Household:
Cutting board for RV $1.06 Dollar Tree
Medium sized bowl for RV $1 Thrift store
Bowl covers $2.12 Dollar Tree
Total: $4.18
Personal Care:
Purple shampoo and conditioner $ 14.85 CVS
Body powder $1.06 Dollar Tree
Mike hair cut $11.00 Great Clips
Razors $1.06 Dollar Tree
Total: $27.97
Black olives (2) @59 cents each
Pear halves (2)@ 59 cents each
Green beans and potatoes (27 oz) 59 cents
Sauerkraut (27 oz) 89 cents
Corn (2) 59 cents each
Hearts q palm 59 cents
Creme Butler coffee (20 oz) $3.49
Marshmallows 10.2 oz 25 cents
Starbucks coffee (9oz) $2.29 each
Seattle's Best coffee (2) 12oz.$2.75
Hazelnut coffee (2) 12 oz $2.79 each
Blue Angels coffee 12 oz. $2.75 each
British Digestive (2) 39 cents each
Saltines (2) 69 cents each
British Hit cookies (5) 10 cents each
Coconut dreams cookies (2) 49 cents each
Six cream cheese danish 99 cents
Shelf stable milk (2) 69 cents each
Roast beef (2) 12 oz. 49 cents each
raspberry tea concentration 12 oz 99 cents
Cream (4) 49 cent each
Refried beans 10/ $1.00
Applesauce 48 oz $1.19
Grits (5#) 69 cents
Sugar pops cereal 50 cents
Cheerios (2) 50 cents each
Oat crunch cereal 50 cents
Brownies (4) 50 cents each
Stove top (2) 2/$1
Pasta (4#) 69 cents/pound
Maple cookies (2) 79 cents each
Total: $52.91
Linus Blanket: 15
Operation Gratitude Scarves: 14
Pet blankets: 1
Washcloths: 5
Bath mat
Wedding gift
Yarn:
3 skeins $3.16 Goodwill
13 skeins $15.87 Goodwill
5 skeins $4.99 Salvation Army
4 skeins $3.99 Salvation Army
10 skein $5.00 Salvation Army
12 skeins of wool for scarves $11.88 Salvation Army
18 skeins $18.00 Goodwill
189 skeins for $68.00 Goodwill (including 25 wool and 8 cotton)
14 skeins for $10
Total of 268 skeins for $141.69
Six month totals:
273 skeins for $146.68 or an average of 53 cents/skein
Pet blankets 6
Linus blankets 33
Operation Gratitude Scarves 20
Allocation: $310.00
Cushion: $793.16
Amount Spent YTD (164) $677.70
What We Ate: chicken paprikash, zucchini, salad; oven bbq chicken, Salad, baked potatoes; beef and bean burrito, corn; steak on the grill will mushrooms, onions and bleu cheese, potatoes Anna, salad; beef tacos, refried beans, Mexican rice; grilled bacon cheeseburgers, cheesy potato rounds, fruit cups, green soy beans; chicken parmesan, garlic bagels, fried zucchini, pasta; sloppy Joe, potato rounds, veggies; enchiladas, rice, beans, salad; pork Italiano with pasta, garlic bread and salad; Reuben and potato and carrot pancakes; mooshu and salad; chicken salad sandwich and popcorn; ham steak, corn fritters and coleslaw; curried potatoes, green soybeans, applesauce
What We Bought:
Costco: Swiss Cheese $25.92
Sherman Salvage Shop:
ten various granola bars, two bags butterscotch chips, 24 bags of coffee, 100 tea bags, four bottles of salad dressing, two bottles of bbq sauce, 4 oz wild rice, boil in the bag basmati rice, far falls pasta, Ore chief he pasta, Chile powder (1#), cream, grits (2.5#), confectionery sugar, two brown sugar, steel cut oatmeal (1.5#), crushed red pepper (2 oz), housing sauce, ten fruit cups, Cheerios (8.9 oz), two wheat Chex (14 oz), 17 cans of vegetables, 3 cans of fruit, four 32 oz vegetable broth, two boxes of beefy onion soup mix, two boxes taco shells (10 count), five boxes crackers $84.80
Sam's Club: protein shakes $35.50
Aldi: corned beef flat (half price), hamburger buns $$8.52
Bread store: rye bread, rustic white bread, English muffins (2), bagels (3) $8.83
Price Rite: mushrooms, coleslaw mix, Carrots (2#) $3.95
Eating Out:
Lunch After Doctor appointment $3.24
Lunch after visiting Dad $13.38
Birthday breakfast $8.58
Birthday lunch $$16.49
Total for Groceries: $167.52, including a salvage shop
Meals Out: $41.69
Grand Total: $209.21
Remaining Allocation: $100.79
We have done our first salvage shop and we are planning more this month. We will be going into our cushion to cover the cost. We are restocking our pantry. Although expensive now, it saves us money in the long run.
