Friday, July 8, 2011

Monthly Spending Summary (June)

Aren't they beautiful!?

Whew! I spent more this month than I have in a while. And then besides I got blueberries and strawberries too. I hadn't done any figuring so I was a little scared that I had totally used up all the extra money I had been saving, so I was rather relieved to see there is still some left. I'm going to be buying peaches and apples soon so I'm sure that will eat up the rest of it. I expect that in the next month or two I'll be in the red and have to work myself out.

Monthly Grocery/Household Budget: $190


Total Spent: $204.46
Total Saved with Coupons/Sales: $405.28

Week 1: $31.37
Week 2: $24.15
Week 3: $24.16
Week 4: $34.59
Week 5: $90.19

Other Expenses: $243.98
This was for 40 lb. of blueberries and 80 qt. strawberries. We ate some of both fresh but then I froze the rest and we'll enjoy them in smoothies, in desserts, plain and mixed with other fruit the rest of the year. Every year I kind of gasp at the amount when it comes to forking over the money for fruit, but every year I decide it is worth it. We love fruit and I figure it is not only healthy, but doing it this way also ends up being cheaper than buying fresh fruit or frozen fruit throughout the year at a grocery store.

For instance, I paid $1.60/lb. for the blueberries. I was looking at ice cream at Giant the other day and noticed that their frozen blueberries were $3 something a lb. It was then I realized that buying fruit in bulk like this and doing the work of freezing it on my own is really a lot cheaper.

Credits: $25.65
This was from two different rebates that I did.

Ending Monthly Balance: $11.19
Balance carried from Jan.-May: $350.32

Ending Annual Balance: $95.15 (deducted the strawberries and blueberries from my balance and this is what is left)
- In case you are confused, this is the amount I have left over for the year. This comes from being under budget in some previous months. So basically I am ahead by $95.15 for the year.

3 comments:

  1. Where do you get your fruit in bulk? Kayla

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  2. Sorry Kayla, I just now saw this. I got the blueberries at Shady and the strawberries from an Amish guy over towards Gap. I buy apples and peaches from Beilers orchards typically, although occasionally Centerville Bulk Foods has bushels of them cheaper than Beilers. There is another Amish guy close to White Horse that I get some produce from. He's incredibly cheap (think $12 for 100 ears of corn) and has nice stuff. Does that help or just make it more confusing? :)

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  3. :) a little confusing but now I know who to ask in the future:)
    Thanks

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