Right On Budget

I take it back.  Last night I posted that I thought I was well under budget (based on our new increased "rebuild" budget). I was wrong.  We are actually right on budget.  I just finished entering in my receipts from this last week and it appears that we are lined up perfectly so far this month.  Here's how it looks:

• May 1 - Rite Aid - $3.79  (no discounts, no coupons)
• May 1 - Walgreens - $11.98 (earned $4 in RR)
  
• May 4 - Publix - $99.33 worth of groceries for $44.18 (56% savings)
  
• May 7 - CVS - $33.95 for $2.14 (96% savings)
• May 7 - CVS - $51.11 for $27.20 (53% savings)
• May 7 - Rite Aid - $39.96 for $13.35 (71% savings)
• May 7  - CostCo - $34
• May 13 - Walgreens - $12.78 for $3.13 (82% savings)
• May 16 - Publix - $62 worth of groceries for $12.02 (83% savings)

Total for the month so far - $423.78 worth of groceries and drugstore items for $196.89 (58% savings)

Really not too shabby considering all that we had to restock and the first two trips (Walgreens & Rite Aid) were out of town trips for things we forgot to bring when we decided we couldn't take the lack of electricity anymore.

To make those numbers look even better, I just realized we were under budget last month by almost $50.