{"id":446,"date":"2012-07-27T01:16:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T01:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=446"},"modified":"2012-07-27T01:16:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T01:16:23","slug":"grocery-store-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Store Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is my challenge? <\/strong>Spend as close to $20 a week at Food Lion over the next 4 weeks while purchasing items we need or to add to the stockpile based on sales. I am also going to give myself $10 a week to spend at CVS to keep rolling ECB. So that is a total of $30 a week for the next 4 weeks to feed our family of 6.<\/p>\n

Week One Shopping:<\/strong> I stopped at Food Lion after work on Wednesday. I purchased Coffee Filters (a need), 2 12 pack rolls of toilet paper, 1 6 pack of paper towels and 3# of ground beef. I used the 5\/25 and 2 $0.75 coupons on the toilet paper. Total spent $20.15, saved 12.50. I also got a Catalina coupon for $2 off $10 of the house brand products. My plan is to save this for next week to use to increase my saving.<\/p>\n

CVS- <\/strong>After looking at the ad on Thursday and Friday, I decided that their were really only one deal that started on Sunday that I would be interested in. So Friday night, Matt and I headed to CVS to use his card for another Twizzlers deal , free candy and an I-Tunes card. I was surprised to learn that I could not use ECB for the purchase of an I-Tunes card.\u00a0 I ended up spending $12.01 with a total of 7 ECB for the next couple of weeks!<\/p>\n

Total Spent- <\/strong>$32.01<\/p>\n

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Week Two- <\/strong>Matt and I went to Food Lion on Wednesday night. I had a list of four items that we were completely out of. So I purchased Olive Oil, Sour Cream, Freezer Bags, Sandwich Bags, 4 2L Sodas and a pack of gum.\u00a0 Total Spent $19.00. I did receive another Catalina coupon for $1.50 off 10 of the house brands.<\/p>\n

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Thoughts<\/strong>– Because of the challenge this week, I know I have saved money. Food Lion is currently running several “stock up deals” including Ground Beef for $1.99 and canned veggies are 0.30. I resisted the urge on Wednesday. I am planning to head back to Food Lion on Saturday to buy a couple of party supplies but these will\u00a0 not be counted in the budget as I gave myself an out because of the Birthday Party.<\/p>\n

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Any one want to share?<\/p>\n

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