Saturday, June 5, 2010

WISH card challenge end of week four

One month of the WISH card challenge completed this week.

Spending was up this week as Woolies had some great specials and so I stocked up on some really expensive items.  It made for a big spend but as you can read below, the savings were worth it.

First of the expensive buys was $100 on Purina dog food.  This was reduced by $5 per bag, so by spending $100 we got 5 x 8kg bags instead of the usual four.  This will last the dogs for a couple of months.

Next was $39.98 on 2 x1.5kg bags of coffee beans.  These are normally $29.99 each, so another $20 saving.

Then there were the baked beans for $1 a can.  I bought enough to save $8 on the usual price.  These will probably last for the rest of the year as we only use them to shove in a toastie on the weekend.

Lastly, there were the Kidney Beans for 69c a can, saved roughly 30c a can.  Restrained myself and only bought six cans but should have bought more I think.

Added to these bulk buys was the usual fortnightly grocery spend of around $105 plus fuel for my car ($51.25).  Total spending for the week $313.03

Oh, but nothing spent from my 'official' stockpile money this week so $40 more added to that.  I expect this week to spend around $50 on a top of fresh produce and $50 for fuel for Guitarman's car.

Week three, day seven

Gift cards $1068.94

Stockpile $117.50

Spent so far $831.06

Average spend: $207.76 per week

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