Grocery brag (week 11)... the work in progress in 2012

[2010ontest]

******* 2012 resume *******

week 1: oop = 67.48$ (total = 67.48$, average = 67.48$)
week 2: oop = 106.46$ (total = 173.94$, average = 86.97$)
week 3: oop = 209.35$ (total = 383.29$, average = 127.76$)
week 4: oop = 219.55$ (total = 602.84$, average = 150.71$)
week 5: oop = 22.46$ (total = 625.30$, average = 125.06$)
week 6: oop = 4.44$ (total = 629.74$, average = 104.96$)
week 7: oop = 20.99$ (total = 650.73$, average = 92.96$)
week 8: oop = 140.40$ (total = 791.13$, average = 98.89$)
week 9: oop = 104.02$ (total = 895.15$, average = 99.46$)
week 10: oop = 221.84$ (total = 1116.99$, average = 111.70$)
week 11: oop = 45.77$ (total = 1162.76$, average = 105.71$)

total 2012 coupons/points program used = 983.46$


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Last fall I try to lower my average grocery bill from 90$ to something between 50$ and 75$ a week for my family of 6 and our pets. I finish my 10 weeks sequence with an average of 75.65$.

[2010ontest]

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[katysmuma]

wow I am impressed! i have a family of six i think i will track how much we are spending too! great idea and wtg!!!

[Cocottee00]

YESSS !! I missed your brags ! I love to read them !! Glad to know that you are going to post them again

[lmartin65018]

Great job.. Like you I tend to spend more to stock up, but then don't have to buy much for a month or so. It sure feels good knowing if anything happened, we would not go hungry for quite a while. Look forward to reading your weekly reports, they are a great inspiration.

[supamama02]

thank you for your posts. It really helps to see what other people can do with their grocery budget. Way to go!

[Ceren]

I was looking forward to your weekly brags!! thanks for sharing them

[2010ontest]

YESSS !! I missed your brags ! I love to read them !! Glad to know that you are going to post them again

Thanks Ceren for that, she come and wrote a message on my visitor message box

[2010ontest]

wow I am impressed! i have a family of six i think i will track how much we are spending too! great idea and wtg!!!

This help to do alot of change!

Great job.. Like you I tend to spend more to stock up, but then don't have to buy much for a month or so. It sure feels good knowing if anything happened, we would not go hungry for quite a while. Look forward to reading your weekly reports, they are a great inspiration.

absolutly

thank you for your posts. It really helps to see what other people can do with their grocery budget. Way to go!

Thanks for reading!

I was looking forward to your weekly brags!! thanks for sharing them

Haha! This is your fault

[momgoneawol]

Awesome. I'm going to start tracking my weekly shops and see if I can get my average down. We only have family of 4 but my teen son eats enough to feed a small army.

[MamasitaDonna]

Thanks so much for this post; it gave me the idea to start this with my family as well, I think it will be fun knowing the average of my monthly food bills.

[Raedeen]

does cheese freeze well i have never tried it but always wondered as we do not go through alot but it would be nice to buy it when it is on a good sale

[$avvy$hopper]

woohoo! another great grocery brag...looking forward to reading of your updates 2010ontest! great job on the weekly/monthly average!

[$avvy$hopper]

does cheese freeze well i have never tried it but always wondered as we do not go through alot but it would be nice to buy it when it is on a good sale

I shred my cheeses first and then freeze them. It's wonderful to have on hand - easy to add to any dish (scrambled eggs, chilis, pasta sauces, quiche et al...right from frozen). When I froze it in a brick, it was all crumbly and too moist once thawed and doesn't slice well at all. So my tip is shred and freeze!