This blog was started with a personal challenge to myself back in July. Now it's time for another one.
Okay, so the month of November I will really be testing my savings skills. It's going to be a tight month financially for our household for reasons I'm not going to go into. But we are going to have to squeeze pennies out of everywhere.
I mentioned in a previous post about how much I've cut my grocery bill. You can read the post for specifics but in a nutshell I've cut my average monthly grocery spending by $220/month in the last 4 months. My goal has been to keep it at $350 a month. So far, September was the lowest at $377.
My personal challenge to myself this month (November) is to only spend $250 on groceries.
This means I will probably pass on some deals. I plan to only buy what we need this month and rely heavily on things I have stockpiled.
We have 550 diapers (I've found some great deals this month so we've really stocked up!) and since Gavin just turned a year, he's coming off of formula after we finish up what we have. So that's great for the pocket book!
I also took advantage of the deal on Cottonelle toilet paper and Dove soap at Target last week which earned me a $5 gift card and gave me a stockpile of those two items. I also earned a $5 gift card for purchasing Huggies too. So I have $10 in gift cards I can use at Target to get some things this month.
So I'll will update on my progress throughout the month and lets see if I can accomplish my goal of $250 on groceries.
We also will not be eating out, ordering pizza or taking any family excursions that cost us anything this month either. (I think we'll survive one month!)
I also welcome your penny pinching suggestions!
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Awesome Tabitha!! I know you can do it! This is a good month for you to come to my class. You are coming right??
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ReplyDeleteI wanted to mention that I use homemade cleaning products and laundry detergent. I know it has saved me a lot of money. If you have not considered this penny pinching idea,you might try it. Check out the book, Clean House, Clean Planet by Karen Logan. LOVE IT! Your local library might have it or you might be able to check out a little of the text on amazon. The laundry detergent reciepe will have to be searched on google or www.tipnut.com I forgot to add that you can go cheap on fabric softner too. Just check out the tipnut site for more information.
Kristin, yes I am coming!
ReplyDeleteLinnsw - thanks for the comment! I have not tried homemade cleaning products simply because I have had a small stockpile and have not needed to buy any since I've started my "couponing adventure". But it's something I will definitely look into in the future. Is there a dishwasher detergent recipe? Because I'm running low and will need some this month!
Thanks for reading my blog!