Personal Care:
Mike haircut $11
New thermometer $10.49 CVS
Toothpaste 1.06 Dollar Tree
Pedicure $50.00 Expensive! Boy was it needed
Total: $72.55
Household:
Efferdent $1.06 Dollar Tree
Brass switch plate for living room $4.74
Total: $5.80
3 month totals:
Household: $43.84
Personal Care: $ 76.71
Allocation: $300.00
Cushion: $571.21
Amount Spent YTD (90days): $300.38
What We Ate: chicken a la King over biscuits, lima beans, salad; garlic and capers seafood pasta; rice and bean burrito; ham, scalloped potatoes, butter beans, fruit salad; sloppy Joe andeftover sides; scalloped potatoes and ham, broccoli, leaf lettuce with sour cream dressing; Italian sausage with peppers and onions, cheesy potatoes, salad; leftovers smorgasbord; grilled cheese and tomato soup; Thai fried rice with chicken, salad, onion pancakes; roasted chicken, baked potato, salad; hummus, baba ganoush, falafel
What We Bought:
Tops: Italian bread, eggs (2), broccoli crowns, $3.58
Price Rite: chocolate chips (2), mushrooms (2), cottage cheese (2), sour cream $8.93
Bread Store: bagels (3) $ 3.29
Aldi: tomatoes, red grapes, cream cheese (4), leaf lettuce, cream of mushroom soup (2), cream of chicken soup (2), bananas $ 11.03
Sander's: eggplant (2), cracked wheat bread, asparagus (.65#), Italian sausage (2.3#), Polish sausage (3#), grapefruit (3), red pepper, yellow pepper, boneless chuck roast (2.25#), potatoes (10#) $26.63
Tops: rotisserie chicken, knorr side dishes (4), carrots (1#), beef broth (32 oz), kale (.64#) $6.50
Subtotal for Groceries: $59.96
Eating Out:
Lunch with Joyce $12.00
Dinner in DC: $12.48
Lunch in DC: $16.19
Dinner in DC: $9.41
Brunch in DC: $30
Dinner DC: $26.82
Lunch home from DC: $8.78
Lunch with friends $ 11.97
Subtotal for meals out: $127.65
Two Week Grand Total: $187.61
Remaining Allocation: $ 112.39
1. Bread products are a frugal component of many meals. They are even more frugal when you can buy them at a bread thrift store. Mike and I stocked up on a Monday: A three pound loaf of rye bread for $ 2.29, bakery sandwich rolls for $ 1.19, everything bagels (2)for $ 1.29 each, cinnamon swirl bread for 1.29. We also got a 15% discount because of Mike's military service. Total: $6.25 The original price on the bakery buns was more than that! Score!
2. Shredded a supply of block cheese for future use. I find it goes MUCH farther shredded. That translates into saved money. (And calories.)
3. Leftovers. I have never understood why they get a bad rep. If it was good enough to ear once, it should be fine to eat again. Our leftovers are usually lunch the next day. If that doesn't use them up, I freeze and when I have a goodly number: leftover smorgasbord for dinner. Don't throw away food. It's like throwing away money.
Amount Spent First Two Weeks of the Month: $121.37
Remaining Monthly Allocation: $198.63
Cushion: $396.55
Amount Spent YTD (59 days): $ 155.04
What We Ate: ham and cheese strata, artichoke, asparagus; Reuben;Cheesy potatoes and ham, lima beans, squash; fish, potato rounds, fruit; stuffing and chicken bake and fruit; roasted chicken with garlic and basil, baked sweet potato, peas; sloppy Joe, French fries, fruit; Buffalo chicken casserole, salad; grilled tuna and cheese with popcorn.; Huevos rancheros and cornbread; Buffalo chicken casserole; hotdog, carrot salad, potatoes Anna; French onion soup and salad; grilled steak, rice pilaf, salad; beefy rice pilaf, fried cabbage
What We Bought:
Price Rite: onions (9#), salad greens (2), peppers (2), Cheese (3), coffee (2#), cooking spray, spices (4) $23.97
Eating Out:$0.00
Two Week Total for Groceries: $23.97
Two Week Total for Eating Out: $0.00
Two Week Grand Total: $23.97
Monthly Grand Total: $145.34
Amount to Cushion: $174.66
New cushion Amount: $571.21
Cost/Day (31): $4.69
Cost/Person/Day: $2.35
YTD Grand Total (90 days: $$300.38
Cost/Day: $3.34
Cost/ Person/Day: $1.67
