Weekly shopping totals for week ending 10/15: Saved 76%!

Here are my weekly grocery and drug store shopping totals for the week ending 10/15. They include how much I would have spent without sales and coupons, how much I saved and how much I actually spent. How did you do this week?

My weekly budget is $80/week and I spent $84.68 so a little over budget for the week. I am still within the monthly budget, though, because I spent so little 2 weeks ago.

Hey - tell me again why I have to stay within a budget to make ends meet but the entire government is somehow exempt from the same level of basic financial responsibility when they spend my money? Oh, sorry - that rant is probably better suited for another blog. :-)

Thankfully, no interventions were required for my husband and daughter this week as they had no unaccompanied grocery store outings.

Last week I shopped at Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, CVS, and Food lion.

Take the total amount saved divided by the total cost of the products before sales and coupons.

How did you do this week?