Saturday Savings - Decisions, Decisions

I had a tough decision to make this weekend in regards to my weekly shopping trip. I had $9 left in my grocery budget for the month of February. March begins tomorrow. Should I just shop on Sunday or Monday so that I could brag that I'd come in under budget for February, meaning I fed my family for just over $300 ($301) or should I go buy some milk and eggs and try to make it until next week, thus giving me more of a head start budget wise for the month of March?

Oh decisions, decisions!

I finally decided it would be more beneficial in the long run for me to try to make it further into March before diving into my grocery money. This morning I headed to Aldi to buy 2 gallons of whole milk (I had some milk here at home still from last week's trip), a dozen eggs and some tissues for the 3 runny noses currently residing in my house. I only spent $6.80 on all of that (hallelujah the price of milk keeps dropping!) so decided to stop at Price Chopper on my way home. They had bags of frozen veggies on sale for only .49 each - normally $1.79 each. I snagged 4 and finished off the $9 I had left for the month of February.

I'm excited to now be able to wait 5 or 6 days into the month of March before having to dip into my grocery money. I guess this is where having that stockpile mentality with grocery shopping comes in handy! I have plenty of chicken, ground beef, pasta, sauce (homemade), rice, beans and fruits and veggies on hand so it shouldn't be a problem making it to next Thursday or Friday.

In addition to almost coming in under budget for the month of February, I came in under budget this month in the diaper department! For the month of February I spent $90 on diapers and wipes for the boys (our budget is $100). It's amazing me what several months in a row of super saavy shopping will do for our budget. I'm looking forward to March and am going to try hard to come in under budget again, both in groceries and diapers.

A Giveaway!

I have decided it's time to jump into the world of blog giveaways. I've wanted to do it for a long time, but up until now didn't have anything worthy of giving away!

The Prize? 4 Huggies coupons - each for $1.50 off ANY package of Huggies. Coupons expire May 23, 2009.
I have two sets of these coupons to give away!

Here's how to enter:

1. Leave a comment on my blog!
2. Earn a bonus entry by announcing this contest on your own blog and mentioning that in your comment.
3. Earn a 3rd bonus entry by announcing this contest on Facebook and mentioning that in your comment.

Contest will end at 8pm CST on Sunday night. Check back Monday morning to see if you've won! Winners will have 48 hours to get back to me. In the event that a winner does not contact me on time, an alternate winner will be chosen.

Good luck!

(Note: Coupons are only good in the US. Sorry to my readers from other parts of the world!)