Thursday, January 1, 2026

2025. Buying and Eating: December 1–20.

 Allocation:   $260   

Cushion $1139.74

End of December Number of Days:   314

The 20th on we are on vacation and meals are provided.

What We Ate:     Pork fried rice, pineapple and cottage cheese salad, apple cider muffins;     Ham and bean soup with grilled ham and cheese sandwich;     Soupa Toscana, garlic cheese bread , yogurt ;        Philly cheese steak with fried potatoes;      Bleu cheese pasta with Italian sausage, tomatoes and spinach, garlic bread(2);.    Cottage pie, Waldorf salad, fried cabbage;       Chili with cheese and crackers;     Cheeseburger casserole, butter beans, cottage cheese with onion and sunflower seeds ;      Chicken piccata with pasta, mixed vegetables, applesauce ;          Turkey pot pie, cabbage, butter beans, apple sauce ;       Welsh rarebit, cheesy potato rounds, roasted carrots, applesauce;     Sausage with bleu cheese pasta, garlic bread;     Macaroni and cheese with crab, Waldorf salad, glazed green beans, marmalade bread ;     Beef stroganoff over wild rice, butternut squash, grapefruit and yogurt;      Philly cheese steak with popcorn 


What We Bought:

Tops:   Pasta(2), apples    $2.77

Tops:   Pasta, butter, cream cheese(2), Swiss cheese, Jiff pb, green peppers(3).     $10.63

Aldi:   Greek yogurt   $3.69

Sanders:   Strawberry Yogurt, butternut squash    $4.68

Tops:  chicken breast(8), eggs(18).   $ 14.49

Aldi:     Mushrooms  $1.69

Total    $37.95


Eating Out:

Lunch with Ginger.    $10.59.      Honey Baked ham

Lunch to NY.      16.18.         Burger King 

Mike breakfast with Gannon guys.    $6.46.    McDonald’s 

Total.    $33.23


Grand Total.  $71.18


YTD 314 days   I don’t budget for vacation days.

Grocery.    $1437.55.         $4.58/day.         $2.10/person/day 

Eating Out.      $660.36.      $2.10/ day.       $1.05/ person/day

Year Grand Total.         $2075.21.          $6.61/ day.        $3.31/person/day 


We had a very successful year.  Our daily allocation will remain at $13/day.  Or.  $6.50/person/day.  

I look forward to the challenge.

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