May Grocery Shopping - Part 3

 It's the end of May and I debated if I should wait until June officially started to order groceries but, recently, sale items I had wanted have been going out of stock by the time I get around to ordering them, so I decided to go ahead and order groceries and borrow from June's grocery budget as needed.

I ordered the groceries on Saturday and they were delivered on Sunday.  They were mostly stock up items and I am happy that everything I ordered was available.

I wasn't feeling very well on Sunday when the groceries were delivered, so, I left daughter to put everything away for me.  As a result, there isn't a picture to share, but, here's the receipt:

Order Summary

Original Item Total$81.14

Item Coupons/Sales-$26.74

Fulfillment Fee+$0.00

Other Fees+$0.40

Sales Tax+$1.17

Order Total$55.97

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Item Details

20 Items

Arrowhead 100% Mountain Spring Bottled Water, 16.9 fl. oz.$7.98

2 x $3.99 $7.49 each

CA Redem Val$0.20

2 x $0.10 each

CA Redem Val$2.40

2 x $1.20 each

English Cucumber, 1 ct$1.25

1 x $1.25 $1.99 each

Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds Cereal - 12 oz, 12 oz$3.98

2 x $1.99 $4.79 each

Kleenex® Trusted Care® Facial Tissues, 4 Flat Boxes, 160 Tissues per Box, 2-Ply, 4 pk / 160 ct$11.98

2 x $5.99 $10.99 each (non-grocery item)

Kroger® 100% Apple Juice, 64 fl oz$2.98

2 x $1.49 $3.19 each

Kroger® Baking Powder, 8.1 oz$2.99

1 x $2.99 each

Kroger® Cage Free Grade AA Large White Eggs, 18 ct$3.99

1 x $3.99 each

Kroger® Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix, 32 oz$3.49

1 x $3.49 each

Kroger® Sweetened Condensed Milk, 14 oz$13.16

4 x $3.29 each

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Other Fees

$0.40

Bag Fee$0.40

4 x $0.10 each

I spent a total of $55.97, of which $11.98 and $1.17 sales tax were for the facial tissues, which don't come from my grocery budget (I was down to one box of facial tissues, so needed to stock up; the brand name tissues were on sale and cheaper than the same amount of store brand tissues).

So the amount spent on groceries was $55.97 - $11.98 - $1.17 = $42.82

I had $16.69 left in my May grocery budget, so the amount I borrowed from June's grocery budget = $26.13.

The bottled water is part of my emergency supplies.  We generally don't drink bottled water on a daily basis and take refillable bottles with us when we go out.  But, I keep small bottles of water for emergencies and also to offer technicians, etc., when they come to work on things in the house.  I was down to my last three bottles of water and was anxious to replenish my supplies.  I also keep gallon sized bottles of water, too, for longer term emergency use.  The standard is a gallon a day per person (plus more if you have pets) and a minimum 3 day supply.  The name brand bottled water was on sale and the same price as the store brand bottled water which I had listed as a substitute (two previous attempts to get the store brand water failed due to them being out of stock).

June's grocery budget (for food items only) will be $250 - $26.13 = $223.87

How did you do with your May grocery spending?