Back in November, I found a “stockpile” list on line and with a few changes, I posted it here. With the financial changes we are facing in a couple of months, one of the ways we are preparing is by building the “stockpile”. As I was reading over on Southern Savers, I realized that Food Lion has it “special brands sale.” Basically this give you a quarter back for each of the store items you purchase, in the form of a catalina. After reading further, I realized that they also had several items on a great sale. So we decided to make a trip to Food Lion. I rarely go to Food Lion simply because of their higher price and the fact that they do not double coupons. Ketchup, mustard and BBQ sauce are all on sale @0.88 with the sale this make each 0.63, this is the lowest I have seen any of these items. They also had there soda on sale for 0.89 with the additional discount that was 0.64 each. I purchased a total of 46 items of the store brand including bread and milk. While shopping I also discovered wing drumette marked down. I grabbed these for our Super Bowl party. I did seperate my purchase out to 3 transaction to use the catalina and not have any left. While putting these items away, I realized that we have added a lot to the stockpile this month. So I decided to check out the list vs what we actually have. I am about 4 items short but these are not things I will run out and buy but probably will just grab extra the next time I buy them. So now what?
If you watch any of the shows on TV, you see they just keep adding and adding and adding. Not me! I am not planning on adding to the stockpile unless an item is free or what I consider a stock up price. So I will continue to buy items especially at CVS and also watch the sales at other places. But for now, I just want to maintain this level of stuff. So unless,it is a great deal it won’t be coming to my house! I also have managed to spend only $600 of our $800 budget so far this month. I know this will go up at least by $50 but that still is awesome for us and below budget!