Meijer

Ok, so I feel really good about my shopping trip this week. Just hope I can keep it up.

So this week at Meijer I spent $64.37 and saved $72.99. Not too bad if you ask me.

There are some really good deals at Meijer this week.

Meijer 2/15/09

So I am still with in my budget this week but I spent more then I want to. Meijer has seasoned chicken marked down so I bought several packages. Which I had not planned on. And with my son wanting to pack lunch this week there were several item I picked up that I had no coupons with me for. Which is making me re-think how I organize my coupons. I met another blogger and couponaholic at Meijer. Check out her site twocheapchicks.blogspot.com. She offers beginner and advanced coupon classes. I am really interested in finding out others strategies to see if it will help me.

So to the nitty gritty I spent $108.75 and saved $62.11 a 57% savings.

Meijer 2/1/09

Again, I am a week behind. I do not have a picture of last weeks buys. It was Meijer Brand Sale. So coupons were not so much. I spent $88.00 and some change and saved $37.00 and some change. I know not to bad.

As I read other blogs I hear of family spending $60.00 a week to feed families of 5 or more. What am I doing wrong? There are only 3 of us and I can not seen to get much below $80.00. My freezers are full and so are the cabinets.

The problem last week was I did not sit down and meal plan. We ate at home all week but last night. Dinners seemed to be just tossed together not to appetizing. I need to sit down and meal plan for next week. Hopefully my grocery ads will arrive soon.

Meijer 1/25/09

This week as I went through and made up my menu for the week. There were ingrediants I needed that I did not see in Meijer's add, all to find they were on sale and I did not bring my coupons for it. I need to come up with a back up plan so I have some coupons with me for those types of items. As a family we are stuck in a rut of what to eat each night that is some what healthy. So tha tally this week is I spent $74.09 and saved $32.30. On my way home I realized I forgot a few items so I ran into Kroger and spent $5.11 and only saved $1.43. The one good thing is my freezers are filled to the rim.

Meijer 1/18/09

Ok so I am a week behind. Not really sure what is happening. I am in a bit of a funk with grocery shopping. I would really like to get my bill down to around that $30-$40 mark for about $100.00 worth of stuff. Just not quite there. This week I found my self falling back into that bad habit of picking up things that were not on my list and I did not have a coupon for. I still stayed below budget I spent $77.39 and saved $31.12.

Meijer

So in my shopping yesterday I did not take a picture of my buys however I spent $19 and saved $28.00. There were a few items I picked up that I did not have coupons for however the items were on sale(no coupons avail). They were still good deals so it was OK by me.

Meijer Second Trip

There were so many good deal this week I think I am going to dip into my saving from last week and pick up a few more things to stock pile on. The Green Giant veggie are just to good to pass up. Well when they are free after coupon you can never go wrong. Plus we eat them every day. And I have been know just to pack a box of veggies for lunch. Double duty you could say. Some of the other items I can freeze.

Happy shopping today and stay warm.