September Budget

I know I'm a little behind for the month, but I wanted to add up the receipts so far this month. I seem to be loosing track of what I am spending and where the money is going. I believe that I have all my receipts except two. I had to turn those in to be reimbursed for simple supper. I'll start with those, doing my best to remember what was on them and go from there.

Walmart
9 Reach dental floss $.97
9 Kraft mac n cheese $.68
3lb bag of onions $.98
2 limes $.25
4ct Crescent Rolls $1.22

Coupons
$1/1 IP for the crescent rolls
3 $5/3 for the Reach floss
Total OOP $2.12. $0.98 was for church so true OOP is $1.14

Cub
32 boxes of Pillsbury brownies $.99 (had a raincheck) -$1/2 MF x16=$15.68
Lettuce $.40 with Cub coupon
Bacon $.40 with Cub coupon
Mayo $.40 with Cub coupon
2 Tomatoes $.80 with Cub coupon
Cub white bread $.40 with in ad coupon

Total OOP $18.08? $10.20 of this was for church so true OOP was $7.88

Target
10 Pocket Folders $1 (yeah I know, there not groceries)
2 Kraft easy mac cups $1.40 -$1/2 MF =$.40
Muir Glen Veggi soup $1.82 -$1/1 peelie=$.82
1.xx lb Chuck steak $3.52, -$2/1 TC=$1.52
Buitoni tortellini $3.34, -$1/1 TC, $1/1 IP=$1.34
Buitoni fettucine $1.79, -$1/1 TC, -$1/1 IP= $.21 overage
9 Reach dental floss $.97, -3 $5/3 MF=$6.27 overage
4 Poptarts $8.97, -$1/2 MF x2=$6.97
4 Keble Frudge shop cookies $10, -$1/2 MF x2=$8

I got 2 $5 giftcards for the Poptarts and cookies. This brings my total OOP down to $2.30 after the giftcards. I used a giftcard for this, but will still add it to the budget

Cub
Wild Harvest $1.79, -$1/1 expired IP=$.79
Homelife lunch bags $1, -$1/1=Free
Cub 2pk milk $6.58
3 Carefree pantie liners $3.15, -$5/3=$1.85 overage
Total OOP $5.59

Kwik Trip
6pk chocolate donuts (for potluck) $.99
1 gallon milk=Free
2lbs Potatoes=$.37
Total OOP $1.36
I had coupons from the mail for the free milk, one free lb of produce, and the donuts.

Rainbow
2 Kemps cottage cheese $5.58
2.04lb plums $2.02
-$7 OYNO
=Total OOP $.60

Cub
20 cans of Chef Boyardee ravioli $10(raincheck with $10 OYNO WYB $20), 4 $1/5MF=20/$6
Lettuce $.40 with Cub coupon
Bacon $.40 with Cub coupon
Mayo $.40 with Cub coupon
2 Tomatoes $.80 with Cub coupon
Cub white bread $.40 with in ad coupon
6 Reach dental floss $6, -2 $5/3=$4 overage
3pk stuffed pork chops $11.52
3pk stuffed pork chops Free with BOGO in ad coupon
Total OOP $16.31


Walgreens
In light of the previous post I am just going to ad up the total OOP for all my Walgreens stops. I don't think anyone wants to read it twice and it would get rather long to type again.

Total OOP $7.71. $5.79 in cash and $1.92 in giftcards.
Total RR earned $24, + still owed $20 in RR for a total of $44 in RR.

Walmart
15 Reach Dental floss $.97, -5 $5/3 MF=$10.45 overage
17 Kraft mac n cheese $.66=$11.22
.95 tax
Total OOP $1.72

Total spent so far this month $42.69 + $7 OYNO at Rainbow
Total left to spend $42.31 +$24 in RR at Walgreens (I'm not going to add in the $20 still owed to me until I actually get it.)

How to blow your budget in three easy steps.

So I keep looking at the grocery money left for the month wondering where it all went. Well, I've come up with an answer for at least part of it. Walgreens. It all turned into RR good only at Walgreens. The whole ordeal goes something like this.

Step 1: Jason mentions on Sunday that he is out of allergy meds and would really appreciate some more.

Step 2: Look through ads and discover the best deal is at Walgreens which looks like this.

3 Tylenol Allergy Rapid Release $4.99
6 Carefree 22 count panty liners $1.22

Use
Walgreens in ad coupon for $.99 Carefree
3 $5/3 MF good on many products including both Carefree and Tylenol(These were in the Rainbow ad about three weeks ago. They were MF that expired on 9-10-08)


My OOP would $6 before tax and I would receive a $4 RR. I figured that $2 for 3 boxes of allergy meds was a pretty good deal.

Step 3: When I got to Walgreens I found out there was a $1.50 per box coupon in the monthly book which brought my OOP down to $1.41 after tax. To top it off instead of getting a $4 RR I got a $2 and $4 RR. Instead of paying $2 for everything I made $4.59.

Being I had a bunch of coupons left, and got Becca's extra coupons, so I planned on doing the deal as many times as possible the next day. I did it twice turning the day and then went in the evening and found an even better deal.

There was a sign under some of the liquid Tylenol cold med, buy 2 get $5. but 3 get $10. These also qualified for the $1.50 off Walgreens coupon so the OOP would still be $1.41, but instead of $6 in RR it would be $10.

I did two different orders like that, but the RR didn't print. The assistant manager wasn't sure what to do so she took my info and said she would talk with the manager first thing in the morning and call me. Well, they still owe me $20. She didn't call yesterday. I called today and was told she wasn't in and that they would leave a message, but the boy never took my name or # so not really sure that the "message" will actually get to her. I'm planning on stopping in with my receipts tomorrow.

My total OOP was $8.71 with $1.92 of that on a gift card. I did use some RR to lower my OOP, but couldn't use them on most transactions because it would not print out a new RR if I did. I know have $24 in RR with another $20 owed to be.

All told I ended up with 52 Carefree, 4 bottles of Children's Tylenol, 3 Tylenol Cold and Sinus 24ct, 8 bottles of Daytime/Nighttime Tylenol liquid cold meds, and 15 boxes of Tylenol Allergy meds.

I'm not really sure why it is only 52 Carefree because if I got 2 for every Tylenol it should be 60 Carefree.

Although this doesn't really explain where all my $ went so far this month at least I know where about $7 went. Plus, I have lots of RR to spend in the next two weeks on milk and other items.