New Year's Resolution Update: $5k in Savings

How did March sneak up on us? Only a few short weeks until spring -- you've gotta love it!

As I mentioned in my New Year's Resolution post, one area I'm trying to focus on is creating a decent price book (still working through that -- way more work than I first thought) and saving $5,000 in sales and coupons.

Here are my February shopping trips(stated savings on receipts):

Date        Store          Total Spent          Savings (coupons and/or sales)

Feb. 3       KFC          $26.95                  $9.40
Feb. 5      Shoprite      $124.98                $75.34
Feb. 11     Target         $21.98                  $2.00
Feb. 11    B&N           $0.49                    $3.74
Feb. 12    Shoprite      $178.38                $89.31
Feb. 18    Staples        $0.79                    $10.00
Feb. 18    Kohl's          $102.48               $236.66
Feb, 19    Shoprite       $114.42                $91.90
Feb. 20    CVS            $5.90                   $15.99
Feb. 20    Jun Lung      $26.21                  $3.00
Feb. 22    Kohl's          $130.33                $53.69
Feb. 25    A&P            $5.98                    $2.00
Feb. 26   Shoprite        $46.14                  $52.12
Feb. 27    A&P            $33.56                 $6.82

TOTAL SPENT TO DATE = $651.97
TOTAL SAVINGS TO DATE = $502.31



I still have some work to do to get my grocery shopping under $400 per month. But with a goal of saving $400+ per month to reach $5,000, I'm pretty much on track. Last month, I saved $481.66, so I'm ahead of that savings.




I have $4016.03 left to save after saving $481.66 in Jan. and $502.31 in Feb. Stay tuned for more updates.