" i love you mom" 😭😭😭 if only i could go back to those days so sweet!

@OneUnifiedHome

8 ай бұрын

It really is so special!

I have a drawer full of ikea rags in the kitchen in place of paper towels. Haven’t bought PT’s since before pandemic. Our TP is a subscription service and it’s eco friendly and significantly cheaper than major brands in stores. Very friendly to our budget.

We are at $600 a month for 4 but that includes everything they sell at Walmart. So if I get car stuff, school supplies, or a clothing item then that is in there too.

One of the ways we save money on personal care is by buying a large bottle of body wash that everyone can use. It’s a cleaner ingredient one and typically lasts us almost 5 months, even though it’s 6 people using it.

I always shop weekly with the sales ads and then go to the lowest price store for the rest of the stuff I need. I do also go to Costco occasionally but I feel like I bust my budget when I go there. Too many fun things to try 😅

I find it interesting to watch people grocery shop on a budget and to see what foods they are choosing. You did well staying in budget.

It was good to see more shopping at other stores. I think you would be surprised how much money you could save if you bought more of your things from a regular grocery store. Costco is not always cheaper, and some things are a waste to buy in bulk. I have select things I buy at Costco, but shop at regular stores and the sale ads normally.

@shabbyshopper

11 ай бұрын

Costco is RARELY cheaper anymore!

I really enjoyed this video. Making swaps for cheaper items coukd be a temporary solution too. Nothing needs to be a permanent monthly change. Such great tips too.

If the bigger bag of potatoes are cheaper per ounce. I buy the bigger bag, and bake some, cool and then shred into hash browns for the freezer. I also make mashed potatoes and freezer in gallon ziplock bags layed flat. They thaw and reheat really well.

@ma53ra

11 ай бұрын

Never thought about freezing mashed potatoes! I will totally try.

Thanks for showing how real the struggle is! Just when I think I have a new grasp on prices they go up again. At this point, the grocery budget is no longer where I can cut. The only way to save more money in the food budget right now for us is to do pantry challenges so I've been doing the last week of each month like that.

Shopping weekly saves so much more money. You shop the weekly ad sales and you can even stock up on the sale items your family uses to save even more money down the road. Helps you avoid having to cut back on groceries to save money. Some people think its a pain but with the hard work its really pays off and it helps you build your pantry 🙂

@rosannasauereisen2827

10 ай бұрын

I've been wondering if this might save money. It is really interesting to hear you say so. What I've been finding in the last number of months is that I see a good sale and I can't take advantage of it because I already spent most of my money on my monthly haul. I plan to try weekly shopping for October. I'm excited to see how it helps.

@meilinadamski4665

10 ай бұрын

@@rosannasauereisen2827 what I do weekly is I shop my pantry and freezers to see what meals I can come up with during the week. Then I go over to the weekly ads and see what deals there are and I make meals from that if I can. I also try to include some stock up items if I can if there are some pretty good deals. Try coming up with a weekly budget. Then try this method shopping weekly. You may find that you have to tweak things a little as you go. I find that I save money this way because I can grab some pretty good deals weekly instead of paying full price and just going once a month. It may not be for everybody but it's something to try.🙂

I’ll put our potatoes in the fridge once they get towards the end so I can keep their shelflife

I also prefer to shop monthly for my large family. I keep $55/wk for milk, bread, etc but I’ll often have several weeks where I don’t go to town so shopping sales isn’t a great solution for me. I’ll grab sale items when I go into the store but other than our small local store, Sams, Walmart, Schnucks are all 45min away. I’ve picked up your habit of writing the amounts next to each item. Helps tremendously.

@OneUnifiedHome

10 ай бұрын

yes! Writing down those amounts really does help stay on track! Great Job!

Isn't it better to shop and meal plan based on what's on sale ?? And buy 2 of the regular household items when they are on sale? The garbage bags are 5 dollars less and so is the soap on constant sale rotation.

@juliehalling730

11 ай бұрын

I tried that, but a bunch of sales items would be out of stock and my meal plan was ruined. I like to meal plan based on what I have and shop the sales to stock up for future months.

We don’t buy body washes, we use bar soap. We use towels & wash clothes vs paper towels. We don’t buy ‘kid treats/snacks’ at all instead we use real foods. We never buy bottle drinks. We shop in season and stock up then. Never buy meat at Costco, crazy pricey! No ‘packaged’ foods, just fresh foods. No name brands soaps or detergents. We use sheet laundry soap now.

I appreciate these videos! I started following you when you were called Pennies into Pearls. You have helped me so much with budgeting. Thank you! Our grocery budget is so high, I am impressed that you are able to keep the budget so low for your family!

Its so good to see when you write the new price on your list and its lower. I think its highlighting that prices are coming down for some items. One thing I do now is I get an extra container of organic strawberries and will wash dry and then freeze them. We would always buy the Kirkland brand ones but it took us so long to get through them before my family would get tired of them. Id rather do this for a smaller portion and get through the frozen fruit faster than have them tire of it before we finish the bag. $540 is amazing for San Diego.

August was our stock up month since so many kid things are on sale at Costco and Costco business. Including diapers and wipes. Still at $125 per person but usually closer to $100 per person. Next month will be lower since we stocked up this month!

