doing good so far!

Well, let's see.......since I last posted, I did the hot dog, bun and watermelon deal at Jewel (Albertsons) adding Gatorade at the last minute and spent $6.17 and had savings of $24 something. I also went to Walmart for school supplies, did really well on that and also bought my 2 sure deodorants for the mail in rebate using a coupon each on the deodorants. I also bought Honey nut cheerios and Lucky charms with the q's I had. My total was $34.82 and I had a total of $8.55 in q's. Friday I did the diaper deal again at Walgreens and with my 5.00 rebate back I bought a cute candle that was on clearance for the family room I just painted. Today though was my best at Walgreens yet.....I bought 5 powerades, 2 schick razors, 3 boxes of cereal all for $11.17 and had $23.60 in savings. I used 3 Powerade q's, B1G1 for the razors, and 2 $1.00 off the cereal plus the Powerade q in this weeks flyer, and the 2.00 off from the July savings ad. Not bad for a newbie!!

So for me it is really about changing my thought process since I now have more razors, diapers, and powerades than ever in this house, but I won't need them for quite awhile. Especially since Powerades are treats and we drink mostly water and juice.

I did do the math and added all my receipts and my savings......I was shocked!!! I thought I was pretty frugal but doing these deals has made me see that I can really pinch it if I pay attention to the sales ads, keep my q's organized and go to more than one store. So far since June 25th I have spent $140.00 and saved......drumroll please $104. and some change!! This total does not include the 114.00 I spent at Aldi on July 5th since that was normal grocery shopping for me. I hope to keep adding to my stashes around here so that next week when I go to Aldi and our harvest market I will only spend 50.00 total......that will shock the hubby!! I al;so took 100 from my paycheck and put it in an envelope that I hope will not need to be used until Christmas!