My savings so far.....

Well, I grabbed all of my receipts and started totaling everything up, wanted to check to see how much I've saved over the last 2 weeks of starting all of this...and it's quite impressive for me being a newbie...

2/28/09

Rite Aid

Total: $64.75
Saved: $ 11.75
Paid: $ 53.00

Kroger

Total: $ 100.81
Saved: $ 38.71
Paid: $ 62.10

3/3/09

Kroger

Total: $ 122.83
Saved: $ 47.82
Paid: $ 75.00

3/7/09

Meijer

Total:$ 117.76
Saved:$ 41.62
Paid:$ 76.14

So, for the last 2 weeks, I've saved $139.90 on my grocery bill, and paid $ 266.20 and that's in just the first 2 weeks!! Normally I would spend over $400.00 in groceries to feed my family of 6, so I think that I've done a wonderful job!

I know that I bought things that I wouldn't normally buy, like toothpaste, I now have 4 tubes of toothpaste, but I know that I won't run out anytime soon. They were on sale for 2/$3.00 and I had 2 $.75 coupons, so I got crest for $.75 each, which is a steal!
So now for the next 2 weeks, I shouldn't really need anything from the grocery store except milk, bread, and maybe some meat, but I kinda stocked up on that too..lol.
But, I'm going to run for Sunday's paper, and then check the sales out, and maybe stock up on a few things and get my stockpile going, that way I can save even more money.