My savings year to date...

Couponing is a super easy way to save your family some money. Who doesn't like a little extra spending cash in their pocket at the end of the month? I have a spread sheet that i use to track my receipts. It helps me keep track of how much we are spending...and how much we are saving! I try to input my receipts daily, but it seems like i usually have a stack of 20-30 to do all at one time! Here is what my spreadsheet looks like so far this year.

This includes ALL household food, toiletries, snacks, health and beauty...pretty much anything but bills. The only thing i am bad at is including rebates....i always seems to forget to list them. Rebates are a GREAT way to make a profit on an item...but we will discuss that in a different thread:)

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Month	Shelf	Coupons	Sales	Rebates	Savings $	My Price	Savings Rate
January	$  1,215.78	$     567.29	$     422.91	$        62.74	$  1,052.94	$     171.30	86.61%
February	$  1,052.41	$     484.36	$     271.40	$        54.46	$     810.22	$     272.18	76.99%
March	$  1,354.16	$     705.57	$     332.64	$        19.99	$  1,058.20	$     331.29	78.14%
April	$  1,428.03	$     704.83	$     296.32	$          0.00	$  1,001.22	$     468.10	70.11%
May	$     681.80	$     381.13	$     166.45	$          5.00	$     552.58	$     155.81	81.05%
June	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
July	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
August	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
September	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
October	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
November	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
December	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -	$               -
TOTALS	$  5,732.18	$  2,843.18	$  1,489.72	$     142.26	$  4,475.16	$  1,398.68	78.07%

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