YTD:
Household: $68.61 over
Personal Care: $30.49 under
Nothing was spent in either category this month.
Adjusted YTD:
Household: $38.61 over budget
Personal Care: $60.49 under budget
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Friday, June 16, 2023
2023 Buying and Eating: June 1-15
Allocation: $330
Cushion: $650.97
What We Ate: homemade pot pie and watermelon with cheese bread; BBQ pork, leek and potato gratin, Baked beans, strawberries; Lasagna, rosemary garlic bread, yogurt and jello; ham, potato and leek gratin, jello, mixed vegetables; Philly cheese steak pizza and homemade French fries; Assortment of appetizers; Chili spaghetti, garlic bread, jello; Indian vegetable curry over rice with curried potatoes and watermelon; Spaghetti and meatballs, salad; Chef salad and cheese toast; homemade pad Thai, tomatoes and mozzarella salad; Grilled kielbasa, kraut, grapes, salad, hasselback potatoes; Tuna and rice, tomato and mozzarella salad, grapes, Brussels sprouts;
What We Bought:
Save a Lot: onions (4#) , half and half, chicken wings $11.46
West Side Market: strawberries, blueberries (3), asparagus (3), leeks (6), rosemary bread, sausages (2#), pita (10), haloumi cheese $52.00
Costco: Worcestershire sauce, sharp cheddar (5#), jarlesburg Swiss (2.75#), manchego (2.25#) $85.05
Trader Joe: peanut butter (2), sesame oil (2), orzo, farfalle, everything mixed nuts, sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, slivered almonds, cashews, spanakopita, borsein cheese, Cotswold cheese, extra sharp cheddar, chicken pot stickers, Mandarin Orange chicken, edamame (2), coffee $78.30
Sanders: green peppers (2) , bananas (2#),little gem lettuce (4),potatoes (20#) $12.74
Aldi: honey nut Cheerios, oatmeal, raspberries, grapes $10.39
Aldi: bagels (2), cottage cheese, fresh mozzarella, cream cheese $15.17
Grocery Subtotal: $265.06
Eating Out:
Winking Lizard $14.49 dinner in Cleveland
West Side Market $12.00 gyro for lunch
Subtotal Eating Out: $37.99
Subtotal: $303.05
Remaining Allocation: $26.95
Cushion: $650.97
YTD: 142 days
Grocery: $721.55
Eating Out: $307.53
Total to Date: $1029.08 $7.25/day $3.63/person/day
We have started our yearly stock up of our pantry and freezer so our numbers will be temporarily higher than normal. Overall, however, they will stabilize at a lower amount.
We will be into the cushion this month but that is what it is there for.
Sunday, June 11, 2023
2023 Frugal Things in May
1. We used points to pay for our hotel room in Southampton. Free is always good.
2. While on vacation we self booked our tours saving money. A tour that would cost $56 from the cruise only cost $20. Another that would have been $130 only cost $33. You get the idea.
3. We used more credit card points to pay for our room in Toronto at the end of our vacation. Again, free is good.
4. Credit card points were used for our hotel rooms to and from DC. We get a lot of our points by charging day to day things then paying in full every month. Interest charges would negate the points earned.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
2023 Buying and Eating Out: May 23-31
Allocation: $99.00 We are back from vacation.
Cushions : $638.49
What We Ate: tuna and rice, baked sweet potatoes, pickled beets; Hummus, tabouli, spanokatopia, homemade flatbread; Fried rice, grilled pineapple, green beans; Gnocchi, Italian sausage and watermelon
What We Bought:
Save a Lot: eggs, whole watermelon $6.18
Commissary: eggs (4.5 doz.), egg roll wrappers (2), marshmallow, crackers (2), onions(6#), split peas, lentils, garbanzo (3), ramen (2), $28.52
Total: $ 34.70
Eating Out:
$15.47 lunch at Cracker Barrel
$10 lunch at Taco Bell
$2.53. Lunch at Sam's Club
$19.34 dinner on way home from DC
$4.48 lunch at Sam's Club
Total: $51.82. traveling causes more meals out
Combined Total: $86.52 $9.61/day. $4.81person/day
Amount to Cushion: $12.48
New Cushion Amount: $650.97
YTD: 127 days
Grocery: $456.49
Eating Out: $269.54
Total: $726.03 $5.72/day. $2.64/person/day
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