Shopping trip #1

As the second day of the new year dawned (okay, before it dawned) I headed to Albertson's. They had double coupons and there were just a few things that I wanted. Here is the list of things that I purchased:

2 bottles of juice

2 bottles of olive oil

2 gallons of milk

4 packages of hot pocket snackers

My total was: $11.88

Later in the day I headed off to Idaho Falls to go to Target. I only purchased 2 things:

2 Lunchables

Total: $1.00

So my grand total for the first shopping day was: $12.88

Not too bad! I hope I can stay close to this total for every week in 2012!

New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Years!

With the new year I have been thinking about what kinds of things I could resolve to do and actually do it.

Last year on a blog that I read frequently (like almost everyday), Fabulessly Frugal, a woman named Mavis made a goal of only spending $1,200 on groceries for the entire year! Isn't that amazing? She is a couponer (like me) and is obviously experienced. So, I decided to try to spend less on groceries. That is the point of couponing, right?

So, my goal is to spend $1,500 on groceries this year. I'm pretty worried but I really feel like I can do it. That would come out to $125 a month. When I would coupon before Addie was born I would spend about $20-$25 on groceries every week. I really think I can stick to this again.

Here are some ways that I'm planning on achieving my goal:

1. Couponing (was that a given?)

2. Get a bountiful basket possibly once a month (I do want us to eat healthy too)

3. Have a garden, last year's was great, I hope we can do that again

4. This also means eating from our pantry more (which is why we have a pantry right?)

Anyway, I am going to try to blog about my grocery shopping experiences so that I stay on track and I have people to stay accountable to. I can use a lot of encouragement and help so if you have any ideas, I'm willing to hear them!

Tomorrow starts a new year of shopping (luckily there are doublers at Albertson's to kick it off right)!