.50
3 Radishes $.44 (just noticed they only rang up two)
1 Avacado
1 Kraft individual string cheese $.68
2 Kraft cheese slices 2.69
1 Kraft Shredded Parmasan cheese $3.99
6 16oz blocks Kraft cheese $3.33
9 Carefree liners $1.39
Coupons used--I'll try to remember what all of them were for. It's been a while and I think I had a coupon for every item except the bread.
3 $5 OYNO coupons
5 $1/1 Any Wild Harvest IP-Overage
1 $1/2 Cinniman toast crunch
4 $1/2 Any GM cereal
6 Free Kraft Dressing WYB 3 Kraft products
2 $2/1 Solo Heavy duty -Overage
2 $1/2 Post cereal MF
1 Buy 10 Koolaide get 2 Free (these count as the needed kraft products for the dressing and crackers)
6 Free Nabisco wheat thins WYB 3 Kraft products
6 $1/1 Any nabisco crackers or cookies MF -for the animal crackers
3 $1 off any produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing MF
6 Free Kraft cheese up to $4.99 WYB 2 Nabisco crackers
3 $5/3 carefree MF-Overage
Total OOP $17.53, Recieved 3 $5 OYNO, $4.50 off milk, $5 off any giftcard, $1 Holiday buck, Free Maxwellhouse coffee up to $10

Cub #2
Twin pack Cub milk $6.58
4 8oz Land o Frost deli ham $.88
4 Wheat Chex $2.50
3 Nature Valley granola bars $2.39
1 Cocoa Puffs Combo $2.99
2 Betty Crocker stackers $2.50
Coupons used
$1 Holiday buck
$4.50 off milk
3 $5 OYNO
$.75/1 Cocoa puffs MF
2 $1/2 Chex MF
$1/2 Fruit snacks MF
3 $.50/1 Nature Valley MF
-$5 Gift card from Post deal in #1
Total OOP $4.83

Walmart
10 Grapefruit $.29-Pricematch to Aldi
Total OOP $2.90

Rainbow
Cottage cheese $2.50
used giftcard
Total OOP $0 -$2.50 on Rainbow giftcard

November 19-Cub
Grapes
2 corn muffin mixes
-Free 1lb of grapes
Total OOP $1.16

November 21-Cub
French Bread $2.99
Jumbo Pasta Shells $1.78
Total OOP $4.77

November 22-Cub
Red Rose Tea $2.55
8 Del Monte Grean beans $.48
Dole Mandrin Oranges $.88
9 Jello Pudding mix $.57
3 Nabisco mini cookie pouches $1.66
1.13lb grapes $2.25
5lbs red potatoes $2.99
Coupons used
3 $5 OYNO
Cub potato coupon $2.01
Free Grapes $1.99
$.50/3 Jello pudding tear pad
3 $1/1 Nabisco cookies or crackers
Total OOP $3.59, Recieved 2 $.75 OYNO from the Madrin Oranges

November 24-Target
4 packages Chuck Steak $3.06, $3.42, $2.90, $3.13
6 4 ct Pillsbury biscuts $.67
-4 $1 off steak store coupon (soon to expire meat coupon)
-4 $2/1 Stutton and Dodge steak of roast TC
-3 $1/2 Pillsbury TC
-$.30/3 Pillsbury MF
-$.25/3 Pillsbury MF
Total OOP $.98



Total Spent $35.76
Total spend this month $106.47
Total left for the month $0, $22.50 gift card at Rainbow and 2 $.75 OYNO at Cub, 1 $4.50 off Milk.
About over budget $21.47

Well, it might have taken most of the day to figure it out, but there it is. I know I was over budget. With the great deals this month I expected it. I've also been buying a few more convenience things, i.e. rotisserie chicken. I was planning on this also knowing that I won't aways be able to make supper while I'm not feeling good.

Some months are under and some months are over. The $85 is my goal. It's great to be able to hit it each month, but thankfully the world doesn't end when I go over. Considering the state of my pantry and my mother's freezer $106.47 is an excellet total for the month. I don't plan on getting too much more. I will be getting milk with the $4.50 off coupon being the two pack is on sale for $4.98.

I have made a small trip to CVS the last two weeks. I didn't add them into the budget being I can't find the first reciept and I haven't paid anything OOP yet. I've manly been getting free after ECB items, but last week I did get 5 Welch's grape juice. It was $2.50, -$1/1 coupons. I have some gift cards I've been using so it hasn't been effecting the budget. I'll probably start adding it in again at the start of December.