I started pre-pricing my lists before I went shopping like you do. It has helped a lot. I sometimes cross stuff out before I even go to the store. I like how you added things that were extra in store though. I think I need to do a better job of marking down prices in store so I can see if I need to cut more while I’m there!

Why don’t you buy much cheaper big bags of chips & portion in re-usable containers to reduce both waste & cost?

@darcyrobb3692

11 ай бұрын

Yes the dollar stores have very inexpensive reuseable bags in snack & sandwich size, so affordable that even if your kid loses it be ok; premade meals too much $$ , buy reg. garden carrots over baby carrots & pre shredded cheese are also too much $$. Could also buy washable bar mop cloths instead of ppr towels > so many ways to save!!!!

@marissamcclane1873

11 ай бұрын

Those stale faster in my experience

You did such a great job! $546 is HARD! We are no where near that. I LOVE the tip of cutting the budget $25 a week. That is a great idea. We over spend EVERY.SINGLE.MONTH!

Good haul!!!! Wanted to know are you going to do back to school supply haul.....

I knew you coukd do it. You all did fantastic 👏 ❤️ 💜

I’m curious what you use paper towels for? They just seem expensive. We use tea towels to clean our cast iron or for bacon grease so we don’t buy paper towels. It saves a lot of money.

@33snowgal

11 ай бұрын

I’m curious too. I buy them and then I use them for pet messes

Azure has big bags of onions and stuff that stores well too

I started keeping potatoes in my extra fridge. They stay fresh SO much longer than they did when I left them out! I can buy the big bags now and I don’t waste them.

@yanak7159

11 ай бұрын

Same here. We don’t have potatoes that often but it’s so much cheaper to get a large bag. They stay good in the fridge for months.

@blancavirto6577

11 ай бұрын

Same! I didn't realize most people dont keep them in their fridge.

Our farmers market is cheaper then grocery store, also check places like Azure standard, a 25 pound bag of carrots is like $27 and carrots last forever there frozen fruit is cheaper then Costco.. some things are not, others are…. Buy the bigger chips and just portion them out..

Yay Brittany, (546.00) great job on your grocery budget.😊

Hi I'm New to ur Channel, really enjoyed ur Vlog 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

Also get big bricks of cheese , from azure again, and shreds yourself, much cheaper

What are your thoughts on getting fresh fruits and vegetables at farm stands? Also, I've noticed that pick-your-own farms, they now charge people to go into their orchards. Blueberry picking was $4.50 per pound this year so we didn't go this year. :(

Where do you find Costco prices online? Other than the add I can’t usually budget that one to the Penny cause I feel like finding the prices is difficult.

hey can you talk about how your chickens doing

How do you all deal with birthday gifts for friends when invited to their parties? I always feel I need to spend $30-40 bc my 3 kids are usually invited to the parties, and they are usually at pricey places like trampoline parks etc. I have started buying toys when they are on clearance and using those.

@suzanneford1571

11 ай бұрын

Depending on age of child some as simple as bubble from the dollar store or play dough works….

id love for you to try and do this in canada we pay 30% more and we pay 25% in taxes on everything and everything went up aleast 20% so

Instead of frozen chicken would it have been cheaper to buy in frozen and freeze yourself or cut them in half and then freeze them?

Girl hold up you can freeze grapes? Do they not get soggy when thawed?

I was wondering I you buy organic foods? I try and get the dirty dozen organic and my meat. My husband doesn't care what he eats. I can buy me one pack or organic ground turkey or beef and it will last me a week. I only use a little meat for me. I was just curious if you buy everything regular verses organic.

Do u find it cheaper to buy most of your groceries monthly to be cheaper than buying weekly, using flyer sales?? Just curious.

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That is total everything or only food items and household like soap, dish detergent, is seperate? What do you do with snacks. In my house I need 2-3 big bags of chips 😂. But I also don't buy mini bags. Now, with my kids in school 5 days a week, I have to send extra snack tupe things like a bag of chips with a sandwich and then cookies for a snack.

@suzanneford1571

11 ай бұрын

I would say the kids only get chips or cookies and such once a week in there lunch…. Some days a sandwich and drink is fine

You didn’t buy any meat?

Wait…did the kids go back to school??

fantastic , What about meat? Not sandwich meat

Is that total minus the $12 from your daughter?

Do you have tips for me? I live on my own

@suzanneford1571

11 ай бұрын

Farmers markets, online subscriptions, ie Azure standard, some things are much cheaper that way, but direct form a farmer… family of 6 and most months spend less the $200 and we have a teenager who is an athlete and farm boy so he eats a lot, 4 adults and 2 kids

Crying as a Canadian 😢 Here it's getting so ridiculous.

I don’t shop like you at all. I am a couponer which means I use digital coupons, paper coupons, store sales, stores rewards and rebate apps. I buy loss leaders, clearance and good deals. I try not to buy things full price. I don’t shop stores like Costco or Sams. Even the meat I buy is a deal. Our cabinets and fridge is full.

One of the things we gave up to save a few bucks is bottled body wash. We buy the nice (sometimes even locally made) body bar soap now. One bar lasts over a month. I bought a pack of them at Costco for like 12$ and it’s enough for me, and my daughter for a year. Takes no space and no plastic bottles.