The household budget for our family is $400 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.
CVS and Walgreens Black Friday Weekend Sales
Spending
A Friend Shopped for Me spent $3, saved $3
Brookshire’s spent $34.21, saved $26.43
Walgreens spent $3.82 saved $125.92 (and increased my RRs by about $10)
Total Spent: $141.83 Total Saved $293.11
Money Made
Returns $2.87
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 Survey Panel: updated monthly
MyPoints: updated monthly
RewardPort: updated monthly
Swagbucks: updated monthly
Zoombucks: updated monthly
Total Money Made: $2.87
Money saved this week: $293.11 + $2.50 = $295.98 This means $379.46 of my husband’s salary saved (click here to see how I get this amount)
If you recall, I’ve been a few dollars over budget the past couple of months. This month I’m nearly $95 under budget, bringing me back to having a surplus. I don’t think I’ll have any problems staying within my budget for the year. 
