Thursday, November 3, 2011

Weekly Shopping Trip November 2, 2011

As I said in my previous post I am going to be keeping track of the amount of money I spend on groceries as well as the amount of money I save by using coupons. I will be doing this for the month of November just to see how well I do with my $500 budget. I have been lazy lately and using the debit card instead of my envelope system and I know I have gone over these last couple months. This is hopefully going to get me back on track. Plus, I think it sounds kinda fun! So let's get started!

Oh and by the way, I will be keeping a running total of both what I spent and what I saved on the left sidebar.

Fareway Trip
Total spent: $29.47
Total saved with coupons: $3.25
The cereal was a stock up item and the pop was a splurge!

Hy-Vee TripTotal spent: $33.33
Total saved with coupons: $13.75
The cereal, sugar, hot dogs and bacon were all stock items.

After looking at my receipt I noticed that I was charged $.48 extra for 4 packages of hotdogs. So I should have saved an additional $1.92. Grr, guess I will have to talk to customer service next time I am in.

November total spent $62.80
November total saved with coupons $17.00

My savings for the week with just using coupons was 27%. If I factored in the items that were also on sale, that percentage would be higher.

4 comments:

  1. seems like i am always overcharged for something. aggravating!

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  2. Got over charged almost $5 at hyvee last week because young girl thought she could use her public school math skills instead of scanning the store coupons. And my kids were running around so I didn't notice. So don't feel bad

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  3. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the percentage. :( HELP!!!

    I just posted on my blog about my fun lil shopping trip this week!

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  4. At HyVee if they charge you the wrong price they refund the FULL amount, not the difference. It's totally worth it to go back in. I always scan my receipt in the parking lot before I leave. It's too hard to watch everything while I'm loading and dealing with kids, but worth it to go back in!

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