I am a stay at home mom with three wonderful kids. I have been married for over 8 years to my best friend. I am head over heals in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together. I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet. I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

My Weeks Budget review 11/15-11/21

Before sales coupons or sales this would have cost $321.34

But because I waited to match my coupons with a great sale

I was able to get it all for $64.16

Plus I got back $16 in catalina coupons that I can use like cash.

Walgreens $4.07 for details click here

Albertsons $4.30 for details click here

Walgreens FREE for details click here

Walmart FREE for details click here

Albertsons $47.08 for details click here

Walgreens $1.74 for details click here

Walgreens $2.98 for details click here

Walgreens $3.99 for details click here

3 comments to My Weeks Budget review 11/15-11/21

Ali Smith

November 28th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

I am just curious as to how you came up with the $16.90 total spent, when the one trip to Albies cost you $47.08? Just wasn’t sure if I was missing something here….lol. I’m good at missing stuff!
A Thrifty Mom

November 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

Before discounts: $321.34

After discounts: $69.69

Minus giftcards: $10.79

Minus Catalina: $42.00

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Grand Total: $16.90

We got $42 in catalina’s (or Register Rewards) Back.. Money in the pocket!
Meghan

November 28th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

Where did you get your giftcards from? Were they like catalinas?

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