The household budget for our family is $500 a month and includes all groceries, household products, clothing, gifts, decorations and newspapers. A little on the lean side? Perhaps, but it works for our family. Whether your number is $300 or $1000, you should do what works for your family.
Walgreens and CVS
3 Stores, 3 Transactions
spent $.40, saved $72.31
Spending:
Brookshire’s spent $11.69, saved $12.95
Cut Hubby’s Hair Myself spent: $0.00, saved $13.00
CVS: spent $0.25, saved $40.30
JCPenneys: spent $0.00 (19.50 on Christmas GC), saved $64.98
Super1Foods: spent $11.98, saved $14.94
Walgreens spent $0.15, saved $32.01 (I burned some RRs rather than roll on items I didn’t want)
Total Spent $64.12, Total Saved: $178.18
Money Made
Craigslist: $4.50
Inbox Dollars: $0.38
Inbox Pays: $1.80
MyPoints: $.21
RewardPort: $.20
Swagbucks: $4.51
Zoombucks: $.22
Total Money Made $11.82
$178.18+$11.82= $190.00 This means $243.59 of DH’s salary saved (click here to see how I get this amount)