Great Deals at Big Lots!

I know I'm over my grocery budget, but I found some great deals!

Premium Saltine Crackers for .85 cents a box! ( I got 2, I love them!)
8 pk Lemonade Gatorade for 2.75$

More grocery recipts - April!

Left Of Budget: 188.94$

4/4 Biglots

12 pk bottled Water
1 lb animal crackers
(4) jars stage 2 baby food
bathroom cleaner
(10) 32oz G2
pancake mix
mashed potato mix
vanilla frosting
6 pk diet pepsi
pampers wipes

total: 29.66$

4/4 Walmart

Bread
Cherrios
advil
velveta
steak
frozen ravioli
(4)taco seasoning packs
infant ibprofin
jr tylonol
luvs diapers
pack of strawberries
soda
pint of ice cream
pack of meat
10 jars beechnut baby food
sliced cheese
eggs

saved in coupons 3.50$
total 65.02

Left of budget: 94.26$

4/10 Biglots

6pk diet pepsi
(6) 32 oz G2s
hot sauce
2 jars baby food
lemon juice
mashed potato mix
nerds candy
(2) cup of noodles

Total: 14. 83

4/10 Walmart

frozen french fries
frozen chicken nuggets
(2) cans black beans
(2) cans hormel chili no beans
(5) packs jello pudding
(2) velveta
ranch dressing
(4) vanilla yogurts
refried beans
(3) bags shredded cheese
powerade
package deli ham
butter
tortillas
5lb bag flour
eggs
(10) jars baby food
3 pks gerber baby food
tampons
hair gel
diapers

saved in coupons: 3.90
total: 80.11$

left in budget: -0.68

GRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Over again?! This is getting ridiculous! I mean...Seriously! LOL The only thing were going to need are fresh things and diapers for the rest of the month.

Car Insurance Savings

I saved money switching our car insurance!!

Zack was paying 155$(State Farm) a month for his and mine was 72$(Allstate) a month. Since we still live at my moms house she switched it to hers so everybody could drive all the cars(we have 3 cars). Our total now is 143$(Allstate) a month...FOR BOTH OF US! Thats a savings of 86$ a month! We also got the discount for being married.

April Grocery Budget receipt!

Starting: 280$

As I said in the last post! I went shopping a little early for april!

Walmart!
81.04$
saved in coupons: 4.70$

Jar of salsa
(2)boxes of crakers
boca chicken patties
loaf of bread
frozen ravioli
half gallon milk
bag of chocolate
sun laundry soap
(2) pringles
hair gel
tide laundry soap
(4)chocolate yogurts
10 jars beechnut baby food
a1 steak sause
saltine crackers
package of steak
eggs
parents choice diapers
G2 8 pk!


Left Of Budget: 198.96$

Biglots!
10.02$

(8) 32oz G2's
4 jars 3rd stage beechnut baby food(.25cents each!!)
chai peppermint tea mix

Left of budget!: 188.94$

April Grocery Budget!

We're in for 280$ again! I'd better get a move on with coupons and such! I'd already gone shopping for the first week. I'll need to edit this post later to put in the total so far.

We are also doing a 3 week spending freeze again!

The bad news: My truck fuel pump broke! The place we got it towed wanted to charge us 900$ NOT including labor. Next place I called wanted 710$ including labor, the next place wanted 615$ including labor, and then I called my dad and just told me that my husband(oh, btw, I got married!) would be able to do it himself, no problem. So I called the auto parts store, and they charge 282$ for the part! I love that now I know how to look around for the best deal!! LOL anyways...the pump is on the approved spending list!

Also, soon, my other blog will be my 'business' I guess you can say. Handmade by Jessica! I'll be selling my homemade cards, as a hobby, to support my craft store addiction. Either way, if nothing happens with it, I can still give the cards away as gifts for birthdays and christmas and such.

I love this feeling!

Theres a total of 300$ left on both of our credit cards! This will be paid off really soon, and I'm so excited! We paid off most of it with our tax refund which was great. They keep uping my limit on there after almost 3 years of having the card. It started at 700$ and now is up to 3,000$ which is bad....but it all happened within a few months.

So...Heres my March grocery budget....already over!:(

Starting budget: 280$
Walmart. 117.79$ - saved in coupons 4.65$
Walmart. 97.52$ - saved in coupons 9.35$
Smiths 24.09$ - saved in coupons/and store card 10.74$
Big Lots 3.42$
Walgreens 8.98$
Smiths 25.89$ - saved in coupons 2.25$
Smiths 30.18$ - saved in coupons 7.28$

total: 307.87$ saved in coupons 34.27$
HORRIBLE! Over by 27.87$

My boyfriend and I are on another spending freeze. We have our approved list, and our grocery budget is going to be 280$ for April. I'm going to go shopping weekly with a budget of 70$to see if its easier for me to shop for the week. We'll see how it goes...I might switch back in the middle of the month.

Shame on me!

I have been super busy! Its been FOREVER since I've posted.

I've still been keeping up with my grocery budget and such. :)

I've been thinking about starting a little home business but I dont know where to start! Everywhere I've looked said go to blogger and start up a page with the products on it! I have no idea.

I'll keep it updated!