Grocery Money 2

Money for Grocery this week: $150

Chips for school: $3.80
Owe Lyn for book: $8.00 (not a grocery item, will pay back from other a/c)
Lunch $5.45 (not a grocery item, will pay back from other a/c)

Looks like a sad sally grocery record. Never mind I will contine to improve. Baby steps!!

Forgetting to record where $$ is going

I have been forgetting to record where our grocery money is going eg: meat, fruit & veges etc. Need to discipline myself more I think. Otherwise I think I have been completely tight with my money this month. I have been shopping and picked up a few things that I have liked, walked around and then put the things down before walking out empty handed (feels really good) and when I get home I dont even miss what I wanted to buy. Its amazing on how much money goes on stuff that you dont even need. I received my tax return last week and I have been really carefully with it, so far we fixed the van $700 and I payed off my Coles Myer card (yipee). I think I will get shoes for the kids as they really need them and then I might no I will put the money into my ING account so its not too easy for me to take out at the drop of a hat.

Goal for this week: Remeber to record where grocery money is going....

Barganing Power

I am so proud of my self. Today I went on the hunt for a Sunbean Magic 4 Pie Maker after hearing some great reviews from the girls on the Simple Savings forum. My first stop was Big W they had the pie machine there on Special for $85, that was too expensive I thought so off I went to a house speciality store next door to Big W and they had the pie machine there for the same price as Big W but the lady said she would give it to me for $80, still to expensive. I went home and told hubby and he suggested Bing Lee so off we went. Bing Lee had the pie machine for $69 dollars and when I asked the assistant what was the best price he could give me he said $63 hmmm not bad but we still had a few other shops we wanted to look at. Our last shop was a Betta Electrical shop which was across the road from Bing Lee. The pie machine there was $70 and when I asked the shop owner what was the best price he said $60, SOLD..... I cant believe that the same exact pie machine was $85 on special in one place and then in another it was $60 thats an $25 difference. Before I discovered Simple Savings I would have bought the machine at Big W no questions asked. Im really proud of myself and my new frugal life. Even hubby was impressd with my barganing power.