1. Buying a porterhouse steak as a treat at 50% off.
2. While camping, we stayed mainly at military facilities. It is hard to beat $30 A night.
3. We give to NPR/PBS every year. This year as our thank you gift I chose two gift certificates for free plants from a local nursery. I picked two perennials with beautiful purple flowers to plant in our front flower bed. We saved $26 and will have beautiful flowers year after year. :)
4. We used a coupon Mike got because he was a veteran, to get a free chicken dinner big enough for the two of us. A free dinner!
5. We used points at Starbucks to get a coffee with an extra shot that we shared.
Granola bars (10) $1.00
Butterscotch chips (2) @ $1.50 each
Coffee (24) @ $1.50 each
100 tea bags $2.00
Salad dressing, 4 at 25 cents each
BBQ sauce 2 @ 50 cents each
Wild rice (4 oz) 50 cents
Boil in the bag basmati rice 99 cents
Two pastas, farfaalle and orecchiette @ 75 cents each
Chili powder (#) $2.99
Crema 50 cents
Grits (2.5#) 50 cents
Confectionery sugar 50 cents
Brown sugar (2) @ 75 cents each
Steel cut oatmeal (1.5#) 75 cents
Crushed red pepper (2 oz) 99 cents
Hoison sauce 50 cents
Ten fruit cups $1.00
Cheerios (8.9 oz) $1.50
Two wheat Chex (14 oz) @$1.25 each
13 cans of vegetables at 49 cents each
Can of vegetables 89 cents
Three cans of pineapple @ 99 cents each
Three cans of vegetables @99 cents each
Four 32 ounce vegetable broth @ 25 cents each
Two boxes of beefy onion soup mix @$1.50 ( probably a bad buy)
Two 10 count taco shells @ 50 cents each
Two crackers @ 75 cents each
Two crackers @ 50 cents each
Crackers $1.00
Remaining Allocation: $138.38
Cushion: $703.81
Amount Spent YTD (142 days): $547.05
Previous Two Week Total: $81.62
What We Ate: grilled pork, baked potato, butter beans; pasta with sauce, veg, garlic bread; Huevos rancheros; Aunt Joyce's chicken salad, garlic cheese bread; grilled chicken salad sandwich and chips; sandwiches and tomato bisque with fruit; blt, potato salad, green beans
What We Bought:
Aldi: red grapes (1.92#) $1.44
Save a Lot: green beans, potato chips, ribeye steaks (3) $10.94
Price Rite: canned white chicken (6), spaghetti sauce (4)$8.04
Country Fair: eggs (2) $1.78
Aldi: tea bags, zucchini (4), romaine lettuce (3) $6.29
Groceries: $28.49
Eating Out:
Lunch with Lucy: $20.54
Two Week Total: $49.03
Monthly Total: $130.65
Monthly Cost/Day (22 days) $5.94
Monthly Cost/Person/Day $2.97
New Cushion Amount: $793.16
YTD Total (164 days): $677.70
YTD Cost/Day $4.13
YTD Cost/Person/Day $2.07
