My January Budget Review

 

 One of my resolutions was to start the year off right by keeping careful track of our spending, especially our grocery budget. Each month I will post a review of our grocery spending for the month and track our progress to lowering our grocery expenses.

I gave myself an ambitious goal of $50 per week, which came out to $250 this month (5 weeks). I honestly didn't think I would be able to make this happen right away, but I had my stockpile on my side. I already had months worth of medication, HBA items and household products stockpiled which as been a tremendous help in keeping our numbers down.

Here are the final tallies for January:

Shelf Price of Products Purchased: $861.60

Savings from Store/Loyalty Cards: $340.30

Savings from Coupons: $214.99

Savings from Mail in Rebates: $60.97

Total Saved: $616.30

Total Spent: $245.30

Savings Rate: 71.53%

I came in under budget by $5 - definitely a win!

If you want to track your savings and spending too - visit The Coupon Project and download their FREE budget and expense tracker. It was a lifesaver for me!