Can you believe it's been 5 weeks since I went grocery shopping? I certainly can't! When the kids and I finally went shopping again this week, it was quite exciting as I do love finding good grocery deals. After a successful no-spend month, I realized that we still have plenty in our stockpile and I'm going to TRY to be more selective on deals. I do love a good grocery shopping deal, so we'll see how that goes. Here's what I've bought to start March off. Andy did a quick run to Meijer last week for bananas, milk and 2 packages of diapers while the kids were under the weather. He bought … Read More...

Since it's nearing the end of the month (and the deals weren't too notable), my shopping trips were rather small. I did still go to Kroger and Meijer this week. Here's what I bought at Kroger. I picked up 6 boxes of pasta at $0.49 each. This is my stock-up price but we already have several boxes of pasta from the last sale so I didn't buy too much more. The kids and I do enjoy pasta! The Snicker bars were all free, thanks to old printable coupons. The Annie's mac and cheese was also free, thanks to last week's Friday freebie. I used a b1g1 free digital coupon on the ketchup and … Read More...

First of all, let me say thank you to everyone who commented on my 2016 grocery audit! It's nice to know that so many of you enjoy reading these weekly posts of mine. I'm a grocery budget geek who loves seeing what other people buy on a budget so it's nice to know that I'm not alone in that fact! My goal this year is to continue to share these posts with the occasional coupon and Ibotta link for the best deals. I am setting myself a monthly budget of $260 this year and I am determined to stick to it! I'm going to work at stretching my dollars and pennies as much as I can...and I hope it … Read More...