{"id":458,"date":"2012-08-03T00:49:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T00:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=458"},"modified":"2012-08-03T00:49:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T00:49:34","slug":"grocery-store-challenge-update-822012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Store Challenge Update 8\/2\/2012"},"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.
\nCVS- <\/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!
\nTotal Spent- <\/strong>$32.01<\/p>\n

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. Fast forward to last Saturday, stops at both CVS and Food Lion. CVS, I scan my card and received a free Children’s Gummy Vitamin. So I purchased a total of\u00a0 4 AMP energy drinks and the vitamins total spent\u00a0 $1 with 6 ECB earned. You can read the highlights of the Food Lion trip<\/a>, we spent $64.24. Definitely, failure.\u00a0 Total Spent<\/strong>– $84.24<\/p>\n

Week 3- <\/strong>This week started off much better. I stopped at CVS on Wednesday to complete the Suave deal. Purchased 2 bottles of Kid’s Shampoo and 4 bottles of Body Wash. Total Spent $5.84 with 4 ECB earned.\u00a0\u00a0 After looking over the Food Lion ad and realizing that we were completely out of milk and cheese, I decide that this week would also be a fail. We had to have the car serviced in Winston so I planned at stop at Target and Costco. Target was awesome, I purchased a swim top for me, dress for Lily, school supplies and cups and napkins for the party for $43. In the spirit\u00a0 of the challenge, I only purchased items at Costco that we were out of. I spent $150.00 Part of the rationale for my decision was that if I stuck to the challenge and purchased milk and cheese at Food Lion, I would have spent the $20 this week in addition to another $150 or more in 2 weeks when the challenge is over. In addition, I am on vacation next week so I want to have options to eat at home without the urge to spend money out on meals.<\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n

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