I budget $250 a month for toiletries and snacks for school lunches. This amount includes any hair products, makeup, toothpaste, lotions, cleaning supplies, snack foods, drinks, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. for a whole month. I have some tricks that help a lot. First, I don't buy prepackaged snacks for lunches. I buy the target brand snack foods in bulk such as pretzels, trail mix, and animal crackers. I buy a box of snack bags and I bag the snacks myself for lunches. This saves so much money. Next, I buy shampoos and conditioners with a pump on them so the kids don't over pour or waste these products in the shower. I buy target brand for most food items including bread. For just over a dollar you can't beat how soft it is and delicious for pb&j lunches. The only choice in this house.
Besides watching what I buy I go prepared with a couple of price cutting tools. I have the Cartwheel app on my phone and I preload it with deals I know I'll use. Getting a 5% to 10% discount isn't worth buying things I wouldn't normally get, but if I'm going to buy it anyway I might as well take the discount. I also have the Target Red check card which saves another 5% off my bill when I use it. The money comes right out of my checking so I don't pay credit card interest for having a balance. Today these tools saved me $25 and I was under my monthly budget. Always excited to share my saving tips. Part of the savings tonight was getting two $5 gift cards on items I normally buy and they happened to be on sale as well. Extra bonus!
No comments:
Post a Comment