$20 per Week Grocery Budget - Week 1

I wasn't joking when I said I planned to have a $20/week grocery budget until things are back to normal! This was our first week on the rather meager budget, but I think we faired pretty well! I stopped at both Dillons in town, because the first didn't have any bread clearanced, and I felt it was worth it to check the other store - which always seems to have theirs clearanced on Mondays. Plus I got an extra $0.30 off for using my own bags!

Next week I'll go to Aldi's to get our produce.

Here's what we got for $19.93!
...and that includes $2.65 in tax.

and here's how I did it:

• $2.80 (7 x $0.40) bread (clearanced, saved $4.20 from the $1 sale price)

• -$0.55 Cheerios (used a free Cheerios coupon plus a $0.55/1 Cell Fire e-coupon, saved $4.74)
  

• $2.04 (3 x $2.18) Kellogg's cereal (used 3 $1.50/1 coupons and saved $4.50)
  

• $3.00 (6 x $1.00) Green Giant boxed frozen veggies (used 3 $0.50/2 coupons that doubled to $1.00/2, saved $3.00)

• $2.30 (6 x $1.00) Birds Eye Steamfresh frozen veggies/rice (used 3 $1.00/2 and 1 $0.35/1 coupon that doubled to $0.70/1, saved $3.70)

• $0.49 1lb bag of carrots (clearanced, saved approx $1.00)

• $1.00 1/2 gal Vitamite (it was cheaper per gallon than regular milk, so I'll use it in cooking)

• $2.50 gallon milk

• $0.00 (2 x $1.00) Suave deodorant (used 1 $2.00/2 coupon, saved $2.00)

• $0.00 (3 x $1.00) Brut deodorant (used 3 $0.55/1 coupons that doubled to $1.00/1, saved $3.00)

• $2.50 cherry pie filling (need it for my cheesecake for Sunday and it was on sale)

• $0.00 Quaker Quakes (used a $1.00/1 coupon, saved $1.00)
  

• $0.00 reuseable bag (had a free bag credit on my card from the design a bag promo online, saved $0.99)

• $0.50 Rolo candy (NOT part of the plan, but some little fingers had opened a roll and popped a piece into his mouth!!!)

(grocery budget remaining for 4/19 - 5/2: $20.07)