My goal for 2009 is to only spend $40 per week at the grocery store and to use that extra savings to grow our emergency fund to six months worth of living expenses.
For 5 weeks in April I spent $168.88 versus a budget of $198.28 ($40 x 5 - $1.72 overage from March). That leaves me an extra $29.40 to carry into May.
Each week you see I list how much I save with coupons. I added that to my spreadsheet so I can see how much I save over a month or year with coupons. In April, I saved $454.10 with coupons and year to date I’ve saved $1063.70. That’s just manufacturer coupons – not Extra Bucks.
So far we have 34% of our goal of 6 months of living expenses. Not as much as I had hoped to have at this point in the year but we are still dilligently saving so I guess I can be proud of that.
That’s my progress. How are you doing with your goals?
Shellie loves to share her frugal finds to help you get more with less. A spender at heart, she balances her frugal lifestyle with the occassional splurge.
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good work! you are definitely doing better than me. Somehow the girls keep wanting me to buy them medicine. Buck up girls!
That is awesome! You are doing a great job! =)
My husband got laid off and we wouldn’t make it 6 months without the severance pay he got! He’ll get unemployment benefits too. So we’ll actually make it a pretty long time without a job. But still. It’s so important to save and you are doing an amazing job!
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