Household:
Coffee pot: $9.99 (partially paid by gift cards earned previously) Target
Scratching post: $9.99 Target
Spic and span: $3.18 (3) Dollar Tree
Coffee filters: $1.06 Dollar Tree
Snack size bags $1.06 Dollar Tree
Total: $25.28
Personal Care:
Shampoo, toothpaste, soap, body powder $ 4.16 Dollar Tree
Allocation for February: $280
Cushion: $232.21
What We Ate: Seafood stir fry and egg rolls with Asian noodles; leftover hotdog and sauerkraut casserole and salads; Italian calzone; red beans and rice soup with cornbread; seafood crepes from the freezer, salad; soupa Toscana; bean tikki masala; navy bean soup; Hummus, cottage cheese and Mandarin oranges, green soy beans; chicken fried rice, fruit; pork chops, butter beans, spinach and orange salad; chili nachos ; French onion soup, spinach strawberry salad; assorted appetizers and chocolate covered strawberries
What We Bought:
Tops: Italian bread, peppers (3), cauliflower (3.5#) $3.97
Aldi: Roma tomatoes, bananas, cream cheese (2), bratwurst, green olives, black olives, honey $15.06
Price Rite: coffee (4), apple juice (2), spinach (2), eggs (3) $9.78
Aldi: strawberries (2), oranges, mandarins, baguette $9.60
Groceries for Two Weeks: $38.41
Remaining Allocation for Month: $241.59
1. A free 8x10 of the grands from Walgreens.
2. We used some of our incredibly cheap pork to make homemade kielbasa.
3. We are eating from our stockpile and kept our monthly food expenditure to $77.79.
4. Making more things from scratch rather than heading to the store. Convenience can be expensive.
5. Menu planning a month at a time from the stockpile. It stops that " I must go to the store " syndrome.
Household:
2021 calendars (2) $2.12 Dollar Tree
Laundry detergent (4) $4.12 Walgreens
Heat resistance glove $4.99 Aldi
Glass cleaner $1.69 Save a Lot
Total: $12.92
Monthly Allocation: $310.00
Amount Spent: $43.83 first two weeks
Remaining Allocation: $266.17
What We Ate: Italian pork chops with ricotta and spinach, beet and white bean salad, rice pilaf; soupa Toscana, homemade bread, bean and beet salad; Mexican pizza; sloppy Joe, cheese grits, tabouli; red beans and rice and Cajun sausage with beet salad and fruit; Toad in Hole with gravy, cabbage, fruit and cottage cheese; Asian peanut noodles and homemade egg rolls, fresh fruit; pierogies, apple sauce, squash; bleu cheese pasta with smoked turkey, orang glazed carrots, salad; ham loaf, fried sweet potato, applesauce; pasta with veggies and beef, garlic bread; grilled ham and cheese with chips; hotdog and sauerkraut casserole, applesauce, beet salad; steak salad
What We Bought:
Tops: cottage cheese, chicken broth, eggs $2.97
Country Fair: eggs (3) $2.97
Price Rite: flour, sugar (2), oil (gal), brownie mix (4)),,, coffee (4), beef shaved steak (lb), salad greens (2), green pepper (2), turnip (1.5#), broccoli crowns (1 lb), French onion dip, frozen supreme pizza (2) $28.02
Grocery Total for Two Weeks: $33.96
Grocery Total for Month: $77.79
$2.51/day or $1.25/day/person
Amount to Cushion: $232.21
