{"id":477,"date":"2012-08-12T11:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=477"},"modified":"2012-08-12T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T16:39:45","slug":"grocery-store-challenge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Store Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<br \/>\n<strong>Week One Shopping:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Total Spent- <\/strong>$32.01<br \/>\n<strong>Week Two Shopping:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>Total Spent<\/strong>&#8211; $84.24<br \/>\n<strong>Week Three Shopping:\u00a0\u00a0 Total Spent-<\/strong>\u00a0$<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>198.84<\/p>\n<p>Week Four Shopping: This week we are definitely back on track. Since I am on vacation, Matt and I hit Harris Teeter for Super Doubles at 7am on Wednesday. We spent $21.64, saved\u00a086.06 or 80%. I also managed to hit CVS this week to stock up on Tide. This remains the one item that I am brand loyal on so to hit a stock up price is awesome. I spent 23.51 saved 39.11 or 62% including enough Tide for 6 to 8 weeks. <strong>Total Spent $ 45.15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflection: <\/strong>According to the number I was success for 2 of the 4 weeks. But in reality I was able to reduce my normal budget of $800 to $361 or less than half, that makes it a success!\u00a0 I am at least looking at my food budget differently now instead of cool this is a good deal let me stock up or we are going to need this in the next month so I will buy it now, I am now looking at the things in my pantry going unless we are out lets hold off purchasing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is my challenge? 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. 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