The household budget for our family is $500 a month and includes all groceries, household products, diapers, health and beauty, 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.
Spending:
a friend shopped for me $2.00, saved $4.00
CVS spent: $.30, saved $4.59
Super1Foods: spent $3.54, saved $4.67
Target spent: $3.37, saved $20.12
Total Spent $9.21, Total Saved: $33.38
Money Made
Before I started blogging I would earn about $10 a week for a couple hours of time with these programs. Here are the monthly totals for the online programs that I use most often for rewards:
Inbox Dollars: updated monthly
Inbox Pays: updated monthly
Ipsos-Isay: updated monthly
MyPoints: updated monthly
Swagbucks: updated monthly
RewardPort: updated monthly
Zoombucks: updated monthly
Total Money Made: $22.00
Money saved this week: $33.38 + $22.00 = $55.38. This means $71.00 of DH’s salary saved (click here to see how I get this amount)
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-Sarah
The Little Hedgehog
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