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March is half-way over, and I'm going to take a look at where I stand. My goal for March is to spend no more than $300.

Total Spent: $136
Total Saved: $89
Total Purchased: $225
Percentage Saved: 40%

I'd like to get this percentage up. I think this is what I will look for as a goal, though a secondary one. My main goal will always be to meet my monetary goal of $300 a month.

We bought a chest freezer this month, and plan to put it...

Yes, I know it's March. I had some dental problems that caused a lot of pain from the beginning of February through last week. I'm just now feeling like I'm back in the land of the living.

Again, our budget was $300 for the month. Looking back at my figures, it looks like we spent $257. This is great! Especially since we got a lot of good deals thanks to the gift certificate my husband got at work.

Spent: $257
Saved: $290
Total for purchases: $547
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My husband helped out at work during the ice storm we were hit with earlier this year. His employer is generous and gave us a $100 gift card to Kroger in return for my husband making it in to work those days.

We used about half of the card this week.

February totals so far:

Total Spent: $145
Total Saved: $190 including $55.17 in gift cards (about $135 without GC)
Percentage saved: 57%
Percentage saved without gift card: 40%
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I wanted to post a few of the numbers from January's grocery sales, and try to gain some perspective on my grocery shopping. First off, January was an awful month for our budget. We went $82 over our budget of $300. Let's look at some of the numbers.

I spent $382 at Meijer and Kroger.
I saved $247.
The grand total for my purchases was $629.

If I look at each store, I see a different picture. I do most of my "deal" shopping at Kroger. I also...