UPDATE: Giveaway has ended. Kimberly McLean Flack guessed within $5 of “Saved”.  I saved $63.12 + I got $10 back in catalinas.  No-one guessed spent – I spent $45.88 OOP – I didn’t have any previous catalinas to roll into this deal    Thanks for playing – see ya’ next Saturday for another round!

I haven’t done a Guess What I Spent & Saved for a few weeks!  This week I still haven’t made it to Walgreen’s to get my free razors, I’m guessing they are gone already.  But I still want to go!  I don’t need them; maybe I’m just a slight couponing addict? If its free, its calling to me…

Anyways, you know how this works:

• First person to guess within $5 how much I spent OOP get $30 in clipped coupons.
• First person to guess within $5 how much I saved (including catalinas) gets $30 in clipped coupons.
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My maximum budget is $100 per week for our family of four.

This week I spent $108.86. I’m in the red! I will make up for it next week or my husband will take away my shopping privileges; he is serious this time!

This week I saved $179.16 = $62% savings

How did you do?

Spent $47.85. Saved $118.15.

Total for this week: I paid $69.00 for $101.99 worth of groceries; I saved: $32.99 (I am disappointed)

I am doing a new thing where at the end of the week I show all that I spent for the week. This way at the end of the month I can see how much money I am spending monthly.  I have  a family of 4, so anything under $100 per week for all food, drinks, eating out, toiletries, haircare products, diapers and baby formula is my goal. I have 2 kids in diapers, so this may sound ambitious but I accomplished it this week!

Here is my second weekly review:

Total for this week: I paid $64.48 for $213.97 worth of groceries; I saved: $149.49 (70%!!!)

I am doing a new thing where at the end of the week I show all that I spent for the week. This way at the end of the month I can see how much money I am spending monthly.  I have  a family of 4, so anything under $100 per week for all food, drinks, eating out, toiletries, haircare products, diapers and baby formula is my goal. I have 2 kids in diapers, so this may sound ambitious but I accomplished it this week!

Here is my first weekly review:

$20.25, detailed breakdown here (saved $28.24)