Coming into the home stretch of the month, we had $2.14 of the original monthly allotment of $381.61 left. Then we would be into our cushion of $480.19. Below is how it played out.
What we bought:
CSA (the last one): grapes, Apple's, red peppers, cucumber, potatoes, corn, butternut squash, turban squash, gourds, Indian corn. $12
Giant Eagle: frozen hash browns (2.75 lbs) 99 cents. (for cheesy potatoes during the holidays)
Tops: goldfish crackers (3), Apple cider (gal.) $2.49 (Mike loves goldfish)
Aldi: sugar (20 lbs), feta, bleu cheese, parmesan, avocados (4), butter, pecans (pie during the holidays), canola spray. $25.85
Country Fair: salami (~1 lb) $3.03
Save a Lot: pork sausage (4) $3.96
Giant Eagle: frozen pizza (3) (will be used for easy/quick meals), Life cereal $3.96
Total groceries: $52.28
What we ate:
leftover stack enchiladas from the freezer, corn on the cob, fried green beans, mint brownies; spaghetti squash with butternut pasta sauce and garbanzo beans, garlic bread, steamed broccoli; homemade veggie burgers, sauteed mushrooms and onions, homemade French fries, cucumber salad; roasted chicken with acorn squash, Dijon roasted cauliflower and cucumber salad; vegetarian cottage pie using some of the vegie burger mix),, yogurt, Parmesan supper bread; Italian beans and rice soup (gathering up some fragments from the freezer), bread pudding (more freezer fragments); southern bbq (made from the meat picked off the chicken carcass after I made broth)
Meals Out:
Breakfast with Ginger, Amy and Cindy. $7.95
Total: $7.95
Grand Total for the week: $60.23
Amount of cushion needed: $58.09. New cushion balance: $422.10
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