Saved 78% this Week

I am going to try and keep my budget at $40 a week now that my oldest left for college. I wasn't sure if it was doable, but I was pleased with how much I was able to buy this week for $40.

Schnucks

I picked up the Steamfresh vegetables on Sunday since they were still on sale, and the coupon for them came out in the paper. And I drove out to the Twin Oaks store to take advantage of them matching Shop 'n Save's $10 off $50 Thursday deal. Since I had $3.50 coupons for Wanchai Ferry frozen meals, this week I thought it was worth my time and gas money.

Before coupon & sales: $80.00
Total spent: $12.13
Total saved: $76.87 for 85%

Shop 'n Save

My goal is to spend less than $10 per Thursday shopping trip at Shop 'n Save, but I didn't have a Catalina coupon to use, so I couldn't reach my goal. Next week, I'll start with a $5 Catalina.

Before coupons & sales: $73.15
Total spent: $15.13
Total saved: $58.12

Sappington Farmers' Market & Johnny's Market

I picked up apples at Johnny's and used the $1 off $3 produce coupon. What a great deal, 6lbs. of apples for $2.18.

Comparable Schnucks price: $12.30
Total spent: $4.38
Total saved: $7.92 for 64%

Aldi

Comparable Shcnucks price: $18.76
Aldi price: $13.14
Total saved: $5.62 for 30%

Weekly Totals
Before coupons & sales: $184.21
Total spent: $44.78 - $3.99 rebate check I received = $40.79
Total saved: 143.42 for 78% savings

Totals since April 1st
Total spent: $1131.64 ($47 weekly average)
Total saved: $4406.78 ($184 weekly average)