Today I went grocery shopping after work. Usually when I go, I’ll try and randomly grab maybe 3 or 4 coupons (and I usually feel pretty happy with those savings). Today I decided I would put my couponing skills to the test.
I brought a grand total of 10 coupons and my store had a $10 off day, so I ended up saving 73% off my grocery bill. My total was only $18.88 for everything! I’m very proud of the money I saved today. Especially since we needed all of the stuff I bought.
What’s your monthly grocery budget? Do you use coupons? Any couponing or grocery saving tips/hints should be posted!
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Ms Everyday says
August 11, 2011 at 7:20 pmHi I really need to clamp down on our shopping and see how much we spend. Looks like you have got a big haul for a great price. x
Jennifer @ The Thrif says
August 11, 2011 at 8:07 pmAwesome trip!
Tasmanian Minimalist says
August 12, 2011 at 12:33 amI am loving your blog. I will be back to check-in often, please visit me too if you have a chance. Be lucky X
jpkittie says
August 12, 2011 at 1:49 amgood job! I have a grocery budget of around 250 per month – sometimes it is a bit bigger if there is a holiday or smaller if i need to use up what I have 🙂
Michelle Parker says
August 12, 2011 at 3:29 amThanks! I would say this was my best shopping trip ever. I'm hoping to get my grocery budget down to $100. We eat out a lot since we are so busy all the time and we have opposite schedules, so we can't really eat at home together a lot.
Anna says
August 12, 2011 at 4:23 amI'm so bad about coupons!! I want to use them but I always forget =)It does look like you did an AWESOME job of shopping on the cheap. When I lived in California we'd go to this place called Max Mart which sold all of the essentials for super duper cheap. It was like Sams Club and BJs without the membership AND you didn't have to buy 5 years worth of supplies.
Michelle Parker says
August 12, 2011 at 4:59 amThanks! It helped that I had free coupons for both of the tampon boxes, the shaving cream, and the razors. 🙂
outsidetheboxmom says
August 12, 2011 at 8:10 amMichelle,Thanks for stopping by my site. Ruth at Living well spending less has some great tutorials on couponing. She will show you how to save 60-80% on your groceries. You can buy a lot of convenience food cheap to minimize going out to eat. Happy shopping!
Michelle Parker says
August 12, 2011 at 8:24 amI love livingwellspendingless.com! She is so efficient and frugal with her shopping.
Debi says
August 13, 2011 at 4:26 amGreat Job Michelle!
Michelle Parker says
August 14, 2011 at 4:55 pmThanks!
Laura @ Frugal Folli says
August 15, 2011 at 2:35 pmLooks like a nice haul there. I always love deals on cheese and on Cheerios. We go through a lot of both here! (We budget $80 per week for groceries and drug store items.)Thanks for linking up with Wednesday Weekly Shopping at Frugal Follies! I truly appreciate it! Next time, please link directly to the permalink of your posts and not to the main blog address itself. You can get the permalink by right-clicking on the title of the posts in your archive and choosing "Copy Link Location".
South County Girl says
August 15, 2011 at 4:43 pmwe do most of our shopping at Fresh and Easy because they give us generic coupons (like $6 off $30, or $10 off $50) so we can get a good deal on fresh produce and staples for our house…Other than that, we don't really coupon because we don't get the paper and we don't buy a lot of processed food… but we will use then for dinning out… and we will use coupons at costco when they mail them out.We also try to acquire free gift cards for some of our household supplies and that helps us out.
Michelle Parker says
August 15, 2011 at 6:00 pmI used to never coupon. I mainly coupon to get cheap quick food, makeup, and household stuff.
Lisa says
August 25, 2011 at 1:27 amMichelle, Coupons can save you soooo much money. You did a great job!
Lindsey says
April 21, 2016 at 7:59 amThose are amazing savings! Whenever I go to the store I can usually only get around 2-3 dollars off my total order if i’m lucky.
My Early Retirement Journey says
May 19, 2018 at 9:23 amThese early posts are funny to read when you look at where you are now. 🙂
DNN says
April 16, 2019 at 2:10 pmI slipped up again and haven’t been frugal. I saw some shoes, sneakers and a few shirts on sale. I’ve been ordering. It’s all good because I have a way of writing reviews as a way to possibly earn some of the $ gUaP $ back. 🙂