Maybe it was because October was such a long month. Maybe it was because October was filled with holidays and birthday celebrations. After I did the shopping and crunched the numbers the coupons won again!

I had three more shopping trips in October than I had in July. Grocery prices have also increased a lot since July, so that is a bit of a bummer too. I have one more month left on my project. I’ve already decided that December is stressful enough, I’m taking that month off from obsessive spreadsheet work.

I would like to see frugality reign supreme for at least one month of my project, so I’m going to see if this works. I’m stocking up at Family Dollar, and Dollar General for paper goods, and planning a monthly run to Aldi. I have a big list planned, and I hope that this will help me save a bit. We’ll see what happens though, November is a long month filled with more celebrating…

Wish me luck!