Running Total: Spent
$445.81
$0 Days:
6/10
Groceries ($200)-
$59.93
Eating Out ($100)-
$110.41
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($200) $275.47
I was never keeping track of this stuff, but I think I will start, but won't add it to my budget just yet.
Xtras: $130 (3 U2 Tickets at Busch Stadium), $70 (3 Imagination Movers Tix at Rosemont theater), $300 (Car Insurance Premium for 6 months), $60 (City Stickers), $42 (Eye Exam-didn't have money in my HSA for this at the time and wanted the free glasses today!): Total $602
Decided to start a weekly budget, maybe this way I won't get too discouraged
WEEK 3:
$73.41 left Groceries
Week 4:
$46.67 left Groceries
Week 5:
$20 left Groceries
WEEK 1 BEGIN: Spent $154.18
1-
$0
2- $7.27 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2.30 (Jewel-Groceries), $2.39 (Dominick's-Groceries), $10.13 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $3.29 (Dollar Tree-Shopping) (Coupon Savings-$32.20) (Sale Savings- $40.20)
3- $42.35 (Toys R Us- TS3, wall clock, popcorn tin, and Phineas and Ferb xmas special- Got Back a $10 GC and $5 in Rewards money), $2.23 (Walgreens-Groceries), $1.48 (CVS-Groceries), $4.09 (Burger King-Eating Out) (Coupon Savings- $33) (Sale Savings- $36)
4-
$0
5- $7.86 (Target-Groceries), $8.99 (
Crocs.com-Shopping) CVS- was out of the stuff I wanted so I got a raincheck (Coupon Savings- $16.50) (Sale Savings- $34)
6- $26.48 (Lane Bryant-Shopping bought 4 shirts and a pair of shorts), $20 (Crocs-Shopping two pairs of Crocs), $15.32 (Dairy Queen-Eating Out) (Sale Savings- $132)
WEEK 2 BEGIN: Spent: $180.40
7- $30.57 (Button Factory-Eating Out)
8-
$0
9- $7.97 (McDonalds- Eating Out), $3.28 (Meijer-Groceries), $1.60 (Target- Groceries), $2.96 (Jewel- Groceries), $8 (Meijer-Headlight) (Coupon Savings- $36.11) (Sale Savings- $25.88)
10-
$0
11- -$3.00 (Groceries-Walgreens), $5 (Eating Out-Obeirweis) (Coupon Savings- $18.00) (Sale Savings- $5.50)
12-
$0
13- $87 (Oil Change-needed a cabin air filter and a reg air filter-Misc), $.47 (Groceries- CVS), $4.04 (Aldi's-Groceries), Target-Free Eggs (didn't even have to pay tax!), $.51 (Jewel-Groceries), $29 (Five Guys-Eating Out) (Coupon Savings- $20.04) (Sale Savings- $19.43)
WEEK 3 BEGIN: Spent: $122.20
14- $3.10 (Dollar Tree-Misc.), $2.80 (Kohls-Misc.), $2 (Culver's-Eating Out) (Coupon Savings-$10) (Sale Savings-$18)
15- $20 (Hair Cut-Misc)
16- $9.25 (McDonald's-eating out)
17- $0 (Jewel and will get back 2 free movie tickets and $10 free concession cash), $16.17 (Walgreens-Groceries), $5.05 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $1.02 (Ultra Foods-Groceries) ($39.90 Coupon Savings), ($31.38 Sale Savings)
18- $41.48 (Target-Shopping, bought pair of pants, 3 pairs of pj shorts, kandoo wipes, The Ladybug game and Tag Reader Toy Story 3 Bundle), $1.60 (Meijer-Groceries), $7.75 (Ultra Foods-Groceries), $11.98 (Coastal Contacts-Shopping, just shipping for my free prescription glasses) (Coupon Savings- $108.05) (Sale Savings- $49.96)
19-
$0CVS got a bunch of rainchecks, but nothing was in stock

guess it is good had a $0 because of it.
20-
WEEK 4 BEGIN:
Budget: $500....89%
Month: 19/30: 63%
My savings from coupons ($315) and sales ($392.35): $707.35