Money has always been just a little bit of a game to
me. I know that’s sounds slightly insane, but it’s true. I Love with a capital L any sort of
puzzle or game, and turning money into a game has allowed me to succeed.
Ok, so I can’t really
say I’m succeeding yet, what with those nasty loans hanging over my head, but –sad
as it is- I didn’t know better with those, and I’ll never make the same mistake
again! But because of those poopsters, I’ve
had to get creative with our income
so that our biggest priority can be to get rid of them. We’ve already paid over $11,000 since Septemberish,
so I’d say we’re doing just fine!
Anywho, I shared before that our grocery bill is one that
hits us the hardest. I don’t know why, I
just have a really hard time saying no when the HB wants late-night ice cream
or I become a chocolate goblin and absolutely positively canNOT live another second without it.
So, I’ve turned it into a game to help motivate me! February is the first month that I started
keeping track of every single trip to the grocery store, and therefore being more proactive
about saving. I looked for more coupons
and sales, and tried to limit myself.
The good news is that over the entire month, I saved a total
of $127.97 using a variety of tactics, and averaged 31% savings every single
trip! The bad news is that I went to the
store a total of... 15 times. Oy. That’s almost 4 times a week, and sometimes I
even went twice on the same day!
Obviously this is something I need to be more aware of…
Anyway, I’m going to keep updating this every month to hold
myself accountable, and hopefully be a wee
bit of a braggart when I get things more under control!
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